In April 2018
Blog posts
- Scirra
- Demonoire - New bundled RPG for Construct 3 - An article in which Tom announces a new example that is going to be bundled from Construct 3 R95. It is a complete RPG meant to be a valuable resource for newcomers and veterans alike.
- C3 runtime alpha now available - An article in which Ashley indicates the new C3 alpha runtime is available from the beta release R95 and explains how to activate it, test it, what is currently in and the plans for the long terms. This is an experimental feature, so likely to contain a lot of bugs at the moment. Please file a bug report if you encounter any bug for them to be investigated and fixed. This is going to be a long-term work, the complete runtime won't likely be available before months have passed and it is not recommended to use it for production currently. Nevertheless, you can already test it out and be part of the "release soon, release often" philosophy of the Construct Team.
- Ashley
- Software development is hard: a collision bug post mortem - An article in which Ashley details his experience dealing with a specific bug report involving a minor bug in a key feature: collisions detection. Ashley explains his thought process and details how things work under the hood in order to investigate and fix such an issue.
C3 New releases
- r95 (beta) - C3 runtime alpha, new Demonoire RPG demo game, and more.
- r95.2 (beta) - Bug fixes for C3 runtime.
- r96 (beta) - Improved clipboard support, NW.js extras, bug fixes.
- r97 (beta) - C3 runtime updates, Cordova updates, bug fixes.
- r98 STABLE - Stable update: new Demonoire demo, C3 runtime alpha, improved clipboard & Safari support.
- Find all the releases and changelogs on the new website https://www.construct.net/fr/make-games/releases.
If you think you have found a bug in Construct 3 you can report your bugs on github following the instructions and templates provided there.
You can also provide suggestions on the features suggestion platform at https://construct3.ideas.aha.io/.
You can discuss Construct 3 in this forum.
Remember, as announced, ultimately forums and other community related discussion channels will be moved to the new https://www.construct.net.
Construct 3 has an English online manual ! Be sure to read it : https://www.construct.net/gb/make-games/manuals/construct-3.
You can also check out Construct 3 tutorials and releases.
If you talk a different language, you may also take part into translating Construct 3 and possibly getting a free subscription for it.
Read more on this in this forum.
The
Addon Exchange service, holding Construct 2 and Construct 3 addons is now available.
Authors, be sure to upload and maintain your addons there.
Users be sure to check this one out from now on, this is meant to become the official place where to find addons for Construct.
C2 New releases
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 provide 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
- v0.30.0 (Chromium 66) [Requires r217+]
- Get the latest and current version and make sure you are using the appropriate Construct 2 release : https://www.scirra.com/nwjs
The
Addon Exchange service, holding Construct 2 and Construct 3 addons is now available.
Authors, be sure to upload and maintain your addons there.
Users be sure to check this one out from now on, this is meant to become the official place where to find addons for Construct.
Third part addons
On the Addons Exchange - C2 - C3
WebGL effects
On the Addons Exchange - C2 - C3
- User Saiyadjin did a big job putting in place in July 2017 this google doc which attempts to add descriptions to add ons and effects and determine if they are up to date or not.
You can check the document or check for yourself directly in the forums' topics.
Reminder
- You can consult all or the newest tutorials for Construct 2.
- You can consult the newest, the recommended, the highest rated, the most favourited or yet again the most popular tutorials for Construct 3.
- 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.
- 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")
- Get help using Construct 3 by checking the previous forum (implementation in Construct 2 should work in Construct 3 as well). You can also check the dedicated Construct 3 forums, with a dedicated technical forum for Construct 3.
- The manual for Construct 2 gets updated with each new stable release, be sure to consult it.
- The manual for Construct 3 gets updated as well with each new stable release, be sure to consult it. It is specific to Construct 3 and helps with new features and specific Construct 3 ways.
- Concerning Addons, Tom published the Addon Exchange service, holding Construct 2 and Construct 3 addons.
Authors, be sure to add your addons there. Users be sure to check this one out from now on, this is meant to become the official place where to find addons for Construct.
- A list of all completed plugins and behaviors for Construct 2is 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.
- You can discuss addons making for Construct 3 in the SDK forum for Construct 3.
- You can contact Laura in order to have your C2/C3 made games promoted through Construct Team social networks. Read the following article for all the complete details on how to do so.
- You can consult Construct Team's 2018 AMA on Reddit. A lot of interesting questions concerning Construct 2 and Construct 3 were discussed during that AMA and you may find useful answers, such as Construct 2's future as indicated by Ashley.
Former retrospect
As an added bonus, here is a list of the former "What you may have missed" posts for the year.
See you next month !