joelmayer's Forum Posts

  • Wow! Just one day later and we already have a .vox importer? This should definitely be built-in :D Great job!

  • C3 is the most used engine on itch.io. It IS already successful... GameMaker has been around literally decades longer and therefore a you'll find more stuff of it online and not everybody NEEDS the level of ease of use that Construct offers. Some people want to code traditionally, especially if they have a programming background. And yeah if you want to do 3D then of course you'll go with Unity or a similiar tool.

    And tbh if i would be a GameMaker user for the last ten years then i would be VERY weary of learning anything new vs. just making my next project because i'm simply just used to it. Not because GameMaker is inherently better but because i would already know how to use it. In the end it's about making games not endlessly deliberating on engines.

    Now Construct has its own wrappers too that allow for lightweight apps on Mac and Windows.

    As for Consoles: every Unity dev i know who released a game on console worked with a publisher who did the ports for them. I think people underestimate the enormous complexity involved with publishing to these platforms. Construct has two publishers/porting houses that i know of: Ratalaika and Chowdren. So it's not really an issue.

    In the end, it comes all down to personal preference. That's why there are 100 flavors of Pringles and not just one. Same with game engines.

    And from what i can see, Construct is growing steadily and already a pretty big player in its range. Like the GMS2 CEO once said, he doesn't see himself in competition with Unity at all because they are targeting different types of developers. And the same is true with Construct.

    So just keep using it as long as it suits your need. BTW, nobody sais you should only learn one tool. I know many people who use Construct next to stuff like Unity etc. I personally i.e. use THREE different animation apps (Toon Boom, Moho, Grease Pencil) depending on whatever job i have to do and which one is the strongest tool for that. So yeah, there's my 2 cents.

  • Posted this on Twitter too but might repost here:

    Maybe kind of a stupid question but since Edge is also available for Macs would it theoretically be possible that this would work for macOS one day as well? I‘m using Edge as a Chromium alternative these days for Construct too since Chrome on Mac is just horrible with the CPU usage.

    Sorry, not super tech savvy here :D

    EDIT: DUH! Just saw the last bulletpoint on your list... Nevermind. I'm all for that development too though! Then we would have a great lightweight wrapping solution for the two most dominant desktop platforms :D macOS will, i think, gain more marketshare with the advance of the Apple Silicon chips.

    I really don't get these topics... It's like texting your ex to tell her you're on Tinder or something...

  • Haha thanks :D Yeah there are so many Adventure Game Podcasts out there already. I got confused myself though because Seoirse bought it, which i really didn't expect (the one i referenced to is a very popular one called "The Blue Cup Tools Podcast") :D

    I don't quite remember which Indie Games i mentioned but i think there was stuff like Home by Benjamin Rivers, Dark Fall by Jonathan Boakes, Distraint by Jesse Makkonen.

    Definitely can see some Clock Tower influence as well (old SNES game by Human Entertainment) and i like FAITH by Airdorf too :)

    Hope that helps!

  • Thanks everyone for the kind words :D

    I was interviewed on the Adventure Games Podcast about the project:

    adventuregamespodcast.com/podcast/2019/12/13/episode-43-interview-with-joel-mayer

  • Well, from my point of view, Construct offers a lot of great tools to develop a point and click game. The three main elements for these kind of games are:

    • Inventory
    • Dialogue System
    • Navigation
    • Cutscene System

    There are many tutorials about how to build an inventory system out there. It's quite intimidating at first but even i as a somewhat noob back when i started building my game (and i'm no programmer at all) managed to get the basics working within a week of prototyping. Start simple and the nice thing about building one by yourself is, that it might make you think about nice and exciting new ways of interacting with objects in the game world. The adventure genre needs a bit of innovation now and then ;)

    I'm using the visual array editor for all my dialogue which makes it really easy to write scripts almost like a screenplay. You can also use different columns for different languages which makes localization much easier as well.

    My game is a sidescroller but i think with the pathfinding behaviour etc. it should be pretty easy to set up a basic Point and Click navigation that also has depth. The most difficult part is probably if you want to have character scaling according to its position in a room but it's basically one algorithm that you would have to figure out and i'm sure you'd find help for that here in the forums or the Discord.

    I built my own system where i can send characters around in a room and have them perform different actions once they reached their destinations. But now with the new MoveTo behaviour this would probably be even easier.

    So all in all Construct is a very nice tool to make adventure games! The advantage over more "cookie-cutter" engines like AGS or the likes is in my opinion that, since you build everything from scratch, you question the decade old mechanics of adventure games a bit and maybe give them your own spin. Plus its super easy to include more Arcade style elements into your game, if you'd wish to do so.

    As with any bigger project, just try to keep your code organized and you'll be fine. All in all, Construct enabled me to get as far as i did so i can't complain :)

    Hope this helps.

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  • Thanks for the kind words, guys!

  • Hey guys! Small milestone but my horror adventure game "Purgatory" is now ready to be wishlisted on Steam and also has a brand new Teaser Trailer!

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    If you like what you see, consider wishlisting it now on Steam:

    store.steampowered.com/app/1137480/Joel_Mayers_Purgatory

    Thanks a lot! :)

  • Technically, no, of course but from a business perspective it might make sense for developers if we wish to publish there but i think it probably doesn't make any difference since all you would need is just an executable that they upload but i guess they have a lot of features that we could make use of like the instant drop in multiplayer and stuff like this.

  • Hi there!

    While the Stadia sure is a controversial new service by Google i was wondering, if there would be any potential as a new platform for Construct games and if yes, how would they look like / what would it need? Basically any executable would run on their service but since it runs through the Chrome browser, could this also mean you could run HTML5 games directly?

    Would C3 need any adjustments for us to create Stadia games? Or for similiar services? What's Scirra's take on these new developments?

    Happy to hear your thoughts ^^

  • not supa important but how many years or so ago?

    Multiple times over the years, i rather not think about it or i'll realize how old i am :D

  • Bottom line is: game development is, by it's very nature, incredibly hard. No tool will make the game for you.

    I tried to get into several engines like GMS2, Unity, etc. and did some beginner tutorials with them. But Construct was the only one where i could really feel like "Yes, i think with this it will be possible to make my game!". I bought Jerementor's C2 course from Udemy back in the day and after that i knew pretty much everything i needed to know to get started. Within a week i had my own inventory system running. Within another week, a dialogue system. Both can get pretty complex in other engines but for me, with little coding experience beforehand, it was possible to get my own game going very fast.

    So, prepare to learn and work hard to achieve your goal but if you're looking for the "easiest" engine to use, then Construct is the way to go as far as i can tell when it comes to 2d games. That doesn't mean that it will always be "easy" though but it will be much less difficult than with any other engine.

  • Elliott Right Click in Layout View -> Timeline -> Timeline Bar

    You also have a new folder in your project window called "Timelines" Via right click you can create new Timelines there.

  • Pretty much agree with all the suggestions tunepunk made but i'm confident a lot of those thing will be added in later iterations.