Game Development Blog Posts

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Making of SNEK - Online Multiplayer Game
Ahoy, I'm Jhomas, a Canadian game developer starting out making online cooperative games, which are my favourite genre (if it coun... Read more
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JhomasJhomas
published on 6 Mar, 2018
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So how are we getting on?
Blimey, things have been manic this week. It's full steam ahead at Scirra HQ as we're preparing for a big education exhibition nex... Read more
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Laura_D Construct Team Community Manager
published on 8 Nov, 2019
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Oh hey, I'm back 👋
That’s riiiiight, my weekly ramblings are back on track! Didja miss me? Aha, don’t answer that. So, on Tuesday we did a little bit... Read more
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Laura_D Construct Team Community Manager
published on 11 Oct, 2019
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Let’s talk about stuff. How about NPC Designs and Twitch Points?
Hello folks, it’s time for another blog post! There’s not masses to talk about on the game development front, so I thought I’d sha... Read more
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Laura_D Construct Team Community Manager
published on 16 Aug, 2019
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Remember not to waste your memory
Occasionally we're asked questions like "I want to make a game with huge levels all made of uniquely drawn art tiles. Can Construc... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 1 May, 2013
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NPCs are done! For now, at least
That’s right, the title says it all, I am DONE with NPCs. For the moment anyway. On Tuesday’s stream, I put in the last bit of cod... Read more
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Laura_D Construct Team Community Manager
published on 2 Aug, 2019
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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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Optimisation: don't waste your time
We regularly get questions like this on the forum: "Which is faster: Event A or event B?". Sometimes they will also be asking if a... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 9 May, 2012
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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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Encryption algorithms and sharing levels on a tweet
A very cool member of the Construct community named LootBndt (go follow his twitter, he's truly amazing: ) came on the Discord ser... Read more
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skymen Affiliate
published on 15 May, 2018
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Integrated Web Fonts in Construct 3
One area with major improvements in Construct 3 is support for web fonts . These are downloadable custom fonts often used in web p... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 16 Feb, 2017