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★★★★★  unity
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★★  game editor
★★  scratch
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★★  construct
★  multimedia fusion
★  clickteam fusion
★  cocos2d
★  multimedia fusion 2
★  unity 4.3
★  unity 3d
★  xna
  torque 2d
  game salad

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