Construct 3 NW.js desktop app [Deprecated]

The instructions in the original post should work for any platform NW.js supports: Windows, Mac and Linux. However I would advise to use Construct in the browser wherever possible, as it has almost all the features of the desktop build, and is more reliable.

As a random confirmation, I successfully used the Remote Preview tool in Linux (Manjaro).

I used Construct 3 in Chrome, and used the remote preview tool so that I can preview my project in NWJS. I installed NWJS and needed to copy/paste the remote tool files (which was the complicated part, as Manjaro, by default, doesn't allow you to write files to the system folders - you either use the terminal to copy the files as root access, or you use a different file browser that allows root access to system files). Worked great after!

I ended up having issues with this on Windows. When trying to open the nw.exe alongside the package.json file, I keep getting an error in debug that says "Cannot open ZIP from file handle" with the hex right after.

If I try to run it without it though, nw.js features become unavailable.

Any idea as to why this might be?

Running Construct in NW.js is now deprecated and will no longer be supported (see the updated original post). Please switch to using Construct in the browser at editor.construct.net instead.

The preview for Nwjs tool is broken for me. When I load the remote preview it gives me a chromium style failed to load page.

"The webpage at preview.construct.net might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.

ERR_FAILED"

console log:

The FetchEvent for "https://preview.construct.net/" resulted in a network error response: the promise was rejected.

Promise.then (async)

(anonymous) sw.js:745

2node:internal/deps/undici/undici:6460 Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Failed to parse URL from [object Request]

at new Request (node:internal/deps/undici/undici:6460:19)

at Agent2.fetch (node:internal/deps/undici/undici:7157:29)

at Object.fetch (node:internal/deps/undici/undici:8060:22)

at fetch (node:internal/bootstrap/pre_execution:195:25)

at HandleFetch (sw.js:687:10)

Request node:internal/deps/undici/undici:6460

fetch node:internal/deps/undici/undici:7157

fetch node:internal/deps/undici/undici:8060

fetch node:internal/bootstrap/pre_execution:195

HandleFetch sw.js:687

Ah, that looks like a bug in NW.js 0.64.1. I reported it to NW.js here.

NW.js 0.64.0 is not affected so download that version instead and it should work.