What you may have missed in March 2012

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Hi, I've had some troubles with my internet connection during this month, I still tried to gather all major informations/posts I encountered.

If you consider there are topics that should be in this list post the link in this topic, I'll be happy to add them.

• "Only" 4 releases for Construct 2 :
• Release 81 (beta) - export Windows 8 Metro apps
• Release 82 (beta) - Translation engine prototype
• Release 83 (beta) - New icons + bugfixes
• Release 84 Stable - All reported bugs from previous versions are fixed in this one

(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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• Construct2/website
• End of the Rotary contest - More than 50 entries, be sure to vote to give feedback to the authors.
• The winners of the rotary contest announced : in this blog article
• New system Stable/Beta releases with new layout on the site to make the difference.

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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 Instance Group by rexrainbow - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-instance-group_topic49662_post312603.html
• Plugin UITemplates by Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/pluginuitemplates_topic49700_post312874.html
• Behavior SpriteExt by rexrainbow - http://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-spriteext_topic49726_post313039.html
• Plugin SystemExt by rexrainbow - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-systemext_topic49728_post313041.html
• Plugin FileSaver by Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-filesaver_topic49803.html
• Behavior SplinePath by Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-splinepath_topic49867_post313984.html
• Plugin 3D using Copperlicht by Juantar - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-3d-using-copperlicht-work-in-progress_topic49881_post314191.html
• Plugin Text plus by rexrainbow - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-text-plus_topic49965_post314722.html
• Plugin TMX importer by rexrainbow - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-tmx-importer_topic49949.html
• Plugin FileReader by Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-filereader_topic50038.html
• Plugin Textbox Addon by septeven - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-textbox-addon_topic50045.html
• Plugin Load JSON by Joe7 - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-load-json_topic50331_post318209.html
• Plugin c2i - canvas/base64/screenshot to image by Joe7 - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-c2i-canvas-base64-to-image_topic50576.html
• Behavior Extract Sprite to base64 string by Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-extract-sprite-to-base64-string_topic50577.html
• Behavior Inject base64 string as Sprite Image by Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-inject-base64-string-as-sprite-image_topic50604.html

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3 blogs articles were written by Tom and Ashley:

• Rotary competition winners by Tom - an article with the list of winners for the rotary competition
• How to write low garbage real-time javascript by Ashley - A technical article, aimed mainly at plugin/behavior writters presenting the concerns about garbage collection and the good practices to follow to avoid hicups and other flaws.
• IE 10, "fast" and "native" has gone to other browsers by Ashley - A test of HTML5 performances on upcoming browsers (chrome 18, FireFox12, Internet Explorer 10) and the result is that what Microsoft's marketing is promising is not delivered by IE10 but by the other browsers with incredible performances.

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A few posts from the forum that deserve your attention. As I said, I've had troubles following the forum during the whole month, so for once I'll highlight a valuable tutorial:

• Creating a memory match game - Here is a work in progress tutorial that deserves some attention. Displaying intermediate to advanced techniques it covers the full scope of creating a memory-match card game and the underlying mechanics to produce it
• HTML5 and the battle for the browser - A link to a blog article about different developpers point of view on the acceptance of HTML5 and previsions on the future.

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Also there's been quite a few new tutorials. The community is sharing more and more useful informations/tips/tricks and knowledge.

There have been also a great deal of new games uploaded in the Arcade and in the Your creations forum. Take the opportunity of this topic to post about the games you may have tried this past month and enjoyed a great deal. It will bring some welcomed exposure to the games and their authors.

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March madness 2012 has come and gone, we're still alive, see you next month.

Great summary as always, thanks!

Thanks for keeping me aware of the news, Mr. Kyatric.

Kyatric:

Thanks for taking the time to put these "What you may have missed in..." posts together, They are very much appreciated. <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

wow - this is amazing - thanks man!!

its very useful!!

Awesome stuff Kyatric.

When I get busy with work, I always look for your post to see what's what at the Scirra Forums.

Thank you again.

Great! <img src="smileys/smiley20.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Thanks

Thanks for this Kyatric, especially the list of plugins. :)

Kyatric,

Great job as usual. I find the summary very useful as I my time is limited.

Thanks Kyatric, much appreciated as usual.

This is sooo great!! I hope you will still do that kind of summaries. Thanks Kyatric.

Wow! Thanks for the shout out, kyatric. The Memory Match tutorial is now complete -- all 5 parts of it.