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MD Engine vs GB Studio

While the UI for both MD Engine and GB Studio is pretty much identical, due to MD Engine been forked from GB Studio and having all the limitations for their target platform removed.

MD Engine received a full new compiler, new events, new physics and audio system.

The following table outlines some of the major differences.

 MD EngineGB Studio
Engine Core SGDKGBDK-2020
Runtime Native C codeGBVM scripts
Palettes 9-bit RGB15-bit RGB
Scene Size 320 × 224 (H40)160 × 144 pixels
Scene Backgrounds Images or Tiled mapsImages
Scene Types ✔️
Global Player ✔️
Any Actor is "Player" ✔️
Triggers have several scripts ✔️
Scenes have Setup/Update/End scripts ✔️