GDevelop

GDevelop is a cross-platform game creation app for building 2D and 3D games with visual events, assets, testing tools, and export options.

Gdevelop io.gdevelop.ide

What is GDevelop?

GDevelop is a game development app that helps users create 2D and 3D games without requiring traditional coding for most workflows. It is aimed at beginners, hobbyists, educators, and indie developers who want to design gameplay, build levels, add art and sound, and test projects from one interface. The app uses an event-based system for game logic, making it practical for prototyping, classroom projects, jams, and small to mid-sized game production. GDevelop also includes tools for behaviors, physics, dialogue, debugging, and performance checking while you build. Projects can be developed on macOS and other desktop platforms, and users can publish games for web, desktop, and mobile targets. GDevelop is published by GDevelop.

Key features

  • Create 2D and 3D games with a visual event system
  • Build levels with tilemaps, objects, scenes, and reusable prefabs
  • Add platformer movement, physics, lighting, particles, and pathfinding
  • Test projects and debug gameplay with built-in profiling tools
  • Create branching dialogue and interactive story sequences
  • Export or publish games for web, desktop, and mobile platforms

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Safety overview

Status: Safe

GDevelop is a legitimate game creation tool. It normally needs access to files you choose so you can open, save, import, and export projects and game assets. If you use cloud features or online publishing, your project data may also be stored or transferred through connected online services. Keep it if you use it for game development, and review shared project content before publishing or syncing online.

Recommendation: Keep GDevelop if you create or edit games on this Mac. If you no longer use it, you can remove the app and its support files to recover space, but doing so may remove local projects, custom settings, export data, or cached assets unless you back them up first.

Common paths

  • /Applications/GDevelop.app

Cache paths

  • ~/Library/Caches/io.gdevelop.ide

Support paths

  • ~/Library/Application Support/GDevelop

Preference paths

  • ~/Library/Preferences/io.gdevelop.ide.plist

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