What you may have missed in May 2015

In May 2015

New releases

• Release 205 Beta - New system features and bug fixes
• Release 205.2 Beta - Editor crash fix
• Release 206 Stable - The Scirra Arcade is back! Lots of other improvements including new Local Storage plugin, various bug fixes, and performance improvements

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)

Be sure to keep updated to the

most recent release of Construct 2

If you think you have found a bug in Construct 2 you can report it in this forum BUT

• Make sure it is not already a reported bug by searching through the "Bugs" forum
• Make sure it is not a bug in your events, a difference between what you have coded and what you would expect
• Make sure you're using the very latest version of Construct 2 (beta possibly, stable if this is the very latest release available)
• Attach a .capx of the issue in the simplest manner possible (no 100+ events capx, no 10 mb capx)
• Make sure to read Bug report requirements before posting and providing all the required informations (your configuration, the steps to use to reproduce the bug, any relevant information you can provide)

It is really important since about 50% of reports aren't bugs which takes time out of working on Construct2 directly.

Be responsible, help everybody by making sure it's not your events in cause first.

Third part addons

• Chromecast plugin - mneilly - https://www.scirra.com/forum/chromecast-plugin_t145394

WebGL effects

• Multiple FX - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-multiple-fx_t129978 - Gigatron
  
• Star Nest - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-star-nest_t129878 - Gigatron
  
• 3D Stars - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-3d-stars_t130297 - Gigatron
  
• Spectrum beam - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-spectrum-beam_t130233 - Gigatron
  
• 3D Anagyph effects - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-s-3d-anaglyph-effects_t145327 - chrisbrobs
  

Blog posts

• Scirra
  • Construct 2 game jam, win a plastic carrot - An article in which Tom presents the new competition/game jam that is running up until the 26th June and is to be posted on Newgrounds. Theme: Deception, all infos in the bloag post itself.

Reminder

• You can consult all or the newest tutorials
• You can check the top or the newest games in the arcade
• You can find even more games and other kind of projects in "Your creations" forum category, either completed creations or works in progress.
• You can listen to the unofficial C2 podcast
• If you haven't already, be sure to check out the videos playlist "C2 academy" up on youtube !
• Get help using Construct2 in the "How do I forum or even in the "Beginner's questions forum. Those are the forums to ask and find answer to technical questions about Construct 2 (don't forget to also consult the sticky "How do I Frequently Asked Question")
• The manual gets updated with each new stable release, be sure to consult it.
• A list of all completed plugins and behaviors is maintained as sticky in the "Completed addons" forum.
• A list of the published webGL effects is maintained in the "Effects" forum.
• If you have some plugins, behaviors or effects of your own you want to share, please post them in the appropriate forum with a title tag (either [Plugin], [Behavior] or [Effect]). Don't hesitate to ask moderators when doing so in case you're confused where would be the better place to post.

Former retrospect

As an added bonus, here is a list of the former "What you may have missed" posts for the year.

• What you may have missed in December 2014
• What you may have missed in January 2015
• What you may have missed in February 2015
• What you may have missed in March 2015
• What you may have missed in April 2015

Be sure to participate in this month's Newgrounds' contest !

See you next month !

Is there a way to find out what is going on at scirra at the moment?

(Kinda daily or weekly newsfeed)

TheRealDannyyy: Follow their social networks. Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

This current "newsletter" though is more about what went on in the forums and around Construct 2 in the community though.

And to do so, just read the forums on a daily basis, as I do to make this summary.

Already using that media, but I mean't like more details.

For example what is coming next to C2, what is currently in work?

I know that @Tom is fulltime working on the new Arcade, but what is @Ashley working on?

Maybe he is working on a new plugin for the Arcade leaderboards or on other awesome new content?

(Of course it also depends on @Scirra, if they want to release the information or not.)

Anyway thanks for the fast response!

Whenever there is news they want to talk about they release it over social medias, or on the blog.

Last Scirra's tweet at the time of writing is : https://twitter.com/Scirra/status/606865460819304448 so it is safe to assume they are working on leaderboards for the arcade and that's what they decided to let publicly out.