Construct 2 is amazing (long time programmer here)

Hello,

I just want to provide a quick feedback about Construct 2: I'm a freelancer game developer where I have developed games using all kinds of languages and engines (from C, C++ to HTML 5). Most of the games I worked on were made with Unity or Corona SDK. I even have a Corona SDK product, which I sell through my site.

For a recent iOS and Android small game project that had a very short deadline I was going with Corona SDK, because Corona already allows rapid prototype and multiplatform development.

But I decided to try Construct 2 and the result was amazing:

• I completed and published the game in 5 days (in Corona SDK I expected around 12 days) - note: the graphics were finished before starting the development.
• Game performance is great.
• Additional publishing platforms (browsers and even desktop). Only iOS and Android was expected, but I surprised the client.

I'm sold and already got my license. I'm thinking in baking something for the Construct 2 community too.

Note: I'm not saying one engine is better than another, but now I'm decided to make most of my smaller contracts with Construct 2. I may even risk some bigger games, because being able to create and edit existing behaviors on the fly is really cool.

Thank you.

WElcome aboard.

I have been in and out of game development for the last 10 years.

This is a great product, I must fully agree.

As soon as I am granted the "non-spambot" status, I plan on donating a bunch of animated content, and an AI tutorial.

If you want to work together on something for the community, just shoot me a PM.

I have tried quite a few game engines through the years, and this is the very first one that actually works as advertised.

Though I have not been in the game industry for long at all I am a 25 year veteran of the software development industry (Starting with Borland Delphi R&D - see how dated I am? LOL) and I too have been blown away with what Construct 2 has to offer.

I did some real homework as well - Doing ease of use and performance testing on several other game engines and having Construct 2 come out on top of all of them. Then, with the price point being so affordable for almost all and being so extensible with JS...

Very impressed.

Not hacing to manage reusable code and or creating games from scratch is amazing. The fact that most of the tolls are ready to go is just wondeful :)

Thanks for the replies guys. Nice to see other experienced programmers around here :)

By the way I just noticed one of the team members, Paulo Ricardo is from my city in Brazil (Curitiba, PR) - scirra.com/people. That's cool, because first I wouldn't imagine someone from Brazil in the team even less one from my city.

Great to meet you Alfred! It's cool to see that you share the opinion many of us have: C2 is effectively unparalleled in producing PoCs or even small scale games :D

I look forward to the day where someone has invested a lot of time into the engine and produces a fully fledged IP, I have a feeling this may be the year we get some exposure!

Good, the reason why i trust C2 because it helps me to save my time a lot to write the functions. I wouldn't write my HTML5 game from scratch because i was worried about garbage collector but C2 was solution.

Anyways, welcome!

Glad to hear that. :)

Welcome!