Playbyte
Let's Make Games
Free
1.14for iPhone, iPod touch
Age Rating
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About Playbyte
Playbyte is the best way to make games on your phone — it's a game engine in your pocket!
The Playbyte app lets you make great games with powerful tools and reusable assets made by a community of fellow game devs.
Discover new kinds of games every time you play by scrolling through a personalized feed.
Thousands of game makers are on Playbyte showcasing their incredible creativity. Get inspired!
The Playbyte app lets you make great games with powerful tools and reusable assets made by a community of fellow game devs.
Discover new kinds of games every time you play by scrolling through a personalized feed.
Thousands of game makers are on Playbyte showcasing their incredible creativity. Get inspired!
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.14
Last updated on Feb 8, 2022
Old Versions
New this week:
- We've added Undo/Redo in Create
- Reintroduced the ability to publish new Assets
- Fixed an issue with the Go to Scene action for scenes 6-10
- Fixed an issue where Scene Delete was available with only one scene
- We've added Undo/Redo in Create
- Reintroduced the ability to publish new Assets
- Fixed an issue with the Go to Scene action for scenes 6-10
- Fixed an issue where Scene Delete was available with only one scene
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Version History
1.14
Feb 8, 2022
New this week:
- We've added Undo/Redo in Create
- Reintroduced the ability to publish new Assets
- Fixed an issue with the Go to Scene action for scenes 6-10
- Fixed an issue where Scene Delete was available with only one scene
- We've added Undo/Redo in Create
- Reintroduced the ability to publish new Assets
- Fixed an issue with the Go to Scene action for scenes 6-10
- Fixed an issue where Scene Delete was available with only one scene
1.13
Jan 25, 2022
New this week:
- A new layout in Create mode
- Raised the cap on the number of Scenes in a game from 5 to 10
- We now let you work on multiple games as separate drafts
- A new layout in Create mode
- Raised the cap on the number of Scenes in a game from 5 to 10
- We now let you work on multiple games as separate drafts
1.12
Jan 11, 2022
New this week:
-New rule editor for creating game object logic
-Fixed an issue where pasting an object or spawning from an asset would not preserve depth order on the canvas
-New rule editor for creating game object logic
-Fixed an issue where pasting an object or spawning from an asset would not preserve depth order on the canvas
1.11
Dec 28, 2021
- Fixed several stability issues
1.10
Dec 14, 2021
- Completely new physics system with new configuration options including gravity
- Added a new action to add directional force
- You can now view our release notes in the app
- We’ve winterized and sped up app loading
- Added a new action to add directional force
- You can now view our release notes in the app
- We’ve winterized and sped up app loading
1.9
Nov 30, 2021
New this week:
-Added physics options to lock movement on the X or Y axis or lock rotation - meaning making a game like Pong will be much easier.
-You can now name your games.
-Remix existing games at the touch of a button.
-Games have their own profile page with all remixes showing underneath.
-Added physics options to lock movement on the X or Y axis or lock rotation - meaning making a game like Pong will be much easier.
-You can now name your games.
-Remix existing games at the touch of a button.
-Games have their own profile page with all remixes showing underneath.
1.8
Nov 16, 2021
New this week:
- Updated Focus Mode in game creation, making it even easier to tap on an object and customize how it works
- Play counts on user profiles let you see which games are most popular
- The Template picker now loads much faster when you start to make a new game
- Numerous other bugfixes, polish, and quality of life improvements
- Updated Focus Mode in game creation, making it even easier to tap on an object and customize how it works
- Play counts on user profiles let you see which games are most popular
- The Template picker now loads much faster when you start to make a new game
- Numerous other bugfixes, polish, and quality of life improvements
1.7
Nov 2, 2021
New this week:
- Create and play games before registering an account
- Duplicate and re order scenes in your game
- Make more powerful interactions by giving your objects custom stats
- Rule links have been re-designed to both be more clear and more powerful
- Numerous bugfixes, polish, and quality of life improvements
- Create and play games before registering an account
- Duplicate and re order scenes in your game
- Make more powerful interactions by giving your objects custom stats
- Rule links have been re-designed to both be more clear and more powerful
- Numerous bugfixes, polish, and quality of life improvements
1.6.1
Oct 20, 2021
This update brings several bug fixes and performance improvements.
1.6
Oct 19, 2021
New this week:
-Browsable templates when creating a new game
-Better search on the Explore page
-New "go to scene" action in Rule Editor lets you send players to different points in your story
-Added way more sounds and places to use them including new "play sound" action in Rule Editor
-Share templates and assets with links
-Browsable templates when creating a new game
-Better search on the Explore page
-New "go to scene" action in Rule Editor lets you send players to different points in your story
-Added way more sounds and places to use them including new "play sound" action in Rule Editor
-Share templates and assets with links
1.5
Oct 5, 2021
New this week:
- Create Templates with assets to make it easier for yourself and others to make lots of games with the same mechanics or format
- Templates now show up in a game's credits so they can be found and used
- Creation palette now split into Default and Pinned sections
- You can now browse for assets with the search icon in the Pinned section of the palette
- Set fun sounds on objects that play when they spawn, collide, or are destroyed
- Create Templates with assets to make it easier for yourself and others to make lots of games with the same mechanics or format
- Templates now show up in a game's credits so they can be found and used
- Creation palette now split into Default and Pinned sections
- You can now browse for assets with the search icon in the Pinned section of the palette
- Set fun sounds on objects that play when they spawn, collide, or are destroyed
1.4
Sep 21, 2021
New this week:
- Use the new Change Look Action in the Rule Editor to make an object switch to a different emoji or image as things happen in your game
- Set an Idle animation like Sparkle or Smoke and then select Idle FX to make the animation use any emoji or image
- Added a prompt to read and agree to our community guidelines at account registration
- Use the new Change Look Action in the Rule Editor to make an object switch to a different emoji or image as things happen in your game
- Set an Idle animation like Sparkle or Smoke and then select Idle FX to make the animation use any emoji or image
- Added a prompt to read and agree to our community guidelines at account registration
1.3
Sep 16, 2021
New this week:
- We've removed duplicate trending games on the Explore page and made it so that you'll see less of the same Trending games in the feed each time you come back to the app
- Give new game assets a name as well as descriptions with hashtags to make them easier to find for other users in the future
- Tap on the scrolling credits at the bottom of a game that uses assets to see a Credits panel that lets you save their assets for your own use
- Tap on the Info icon on a grouped asset in Create to see its description
- Report or Delete assets from the new menu we've added to the Asset profile page
- Star Rules when creating an asset to tell other users what they should hook up if they use your asset in their game
- We've removed duplicate trending games on the Explore page and made it so that you'll see less of the same Trending games in the feed each time you come back to the app
- Give new game assets a name as well as descriptions with hashtags to make them easier to find for other users in the future
- Tap on the scrolling credits at the bottom of a game that uses assets to see a Credits panel that lets you save their assets for your own use
- Tap on the Info icon on a grouped asset in Create to see its description
- Report or Delete assets from the new menu we've added to the Asset profile page
- Star Rules when creating an asset to tell other users what they should hook up if they use your asset in their game
1.2
Sep 8, 2021
New this week:
-Tap an asset on a user's profile to see all the games it's been used in and save it for your own later use.
-Rotate and resize grouped assets with a pinch-rotate-zoom gesture.
-Edit the rules on assets you use from the custom section of the palette.
-We've refreshed the profile page to look cleaner when a user hasn't posted their first game yet.
-Tap an asset on a user's profile to see all the games it's been used in and save it for your own later use.
-Rotate and resize grouped assets with a pinch-rotate-zoom gesture.
-Edit the rules on assets you use from the custom section of the palette.
-We've refreshed the profile page to look cleaner when a user hasn't posted their first game yet.
1.1
Sep 1, 2021
Playbyte FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Playbyte.
iPhone
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Playbyte supports English
