What you may have missed in September 2016

In September 2016

New releases

• Release 235 Beta - New offline support using Service Workers.
• Release 236 Beta - Bug fixes and changes to Cordova iOS publishing.

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.

NW.JS

• v0.17.0 (Chromium 53) [Requires r217+]
• Get the latest and current version and make sure you are using the appropriate Construct 2 release : https://www.scirra.com/nwjs

Third part addons

• Plugin Scorm 1.2/2004 - Mimiste - https://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-scorm-1-2-2004-for-construct-2_t181722
• Plugin Sweet Alert 2 - andykenobi - https://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-sweetalert2_t181346
• Tool Plugin Manager - armaldio - https://www.scirra.com/forum/tool-plugin-manager_t181883

WebGL effects

• Motion Blur by iq - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-motionblur-by-iq_t181408 - chrisbrobs https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4jH2atWrpuxSlhfYlJxck4wX3c/view
• Plate Texture - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-plate-texture_t182173 - Gigatron - Demo
• HeightField FX - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-heightfield-fx_t182097 - Gigatron - Demo
• SpaceSim effect - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-spacesim-effect_t181956 - chrisbrobs - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4jH2atWrpuxeTk0dkh5QnFmU0U/view
• Growing color - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-growing-color_t181750 - Gigatron - Demo
• R Cube FX - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-r-cube-fx_t181780 - Gigatron - Demo
• Carpet FX - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-carpet-fx_t181880 - Gigatron - Demo
• Boken Lens Flare - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-bokenlenseflare-final-16-09-2016_t181381 - chrisbrobs https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4jH2atWrpuxTWJiUGp4WW1JaDg/view
• BubbleFX - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-bubble-fx_t182435 - Gigatron - Demo

Blog posts

• Scirra
  • New faces - An article in which Tom let us know about the newest addition to the Scirra Team.
  • Creating Klang's art and design in Construct - An article by Tom-Ivar (@Tinimations) who shares his experience making an ambitious rythmic platformer with Construct 2 for the past three years. The game looks stunning and the article contains gems of knowledge and tips for any C2 user.
  • Take your game to the next level - An article in which Tom provides an introduction and a promo code for using the muscial software Stagelight in order to easily and quickly produce musics for your games.

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 ! New videos get added on a regular basis on subjects YOU have asked for !!!
• 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 2015 (contains links to all the previous 2015 months recap)
• What you may have missed in January 2016
• What you may have missed in February 2016
• What you may have missed in March 2016
• What you may have missed in April 2016
• What you may have missed in May 2016
• What you may have missed in June 2016
• What you may have missed in July 2016
• What you may have missed in August 2016

Summer has gone, we're now heading into fall (at our European location).

See you next month

Hello Kyatric,

I want to thank you for this information and also your excellent tutorials.

On this moment, I am bussy with your "Simon Says" tutorial which I like to do very much. I am sure you invest a lot of your time and efforts in creating tutorials like these.

There I want to assure you, that your hard work is very much appreciated.

Friendly greetings,

Chris