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GameSalad

Logo: gamesalad.com3

Computer authoring tool

GameSalad Creator is an authoring tool developed by GameSalad used by educators and non-programmers alike. It consists of a visual editor and a behavior-based logic system. GameSalad is used in over 223 schools.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2007Founded1
  • Industrysoftware industry, video game industry1
  • HeadquartersAustin1
  • Websitegamesalad.com
  • Legal formprivately held company1

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GameSalad Creator is an authoring tool developed by GameSalad used by educators and non-programmers alike. It consists of a visual editor and a behavior-based logic system. GameSalad is used in over 223 schools. GameSalad is used by consumers and creative professionals such as graphic designers, animators, and game developers for rapidly prototyping, building and self-publishing cross-platform games and interactive media. The application runs on both Mac OS X and Windows computers. Access to a Mac is required for publishing to iTunes, but all other supported publishing platforms are accessible for both Mac and Windows users.2

The story

On December 21, 2009, Macworld Expo partnered with Gendai Games, the developer of GameSalad, for the Macworld 2010 GameSalad Challenge to promote Mac and iPhone game creation before and during the Macworld 2010 conference.

On November 20, 2010, GameSalad unveiled a new "Free to Make" model, making basic membership free to all users, including iOS publishing. It discontinued free memberships in 2015 due to decline in revenue.

By March 2011, over 8,500 games were created using GameSalad Creator. Gravonaut, a 2010 scrolling platformer, was one of thirty such games to reach the top 100 on the iTunes App Store.

On June 11, 2012, GameSalad unveiled a Windows port of the Mac program, allowing Windows users to create games for iPhones. The basic concept is the same, however major changes to the layout were made and some features are as of yet unsupported.

Between October 3, 2012 and November 27, 2012; GameSalad laid off approximately half of their staff.

From Wikipedia’s article on GameSalad (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • GameSalad

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Multi-Platform publishing

GameSalad has one common web-based interface for publishing to multiple platforms such as the iPhone or Mac. GameSalad can also publish to Android-based devices such as the Nook, and to HTML5.

Game preview

GameSalad has a specific preview mode for debugging and testing the performance and functionality of games. There's a GameSalad Viewer application that can be installed separately onto a users mobile device so that they can click a toolbar button inside GameSalad to preview a project directly on their device through a wireless network.

function startGame {

myGamePiece = new component(30, 30, "red", 10, 120);

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myGamePiece.gravity = 0.05;

myScore = new component("30px", "Consolas", "black", 280, 40, "text");

myGameArea.start;

}

var myGameArea = {

canvas: document.createElement("canvas"),

start: function {

this.canvas.width = 480;

this.canvas.height = 270;

this.context = this.canvas.getContext("2d");

document.body.insertBefore(this.canvas, document.body.childNodes[0]);

this.frameNo = 0;

},

clear: function {

this.context.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);

}

}

From Wikipedia’s article on GameSalad (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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