Pyxen - Python Game Maker
Make games with Python.
Free · In-App Purchases
New in v26.0: Full-featured sprite editor, built-in font editor, text rendering, Jump to Symbol & Definition, and web export.
Pyxen is a Python game programming studio.
Build games, tap Share, and anyone can play them in their browser. Design sprites, animate them, write code, and debug — all in one app.
Pyxen is designed for beginners and experienced programmers alike. It stays simple on the surface, while offering powerful systems underneath.
INSTANT SHARE
• Tap Share and get a playable link — anyone can play your game in their browser.
• No account needed — just tap, share, done.
• Or export a web archive to host on itch.io or your own site.
Your games live outside the app.
SPRITE EDITOR & ANIMATION
• Draw and edit sprites with pixel-perfect tools
• Layers, selection tools, symmetry, flip/rotate, clipboard
• Animation timeline — name your animations, set FPS, preview with onion skin
• Paint pixel art and see changes instantly in your running game
Design your game art and animations without leaving the app.
SMOOTH MOTION & ANIMATION
• Tween any property — position, scale, rotation, alpha — with 16 easing functions
• Oscillate and spin for continuous effects
• Sprite animations play from tile sheets: Sprite("hero", animation="walk")
• Draw shapes — rectangles, circles, lines, polylines — from code
Animate everything, from characters to UI.
CODE EDITOR
• Syntax highlighting and smart indentation
• Context-aware autocomplete
• Jump to Symbol — navigate your project instantly
• Jump to Definition — tap any function to see its source
• Word-wise navigation with Option+Arrow
Write real code, not blocks.
A SMALL, FOCUSED GAME ENGINE
• High-performance C++ ECS core
• Clean, beginner-friendly Python API
• Scene graph with layers and parent-child hierarchy
• Grid-based collision system
• Save and load game data with the storage API
• Configurable resolution — 160×90, 320×180, or 480×270
Built to be learned, not hidden.
BUILT-IN FONT EDITOR
• Create bitmap fonts from system or custom fonts
• Configure character sets, size, and anti-aliasing
• Live atlas preview — see exactly what ships with your game
• Use the Text component to render text in your games
No external tools needed for text rendering.
INSPECTION & DEBUGGING
• Rewind time and inspect previous frames
• Explore entities and components live
• Scene outliner and inspector cards
• Visual tools to understand state and behavior
Learn by seeing, not guessing.
LEARN FROM REAL GAMES
• Sample games with full source code — Pong, Platformer, Dungeon Survivors
• Public-domain pixel art asset packs included
YOUR DATA, ALWAYS YOURS
• Pyxen works 100% offline
• No account required, no ads, no tracking
Projects are regular files, compatible with iCloud and the Files app. There's no proprietary cloud lock-in — your creations are yours.
FREE TO EVALUATE
Pyxen is free to download and evaluate, with no time limit. Everything works during evaluation — an evaluation watermark appears on the game preview and exports. A single one-time purchase removes it.
No subscriptions.
Quiet, capable, and yours.
Ratings & Reviews
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Pyxen 26.5 — screen effects, camera shake, and smoother movement.
- Render effects: add bloom, scanlines, screen curvature, vignette, and chromatic aberration to your game. Tune them in Project Settings, tweak them live with the in-game View Settings panel, or drive them from code with pyxen.render.
- Camera shake and flash: camera.shake() for impact and camera.flash() for hit feedback — durations in frames, fully deterministic for the time-travel debugger.
- Smoother movement: GridBody now moves at sub-pixel speeds, so body.move = (0.5, 0) glides instead of stalling, with pixel-crisp collisions intact.
- Drag and long-press input: mouse buttons and touches now report where they started (start_pos) and how long they've been held (frames). Keyboard and gamepad buttons report held frames too.
- Snippet Pack: new in-app demos for render effects, camera shake and flash, and drag-and-hold input.
- Fixes: the View Settings panel no longer crashes the Mac full-screen player; the purchase screen no longer appears for players who already own Pyxen; gamepad button pressed/released is now reliable.
The developer, Gargant, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- Gargant
- Size
- 225.1 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 18.4 or later.
- iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.4 or later.
- iPad
- Languages
English and 6 more
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pyxen — Full Version USD 19.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Gargant

