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CALCULATE TEXT WIDTH IN PIXELS
Hey guys sorry for being away so much, its just life. Found a couple of questions around the forum this week one tonight and they'... Read more
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GeorgeZaharia
published on 23 Dec, 2018
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An optimal way to write events in Construct
Hi, been a while since my last blog post. So lately I’ve been thinking about switching engines for my game. I must admit that in a... Read more
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skymen Affiliate
published on 22 Dec, 2018
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Launching the new Construct 3 runtime
We've been working hard for most of this year on a complete, ground-up rewrite of the runtime engine (the part of Construct that r... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 12 Dec, 2018
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Construct @ EGX
EGX, if you’re unaware, is the UK’s largest gaming conference and was held in Birmingham last month. I went along to see what was... Read more
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Laura_D Construct Team Community Manager
published on 31 Oct, 2018
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Try the new Construct 3 runtime
Back in April we first released an alpha of a brand-new runtime for Construct. This has been completely rewritten from the ground... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 24 Sep, 2018
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Introducing the new Construct 3 debugger
Construct's debugger is an essential tool for testing your game and diagnosing anything that's not working like you expected. It h... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 3 Sep, 2018
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Working around a workaround
This a follow up to my last blog post 'Creating layers out of laziness' so you might want to read that first. And so, I decided to... Read more
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skymen Affiliate
published on 23 Aug, 2018
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Construct's effect compositor: part 2
This is the second blog in a series about the code in Construct that renders effects, called the effect compositor . In case you m... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 10 Aug, 2018
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Creating layers out of laziness
Ok, this title might sound a bit weird, but I have to say that this is exactly what I am trying to do. I recently started working... Read more
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skymen Affiliate
published on 10 Aug, 2018
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Mourn Editor, an attempt to ease the pain a bit
I made a cool thing. I want to talk about it. Here I go. As many of us may know, at least all of us who have been in the community... Read more
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skymen Affiliate
published on 9 Aug, 2018
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Construct's effect compositor: part 1
One of the cool things you can do in Construct is add multiple effects to an object. For example you can add a Warp effect to dist... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 9 Aug, 2018