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    Can you add your own games to retropie?

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    • J
      Johan_Liebert511
      last edited by

      And if than how and what language can I use? I want to make my first own game and want to play it on retropie.

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      • IanDaemonI
        IanDaemon @Johan_Liebert511
        last edited by

        @johan_liebert511 Yes, this is what the "ports" menu is for. You can find instructions and lists of existing games very easily online.

        • 5 Favorite Arcade Games in MAME
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        • IanDaemonI
          IanDaemon @IanDaemon
          last edited by

          I don't mean to sound dismissive or curt. It's just that you can write software in a lot of languages. Your game should probably be able to run on Linux

          I have no idea what hardware you have, but here's some info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games.

          • 5 Favorite Arcade Games in MAME
          • Cocktail Cabinet Games
          • Check out the MAME RoW
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          • ClydeC
            Clyde
            last edited by Clyde

            @johan_liebert511 There are already two threads with tome tips about creating your own games for RetroPie, see here and here.

            Apart from that, a web search for "creating games for Linux" (or RetroPie) should yield similar discussions or guides in the net.

            TL;DR: I'm not a developer myself, but the languages that are frequently recommended are Python (with PyGame), LÖVE, and C/C++.

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            • hiulitH
              hiulit
              last edited by

              You can create your own games using the open-source Godot Engine https://godotengine.org and you can play them on RetroPie using a script I created to install an "emulator" https://github.com/hiulit/RetroPie-Godot-Engine-Emulator

              My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

              • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
              • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
              • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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              • IanDaemonI
                IanDaemon @Clyde
                last edited by

                @clyde You put the TL;DR at the end? So... people read everything before they get to your synopsis? English speakers read top to bottom.

                • 5 Favorite Arcade Games in MAME
                • Cocktail Cabinet Games
                • Check out the MAME RoW
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                • ClydeC
                  Clyde @IanDaemon
                  last edited by Clyde

                  @iandaemon It referred to the linked threads and a web search. I assumed that even English speakers could make it through the three lines of text before it. 😉

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                  • hiulitH
                    hiulit @hiulit
                    last edited by

                    @hiulit you can even create your games on the Pi with these unofficial Godot builds https://github.com/hiulit/Unofficial-Godot-Engine-Raspberry-Pi

                    My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                    • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
                    • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
                    • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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