Overall, I was surprised by this game engine, in a fantastic way. Its community is evolving, the engine is growing its potential every day, and it is easy to pickup and very performant. So far, I'm sticking with it for the long-term and I believe it's great not only for teaching game design basics, but also reaching high-quality projects.

I think it's way more intuitive than other engines. Without watching any of its amazing official tutorials or reading its complete wiki, you could create something simple in your very first try.I code on a daily basis, so I was used to working with other engines/frameworks that use mainly code to work out functionalities. I bumped into GDevelop accidentally and I liked how powerful it can be, I strongly believe its current potential has not been fully exploited. The extensions systems, ability to write custom code, and external layouts/events makes it also interesting for experienced developers. But it's still very beginner-friendly, allowing almost anyone with no game design experience to come out with a game/interactive story/graphical guide. It is free and open-source, two things that I really value, and it is constantly evolving.Haven't seen another engine matching the export features of GDevelop, in 10 minutes and no more than 5 clicks you could have an HTML5, Android, Windows, Linux, macOS distribution, ready to go. And only one click away to publish to their own game page.

It has a really cool mobile app (with almost all the same options as the desktop one) but its layout is not as useful, and arranging sprites/zooming can be very frustrating.Although it has support for tiles/tile maps, it would be very convenient if it has it as a native feature.3D still needs some work, it's a recent feature, and I'm sure it will evolve.One thing that may be a deal-breaker is that it currently stores all the game logic in a single-file. Whether this is really convenient for sharing or copying your game, it could be frustrating when you are collaborating through git, for example. I think that changing the way logic is stored could help a team collaborate better and reach bigger projects and easier scaling.

I have had a great time using it and I expect to keep using it in the future. I really hope that this keeps expanding with more features and more code added to the no-code part.

I really like how easy to find and use GDevelop is. Not many things are locked under a paywall and the features are really nice and neat. The idea of letting the community build upon this is an amazing idea and makes practically anything possible! I also love the idea of adding ads into your games to be able to get monetized.

I dislike the lack of a movement script or a change of perspective. These things would make it way better and much more compatible with other games.

I would highly recommend this engine to anyone who wants to learn game development or wants to try out 2D development. GDevelop is inexpensive and a fantastic starting point for devs and makes game development accessible.

GDevelop holds a special place in my heart. It is so easy to pick up and make games in, even if you have no coding experience making game development accessible for once. Recently they started adding 3D game development into the engine, I am extremely excited for the future of the engine.

I hope to one day see implementation of sprite strip / tileset editors in the IDE like Gamemaker has. It can be a pain to cut up every tileset and import each frame of a player or enemy animation.

I love how easy it is to use GDevelop. It is great and easy to learn.

I don’t like the paid features as compared to others that offer the same features for free.