NEON PRECINCT
Beat 'em up game maker
The engine and tools are each a single HTML file, so they run as soon as you open them in a browser. Nothing to install, no internet needed.
Try a demo first to see what you can make — Hyakki Yako · OVERTIME
If you're new
1
Quickstart
No art needed — a one-stage game with the sample characters. About 15 minutes.
Manual chapter 1
2
Simple build
A hero · enemy · two stages from your own art, plus title · music · credits. Half a day.
Manual chapter 2
3
Full production
Start from the sample (Hyakki Yako) — boss specials · effects · cutscenes · HUD · difficulty. Several days.
Manual chapter 3 Sample folderBuild order
Sprite ForgeSingle images → character sheet
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Character ForgeActions · moves · hitboxes · stats
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Asset ForgeMake items · obstacles, match sizes
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Stage ForgeBackground · floor · waves, place obstacles · items
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Game ForgeBundle and build one game file
▶ Play in engineRight away from Character · Stage · Game Forge, without building
Tools
| Tool | What it does | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Sprite Forge | Assembles single images into a character sheet and cleans them up to pixel rules | Character JSON |
| Character Forge | Sets action cells · move timing · hitboxes · stats · special skills | Character JSON |
| Asset Forge | Creates items · obstacles and sets their properties; matches item · obstacle · effect art in position · size next to the hero | Item · obstacle JSON |
| Stage Forge | Sets background · floor · enemy waves, and places obstacles · items | Stage JSON |
| Game Forge | Gathers characters · stages, sets title · cutscenes · music · HUD, and builds | Game JSON · one game file (HTML) |
| OpenBOR Importer | Converts character settings you made yourself for OpenBOR into this engine's character JSON (refine it in Character Forge) | Character JSON |
| Manual | Quickstart · simple · full — guides by level, plus a reference of every tool setting and value | — |
| Engine | Load a game JSON or character · stage JSON and play right away | — |
Demos
| Game | About |
|---|---|
| Hyakki Yako | A samurai cutting down yokai in the night streets of Edo. Two stages · three difficulties — includes the source as the sample |
| OVERTIME | A boss rush where one cop takes on six bosses in a row. Cutscenes · part battles |
Coming soon
Coming in an update 2-player co-op