# le-doux/bitsy

a little engine for little games, worlds, and stories

Repository: https://github.com/le-doux/bitsy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bitsy
Homepage: https://bitsy.org
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-07-22T20:36:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3640, "days_push": 42, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1070, forks 190 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:28.032092+00:00)

## What it is
Bitsy is a small browser-based editor and engine for making tiny games, worlds, and stories where you walk around and talk to characters. It is designed for beginners and artists, requiring no programming experience.

## Use cases
- make a small walking-and-talking game
- create an interactive story without coding
- build a tiny pixel-art world
- make games for game jams as a beginner
- create narrative art games in the browser

## When to choose
- you want to make a simple exploration or dialogue game without programming
- you are a beginner or artist making a game jam entry
- you want a free browser-based tool for tiny narrative games

## When to avoid
- you need complex mechanics, physics, or 3D
- you want a full-featured engine like Unity or Godot
- you need to build large-scale commercial games

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game-engine, editor, gui
- domain: gaming-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: pixel-art, narrative-games, beginner-friendly, no-code, web-based-editor, game-development, creative-coding, web

## Member repositories
- le-doux/bitsy (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:28.032092+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:54:02.751863+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/le-doux/bitsy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:28.032092+00:00, sha 418cdfc6761e)
  - homepage: https://bitsy.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:15.100348+00:00, sha 815ed17c66de)
  - site_page: https://make.bitsy.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:15.109556+00:00, sha 62f7dd54bdd8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.