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Construct in 2023: Year in Review

46 points by AshleysBrain 3y ago

eimrine 3y ago
Why everyone considers some graphic icons inside of a text object as improvements?
- skocznymroczny 3y ago
  Could be useful to interleave icons of gamepad buttons or keyboard keys in a game as a tutorial, like Press "→" to dodge.
- AshleysBrain 3y ago
  (Author here) It's useful to render things like gamepad buttons, in-game items and characters, etc. Here's an example from Nintendo: https://scirra.aha.io/attachments/7235903469701444113/token/e86bf8bf544d3f4677c27ea840392d6fc2cef66a0ad9af70e40d2711fa23c934?size=original https://scirra.aha.io/attachments/7235903469701444113/token/... Another point to note is this is rendered in to the canvas so it can be processed with effects and layered easily with other game content, which isn't so easy with HTML (although our new HTML layers feature also helps with that).
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bossyTeacher 3y ago
Sounds like a mix between Scratch and Game Maker. I wish I had something like this back in the days. Trying to implement a 2d platform on game maker without access to the internet and with a very rudimentary level of programming was really hard
- IggleSniggle 3y ago
  Iirc Construct is a later iteration of Game Maker, or bought Game Maker, or something like that
  - KronisLV 3y ago
    > Iirc Construct is a later iteration of Game Maker, or bought Game Maker, or something like that I think GameMaker Studio is just a bit similar to Construct, a bit like how GDevelop or something like that also is, but I don't think there's much else of a connection there. I do recall the old versions of Construct (which were renamed to Construct Classic and are long dead) targeting Windows and DirectX in particular, which was quite a while ago at this point, so perhaps it was even more similar to GMS, before their move to web technologies starting with Construct 2: https://sourceforge.net/projects/construct/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/construct/ Still, I think that the new iterations are probably a good fit for educational settings, or just messing around with smaller projects and such, it's very nice to see them still working on stuff!
    - AshleysBrain 3y ago
      (Author here) Construct is completely independent of GameMaker. Key differences are it's fully browser based and built entirely on web technology, has more focus on the block-based alternative to coding, but also support for industry-standard JavaScript and TypeScript rather than a custom language (GML).
althea_tx 3y ago
Construct has been a godsend to my game design course. Thanks for all of your work, Ashley!
fodi 3y ago
Construct is super intuitive, especially if you've ever spent time in Klik'n'Play / The Games Factory / Multimedia Fusion. And if you're not the fan of no-code / event-driven visual programming, Construct has very good Javascript / Typescript support now.
Christylucas 3y ago
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xinok 3y ago
It's amazing to see how far Construct has come. Some of the games in the showcase are quite impressive! On par with some of the best indie games out there. Congrats on all your success!
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46 points by AshleysBrain 3y ago

eimrine 3y ago

Why everyone considers some graphic icons inside of a text object as improvements?

skocznymroczny 3y ago
Could be useful to interleave icons of gamepad buttons or keyboard keys in a game as a tutorial, like Press "→" to dodge.
AshleysBrain 3y ago
(Author here) It's useful to render things like gamepad buttons, in-game items and characters, etc. Here's an example from Nintendo: https://scirra.aha.io/attachments/7235903469701444113/token/e86bf8bf544d3f4677c27ea840392d6fc2cef66a0ad9af70e40d2711fa23c934?size=original https://scirra.aha.io/attachments/7235903469701444113/token/... Another point to note is this is rendered in to the canvas so it can be processed with effects and layered easily with other game content, which isn't so easy with HTML (although our new HTML layers feature also helps with that).
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bossyTeacher 3y ago

Sounds like a mix between Scratch and Game Maker. I wish I had something like this back in the days. Trying to implement a 2d platform on game maker without access to the internet and with a very rudimentary level of programming was really hard

IggleSniggle 3y ago
Iirc Construct is a later iteration of Game Maker, or bought Game Maker, or something like that
- KronisLV 3y ago
  > Iirc Construct is a later iteration of Game Maker, or bought Game Maker, or something like that I think GameMaker Studio is just a bit similar to Construct, a bit like how GDevelop or something like that also is, but I don't think there's much else of a connection there. I do recall the old versions of Construct (which were renamed to Construct Classic and are long dead) targeting Windows and DirectX in particular, which was quite a while ago at this point, so perhaps it was even more similar to GMS, before their move to web technologies starting with Construct 2: https://sourceforge.net/projects/construct/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/construct/ Still, I think that the new iterations are probably a good fit for educational settings, or just messing around with smaller projects and such, it's very nice to see them still working on stuff!
  - AshleysBrain 3y ago
    (Author here) Construct is completely independent of GameMaker. Key differences are it's fully browser based and built entirely on web technology, has more focus on the block-based alternative to coding, but also support for industry-standard JavaScript and TypeScript rather than a custom language (GML).

althea_tx 3y ago

Construct has been a godsend to my game design course. Thanks for all of your work, Ashley!

fodi 3y ago

Construct is super intuitive, especially if you've ever spent time in Klik'n'Play / The Games Factory / Multimedia Fusion. And if you're not the fan of no-code / event-driven visual programming, Construct has very good Javascript / Typescript support now.

Christylucas 3y ago

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xinok 3y ago

It's amazing to see how far Construct has come. Some of the games in the showcase are quite impressive! On par with some of the best indie games out there. Congrats on all your success!

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