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RTS devlog #6: 1000 units bandwidth
After the last devlog I had the basic controls for scrolling and zooming a larger level. Mostly for a laugh, I threw in 1000 units... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 16 Nov, 2022
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RTS devlog #5: input and gestures
In the week or so since the last devlog I've mostly been working on mouse and touch input, as you can see from the commit history... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 7 Nov, 2022
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RTS devlog #4: Collision detection and combat
Since the last devlog I've been working to get to a minimally playable game. Units now have turrets, they can fire at each other,... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 27 Oct, 2022
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RTS devlog #3: Minimal multiplayer milestone
You can now play a minimally multiplayer version of the RTS live online at CommandAndConstruct.Com ! It's an unoptimized export ru... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 10 Oct, 2022
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RTS update #2: Classes
Since the last blog I've added some very basic interactivity. You can click to select units, and click somewhere else to move the... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 3 Oct, 2022
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RTS update #1: architecture
Since my first blog I've been putting together the overall architecture of the game. You can see some of the initial work in the c... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 26 Sep, 2022
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I'm going to make a game!
I'm going to make a game in Construct! This is going to be a bit of an experimental part-time project with the aims of showing how... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 23 Sep, 2022
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Feature Focus: JavaScript Coding
Construct's visual block system can produce amazing results without having to write a single line of code. However if you want to... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 16 Sep, 2022
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Export smaller projects with WebP images
Construct now supports using the WebP image format when exporting your projects. It can reduce the file size of images by 20-30% w... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 5 Sep, 2022
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Celebrating 300 Construct 3 releases!
We release an update to Construct about once a week. This helps make sure Construct is improving quickly and changing in response... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 1 Jul, 2022
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Feature Focus: Display scaling
Feature Focus is a series of blog posts and videos where we occasionally highlight some of the best features of Construct. In this... Read more
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Ashley Construct Team Founder
published on 27 Jun, 2022