What you may have missed in April 2012

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<font size="5">in April 2012</font></center>

3 beta releases for Construct 2 :

• Release 85 (beta) - Engine improvements
• Release 86 (beta) - New advanced event features (else, or, while, ...)
• Release 87 (beta) - XML plugin, JSON support (load, save) for arrays, misc bug fixes, fixing of th "OR" blocks.

(The features listed here are only the "highlighted" features for each release. Check each release page to see the complete changelog and comments for each version)

<font size="4">Be sure to keep updated to the most recent release of Construct 2</font>

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Quite a bunch of new custom plugins and behaviors for Construct2 were released from the crazy third party devs who are pushing the limits always further:

• Plugin Bork - Joe7 - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-bork_topic50742.html
• Plugin SLG pack - rexrainbow - http://www.scirra.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=50640&PID=321105&title=demo-of-slg-plugins-package#321105
• Plugin aStar - 00rez - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugins-behaviors-rez-repo_topic51087_post322118.html
• Behavior PathFinder - 00rez - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugins-behaviors-rez-repo_topic51087_post322118.html
• Behavior autotile - 00rez - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugins-behaviors-rez-repo_topic51087_post322118.html
• SpriteURL - 0plus1 - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-spriteurl_topic51261.html
• Pode HTML pack - Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugins-pode-html-pack_topic51522_post324677.html
• Plugin PDF creator - Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-pdf-creator_topic51521.html
• Behavior recolor sprite - Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-recolor-sprite_topic51640.html
• Behavior inject text on Sprite - Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-inject-text-on-sprite_topic51516.html

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4 blogs articles were written, with the first ever guest blog article by Lucid.

• Fullscreen HTML5 gaming experience with Construct2 by Ashley - an article about the new "Fullscreen" option (in the browser object) and a bit more explanations on how to use it
• How we got over funded in just one week on KickStarter by Lucid - The first guest on Scirra's blog is Lucid, an active member of the Construct's community, who has had a Kickstarter campain running for his animation tool : Spriter. The campain got funded in a week and in this post Lucid give his opinion as of why it happened and tips one might reuse in launching a KickStarter campain.
• Why running a startup is like playing poker by Tom - An article where Tom draw a comparison line between playing poker and running a startup, explaining some aspects/tools that should help you win some pots and define a clear plan/risk course for your company.
• Avoiding insanity with an office by Tom - A reflexion upon the advantages that bring having an office after having used your home as a working site for an extended period of time.

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A few posts from the forum that deserve your attention.

• A critical bug was reported but seems happily to be restricted to a specific day of the year. More infos
• Apparently Microsoft has noticed Construct2 and is looking for US C2 developpers for their Win7 Phones
• Construct 2 and custom files - A discussion around the status of "file management"-like HTML5's current abilities
• Post about Ludum Dare competition where you can find discussions about the competition as well as submitted games.

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Here that wraps up this April month. Some jokes, some serious releases. Lucid got rich, Scirra got a new HQ.

2012 goes on, see you next month.

I think you forgot the pdf plugin... ;)

I was waiting for this topic, thanks ;)

Hope that with the new HQ scirra will accelerate their development ;D

septeven: indeed. Corrected, thank you for the notice.

You forgot it in the plugin list thread too ;)

No posts about C2 games in Ludum Dare 23? Where there ANY C2 games in Lundum Dare 23? I know I tried, but it's hard to make a game when my 48 hour weekend only has 4 hours a day.

Cpryd001 Yes, there was a thread about it.

Also Kyat, Pode had a behavior scirra.com/forum/behavior-recolor-sprite_topic51640_post325367.html

septeven fixed too, thanks.

—: I added the link to the post. It is still a sticky though so quite easy to spot. You may have to browse through the "Your creations" forum for more submitted programs, or on the Ludum Dare website look for entries with the HTML5 keyword.

I hope all C2 game makers thought about putting this tag there.

newt: Thanks added both here and in the plugin list.

Cpryd001

This is a game made in C2 in Ludum Dare 23 as I know

ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23

Kyatric

I had not release SLG package yet, it has no document yet <img src="smileys/smiley19.gif" border="0" align="middle" /> I'll try...

Thanks for another great summary Kyatric!

a little autopromotion of my tutorial on creating mobile games with c2 here: http://www.scirra.com/tutorials/298/performance-tips-for-mobile-games

cheers!

Behavior - Inject Text on Sprite by Pode added to the plugin recap.

Thanks Kyatric for another great month summary.

construct-games.de is now placed in mostly all search engines directly under scirra ^^

for all german users here, you are friendly invited to use and upgrade the forum to a cool state, since the seo seems to rock the gamemaker scene <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle">

best regards!