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.
HOME SCREEN
• Pyxen opens to a home screen, not a file browser — Continue, Examples and Snippets, each with a cover taken from the game itself
• 74 snippets, grouped by what they do rather than by how hard they are
Somewhere to start, every time you open the app.
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. You can make three projects for free, as big as you like — there is no cap on scripts, images, sounds or tilemaps inside them. Projects you already have always open and stay editable. Games you share carry an evaluation watermark. A single one-time purchase lifts every limit, forever.
No subscriptions.
Quiet, capable, and yours.
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