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  • How would you use the script files to extend an object's functionality?

    Subclassing instances is designed to be able to do that. For example the Ghost Shooter Code project creates a custom MonsterInstance class with custom properties and methods specific to the monster, e.g. a health property, a DestroyWithExplosion() method, and so on.

  • Most modern systems have a keyboard shortcut to enter emoji - for example on Windows it's pressing the Windows key + dot while typing, which brings up an Emoji picker so I can type emoji like this: 👍

    Construct fully supports emoji, so you should be able to use them anywhere in the editor.

  • Yes, that message only appears in preview.

  • The settings are remembered by the browser, and it will only remember it as long as your privacy settings allow. For example if you go and clear all your cookies in settings, it will erase all storage used by Construct, including settings. ("Cookies" is a really bad term for this, it really means "local storage".) So you probably need to check your browser privacy settings, or if you have something like a browser extension that clears cookies every 24 hours "to improve privacy", then that will be wiping all of Construct's remembered settings too.

  • The Addon SDK isn't meant to be the primary way of writing code for your project. Just use script files (or scripts in event sheets) instead. The Addon SDK is there if you want to do something like integrate a third-party service in a way you can use from event sheets and re-use between a wide audience. If you want to do something project-specific I'd definitely recommend to just write code directly in your project instead. JavaScript Modules are also a really good way to share chunks of code between projects too, if you have bits of code you want to re-use across projects.

  • For the record, we want to do both: an easy-to-use tool for beginners, and also a capable tool to build and publish a full game. So we need both features that help absolute beginners get started (like guided tours), and help advanced users go further (like JavaScript coding).

  • I think this is a bug in NW.js. I'm not sure when exactly it happens as I just tried a NW.js export of Ghost Shooter and it worked fine for me, but it does look like something funny is going on in NW.js that could break things sometimes. I responded to that issue with a minimal repro which should help speed up the fix.

  • It looks like the zip file is corrupt. (C3P files are really a zip file of a folder project.) You'd best restore a backup.

  • I think you should always choose "none of the algorithms mentioned above". The question appears to be asking if the app implements its own custom encryption algorithms, and using encryption features built-in to iOS doesn't count. I think almost everything these days uses encryption features built-in to the system - including Construct's Cryptography plugin, and very likely including the Admob plugin - which doesn't apply to that question. There's very little reason for apps to implement their own custom encryption algorithms, but I guess for legal reasons Apple have to ask anyway just in case.

  • The Recreate initial objects action nearly handles the instantiating pre-created objects part of it for you already - the only bit missing is to then move all the created objects to the new dynamic layer, which you might be able to do with an extra "move to layer" action.

  • That's not currently supported, nor is it an architecture Construct was designed to facilitate. Behaviors aren't really meant to be used like that.

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  • Global layers are currently implemented as an editor feature - by the time it launches the runtime, all overridden layers are replaced with normal layers that copy the global layer. So it's not currently possible to add a global or overridden layer at runtime.

    Since your project likely has a fixed number of global layers, you probably don't need dynamic layers anyway - just add the global/overridden layers in the editor and make them invisible if you don't need them.

  • Yes, the image sequence export option has full support for alpha transparency and can be used for creating sprite animations with transparent backgrounds for games. There's more information in this guide on exporting image sequences with Construct Animate.

    The GIF and video export options can be used in the free edition for exports up to 5 seconds long, but the GIF file format doesn't have full support for alpha transparency, and the video export currently doesn't support alpha transparency (although it's possible to make a video with transparency from an image sequence export).