Community and Collaboration
BYOND has a strong community of developers and players which encourages collaboration and sharing of resources, ideas, and feedback.
Ease of Use
The platform provides a relatively easy-to-use development environment with its proprietary programming language, DM (Dream Maker), making it accessible to beginners.
Multiplayer Support
Built-in multiplayer support simplifies the process of developing networked multiplayer games, which is often a complex task in game development.
Resource Library
BYOND offers an extensive library of resources, including tutorials, assets, and code snippets that can accelerate the game development process.
Free to Use
The platform is free to download and use, lowering the barrier to entry for aspiring game developers.
I fell for this when I was a kid on Byond. The idea guy thought he was J. R. R. Tolkien. My sprite artist friend joined me. He was vague about what he wanted and even though we had been making everything he asked of us he brought another coder in, a couple years younger than me, I was a teen and he was 13. When he was given my code he called me boring and started throwing together some stuff. He ended up writing…
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