BennuGD (also referred as Bennu Game Development or Bennu) is a high-level

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suite, originally created as a

Fenix Project Fenix Project is the codename for a GNU project to create a free compiler for a scripting language derived from the one created by Hammer Technologies for the game development suite DIV Games Studio. However, several features have been added w ...

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by Argentinian

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SpliterGU. It is officially supported for

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GP2X Wiz The GP2X Wiz is a handheld game console and portable media player developed by South Korean company GamePark Holdings running a Linux kernel-based embedded operating system. It was released on May 12, 2009, and was also the first console from bot ...

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and Dingux, but can also be run on multiple other platforms to some extent, including

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, iOS, and consoles such as

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, Dingoo A320, and

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. Most recently BennuGD has been ported to

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and

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. BennuGD focuses on modularity and portability and makes it easy for both beginners and experienced users to create their own games. BennuGD is a

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. There are several

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s (IDE) available, but none are officially supported. The package includes a

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, run-time code, and different

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to extend core functionality. BennuGD was created as a

by the Argentinian

SplinterGU after some disagreements in the Fenix Project's community. In January 2010, the first part of a two-part series of articles on BennuGD was published in the Spanish ''TodoLinux'' magazine. In February 2010, the second part was published.

References

External links

* {{Official website, bennugd.org Video game development software Scripting languages