Have you seen "Game Develop"?

I don't need to explain.Figure that out for yourself.Personally i think UDK is the future for creating games ,Wheter it's 2d or 3d and it has alot more functionality than construct.Yes it's more difficult but far more rewarding once you get used to UDK.And you can create shaders on the fly as well.For a gamedev hobbyist udk is ideal , For someone who want's to sell thier creations Construct is ideal.As for GD i love this as well ,Although it has less functionality (for a good reason off course) it can still create some very powerful games.And you can create games for linux with GD.

I didn't explain well enough sorry, I meant what can't Construct do that GD can do? I know UDK is better and shouldn't be compared, I should have stated that in the post earlier sorry.

Also I should ask what is planned for GD for the future, any support for 3D at all? what features will GD have that in Construct are not implemented or focused on?

[quote:1ausbag6]any support for 3D at all?

A part from the Box3D Object, Game Develop is not meant to compete with full 3D Development kit such as UDK or CryEngine.

[quote:1ausbag6]what features will GD have that in Construct are not implemented or focused on?

Game Develop allows extensions to provide new events types. Thus, ForEach/While loops can be made in GD by using For Each, While and Repeat events instead of standard events. There is also an extension allowing to insert and call function-like events. ( All of this can be made in Construct, but GD has an explicit support for different event type. )

I don't known if there is an extension for encryption in Construct, GD have an extension allowing to use AES algorithm on files.

I also have not found anything related to real-time image modification in Construct, GD provides some actions to modify Sprite's images at runtime ( See example "Destruction.gdg" ).

I plan to port Game Develop to Linux ( I mean the editor, games can already be compiled for Linux ). In fact, I have already released beta version of the editor for Linux ( As GD uses only portable libraries ), but there are a few annoying issues, like the keyboard which does not work when previewing a scene. But I hope to be able to fix it, in which case GD will be available on Linux. ( For the Mac port, I'm still waiting someone to buy me a mac ).

In the future, I will try to provide more objects and automatisms types. ( Note that even if GD is a freeware, all extensions of GD are currently open source, and available in the SDK. )

Sometimes I wish I could take the best out of different projects and make an... OH GOD IT IS AN ABOMINATION KILL IT WITH FIRE

I jest, it is always good to see other free game development projects springing up

Ninja edit: How about some bigger screenshots or such? Shy much?

Here are ( tons of ) screenshots :

3D objects and debugger ( As well as the French translation ) :

http://www.compilgames.net/images/GameDevelop/Screen1.png

Multiple camera and 3D object in a racing game :

http://www.compilgames.net/images/GameDevelop/Screen2.png

Editing a sprite :

http://www.compilgames.net/images/GameDevelop/Screen4.png

Events editing :

http://www.compilgames.net/images/GameDevelop/Screen3.png

http://www.compilgames.net/images/GameDevelop/Screen5.png

http://www.compilgames.net/images/GameDevelop/Screen6.png

Scene editor :

http://www.compilgames.net/images/GameDevelop/Screen7.png

Start page :

http://www.compilgames.net/images/GameDevelop/Screen8.png

An other ribbon appearance :

http://www.compilgames.net/images/GameDevelop/Screen9.png

Some games :

Drift roads :

http://www.share.compilgames.net/data/images/DR02.jpg

http://www.share.compilgames.net/data/images/DR01.jpg

Bloody Zombies! :

http://www.share.compilgames.net/data/images/zombies03.jpg

http://www.share.compilgames.net/data/images/zombies02.jpg

Eternity Under Fire :

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2439/battlefields.png

( Download links and some other games screenshots available here ) : http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums ... _id=566528 )

mmm real time modification with sprites is the best.Now i can create a destructible terrain without going through the aged old coding process.GD is the bomb.UDK is the Atom Bomb and Construct is the Explosion lol.

[quote:3gnlnq9n]it is a shame that somebody who obviously has talent and skill prefers to re-invent the wheel instead of joining the scirra team to further push Construct

my thoughts exactly.

[quote:3gnlnq9n]I also have not found anything related to real-time image modification in Construct, GD provides some actions to modify Sprite's images at runtime ( See example "Destruction.gdg" ).

this is what i am missing very badly in Construct. Canvas are really not enough for me.

[quote:33sayjdc]my thoughts exactly.

I want to insist on this fact :

[quote:33sayjdc]I have discovered Construct ( Oh, Interesting, it looks like Game Develop ) whereas Game Develop was released from about one year I think.

When I began writing the very first version of Game Develop, I was not aware that such a similar open source project existed. ( I knew TGF/MMF, Game maker and RPG Maker though ).

( It is possible for example that, one day, I make some contributions to Construct. ( But for now, the need of a non free library as well as a non free compiler so as to compile Construct is a barrier for me. ) )