Fireche's Forum Posts

  • Hi,

    what's happening in my game is that you are falling endless and you can pick up coins while falling. To make this work, the coins get spawned on the bottom and move to the top.

    They get spawned every X seconds (most likely between 1-5).

    Do I use the bullet behaviour?

    8 Direction Movement and simulate a Control?

    Set the Y. Axis every Tick?

    Which method is the most efficient for an app? Thank you

  • Hello,

    i would like to fill a 2d-array with values from different objects as shown in the picture:

    http://prntscr.com/baq5k3

    I have 3 objects named "object_1", "object_2", "object_3". Each of them has a different instance variables which i would like to store in an array. I could do it 1 by 1 but what if there are 1000 of these objects? it must be possible with a loop, right?

    Why is there nothing like GetObject(UID)..that would help alot...

    thank you

  • hm what about a game like Geometry Dash..its very famous. Would you do the different levels with different layouts?

  • Forgot a title, sorry.

    Hello,

    i would like to create an app with different unlockable levels/characters etc. What's the best/most efficient way to do this? Creating different layers for each level or storing level data somewhere and fetching it when needed? Does anyone has experience with this?

    So far I stored every single level data in an array and fetch it when needed but I am curious if there is a better way.

    Thank you!!

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  • llfstudios i dont know what app you are checking but my app doesn't rlly have many downloads..haha 500-1000 is quite less for an app

  • lol Frost Nova Spell from warcraft 3

  • KcStudios and WildRoosterGFX the app is called Gravimax and available in the playstore. I am on phone atm and can't provide much more informations at the moment. I do not really have a fix idea what style I want...that's something we would discuss together. I have some ideas tho but I am open for your input. If you really are interested, then add me on skype: le4zer or if you don't have skype then we can discuss further things over Mail.

  • yep...did anyone else test it?

  • So does this work with android?

  • I was trying to keep it broad because the main question was:

    What process are people using to get from A to B, Construct 2 to Google Play.

    I got a top scrolling race game which is in beta on google play (but it's not working) and a plethora of other projects I haven't taken further because my flagship app hasn't successfully been completed.

    All the compiling services have been getting updates faster then people can make guides for them. In turn the guides are becoming less relevant.

    There are now so many ways of compiling, signing and zip aligning and thus there are tones of possible combinations of apk finalizing methods.

    Is there a sweet spot? Is there a combination that yeilds predictable results that's user friendly?

    I'm not a pro developer, I just figured out how to use construct over the course of about a year or so. The compiling services however, seem to be tailored to a more dev savvy user base, which I don't think is your average licenced construct user.

    I'll try and answer some of my own questions for the benefit of the public.

    Intel XDK

    I really like this program. I feel like it has more potential then the other services provided you put some solid time into learning it. When I first used Intel XDK it was very daunting and hand to pick up and understand. The tutorials were mostly for different versions then the one I downloaded on that day. The UI has changed a fair bit, important buttons and functionality aren't where they used to be, as seen in the tutorials.

    Once you do manage to become simi-familiar though, things start to get better. The preview on your phone feature is awesome and the game looks like it's meant to when viewed on a android device.

    HOWEVER, I havn't been able to compile anything with XDK for the last few versions. It just sits at "uploading project" with no indication of progress. I've left it for a whole day with no result, however the CPU usage shows that it is doing something?!

    Even if you don't have this issue or can get around it, you still get no real progress indicator, whether your downloading an update or uploading your project.

    Cocoon.JS

    The old Cocoon system worked. You had to push the right buttons and select the right options for it to spit out a working app, but when you did, it really did "just work". RIP

    Cocoon.IO

    The new system for cocoon that is currently replacing .JS.

    Recently tried to get it to compile my app. 9 out of 10 attempts I got the "Black Screen" known bug. There's a few fixes that require you to change physics engine and a couple lines of code manually, but despite doing that, I still got a black screen 9 out of 10 attempts.

    The one attempt that did work was ugly. Fonts looked odd and had scaled weird and were out of position.

    Looked extremely unprofessional. I don't know if a fix exists, I imagine I'd get told it's inherit to the process.

    Either way, conclusion is that you cannot expect your app to look the same on android as it does in C2 preview...

    Signs and ZipAligns your APK for you!!! you have to provide your own keystore.

    Adobe PhoneGap

    I put about an hour into this and either didn't get a working result after compiling or got a weird result. Can't comment to much here because of limited experience.

    KeyStore - Signing - ZipAligning

    This was a painful experience for a noob to be undertaking... -_-

    I hate this part so much. Download an old version of java (which u need an oracle business account to get!) because the new ones don't work. I can't remeber what else I had to download at this point, think I ended up with 3 versions of Java XDK, Android XDK, Intel XDK and something else... ALL JUST TO SIGN THE BLOODY THING!

    When doing it manually, save a notepad doc of EVERYTHING you do.

    I used notepad ++, (shift, ctrl,right click to get cmd in the location required)

    There's a tiny program floating around somewhere that can do all this rubbish for you. It's less then a few MB!

    Advanced+ApkTool+v4.1.0+By+BDFreak

    First dozen times I tried to do this I went through the entire process (with a miserably slow net speed) just to keep getting told by google that my apk wasn't zip aligned correctly or something. Days... not just hours..

    So yeh I'm not having fun

    Draimond: cocoon.js does not work/exist anymore? :O I was active for some months and thats..shocking to see

  • I am still looking

  • Dugeese Thank you. I must admit I didn't work on it for months and I think it's time for an update. I also wanna push this thread Please everyone download it and let me know what I should improve.

    It's also quite fun how I EASILY mastered every single level backthen.. i was such a pro haha and now I am having problems finishing the first level. So hard damn

  • I pay good if the work is well done.PM me if you are intersted + some references

  • Fireche

    hi, iw tryed your approach but i still have units overlaping eachother after several clicks with larger group of units...

    please... can you take a look... am i missing something here?

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/169390986/PUB/RTS%20project.capx

    tnx!

    Hi, if you did 1:1 what I did and it still overlaps then i cant help. Unfortunately my method is not perfect and as far as I know, there is no perfect method. Maybe there is an addon for this. Sorry.

  • Hello Community!

    This is my first android app, created with construct 2. Control the gravity by tapping the screen and dodging the obstacles. There are 3 levels so far plus 1 training level and cool soundtracks <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile">

    Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... imax&hl=en

    App-Description: [quote:yoryi5gw]A mix of the classic Flappy Bird and Geometry Dash: Gravimax! Fall your way through danger but beware of the obstacles. Change your cubes' gravity source to dodge them and pass all the dangerous passages. Unlock harder levels and compare your score with other players worldwide. Become one of the best Gravimax player in the world!

    Simple and addictive one touch game play that will keep you entertained for hours!

    -Completely FREE!

    -NO ads!

    -NO in-app purchases!

    Post your score and let's see who is the best gravimax player here <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_wink.gif" alt=";)" title="Wink">