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• • Stormtrooper
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  • 12 Nov, 2021
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  I've added more calculations for both the melee and ranged enemy AI.

  For melee, they will first check if they are already on a tile next to the lowest HP player unit, then if they're not check if they can at least move to a tile next to them. After that, its the same exact checks with the second lowest HP unit, and so on.

  For ranged, its the opposite behavior and on purpose. First they will check if they can move to the lowest HP unit, even if they were already in range. This is to open up tiles for other range units if they start to clump on maps eventually.

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• • Stormtrooper
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  • 11 Nov, 2021
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  Waouh ! I tried several times during this year to reproduce this type of gameplay without success ...

  Would you mind sharing your code?

  Domino99 I'd rather not give out my project for now, but I'd be happy to help by answering questions where you're stuck...

  I'm literally using the grid-movement from the examples found here: https://www.construct.net/en/forum/game-development/game-development-design-ideas-25/simple-grid-movement-128763?kws=

  For the AI all I'm doing is essentially creating the grid from that example based on a unit's movement range +1 (or now +2 for range attackers), mark all the player's units with a separate sprite, then loop through all the players with that sprite ascending by their HP from lowest to highest and checking the tiles around them if there is a place to move to :)

• • Stormtrooper
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  • 11 Nov, 2021
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  Now I've got ranged attackers, they check (for now) 2 tiles away from the unit they're targeting. Again if they cannot find a place, they'll move to the next unit or just give up if there's nothing.

  Btw, if you're wondering "why are the computations so slow to find a tile?", they're not, I'm purposefully slowing them down to 0.5 seconds. Normally it checks all the tiles around 1 unit in milliseconds then moves on, all enemies will either move or just sit there in under 1/2 second or less.

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• • Stormtrooper
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  • 10 Nov, 2021
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  Made some significant progress with melee ranged AI and their movement. Now they really move identically to FE / Advance Wars, and try to attack the lowest HP unit in their range.

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• • Stormtrooper
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  • 6 Nov, 2021
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  Example gameplay:

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  Hi guys! It's been a long time that I worked on anything, but for the last 5 days I've been working on an engine that works like the GBA games Fire Emblem or Advance Wars! I've been building this in Construct 2 actually because I have that business license for it and I don't need C3 to accomplish anything fancy for now, but might switch over to it in the future.

  I decided to start by tackling the two hardest things of these games (in my opinion): Grid-based movement and the enemy AI.

  Right now I've used the grid-based movement based on Magistross's old post here: https://www.construct.net/en/forum/game-development/game-development-design-ideas-25/simple-grid-movement-128763?kws=

  I think without that example, I'd still be pretty stuck on figuring out how to move units around, so many many thanks! I heavily tweaked it to include other units "blocking" the path, attack range (wip still), etc.

  The elephant in the room to all SRPGs, JRPGs, etc, is the enemy AI. For now my AI is relatively simple, it tries to find the lowest HP unit, move next to it and attack it. In the video, you can see that it moves initally to the 1 HP unit, and that unit turns "yellow" to signify its the one being attacked. Then I reload the page, and you see the 1 HP becomes 10, so the AI targets the 2 HP unit which also becomes yellow.

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  Would love to hear any feedback! It's still in the early phase but I'll try to post significant updates when I make more progress.

  BTW! If you're interested, I'm the guy who made that game Pixel Bear, which is on the arcade. Its a totally different direction considering its a platformer like Kirby or Mario, but yeah some shameless promotion so go and check it out!

  https://www.construct.net/en/free-online-games/pixel-bear-adventure-904/play?via=mh

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• • Stormtrooper
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  • 13 Jun, 2018
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  Hi everyone! I recently released another game made with Construct 2 on Android called Path to Valhalla.

  You can find it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=path.to.valhalla

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• • Stormtrooper
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  • 14 Aug, 2017
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  Hi AndreasR,

  Those are really great! Mine is more focused to Construct 2 specifically, but yes yours cover all the rest very nicely! ^^

• • Stormtrooper
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  • 13 Aug, 2017
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  Hi! After releasing Pixel Bear Adventure 2, a couple of people asked me on Facebook how I managed to not only export to Google Play Store, but also included AdMob ads. So I decided to write a (hopefully) helpful tutorial for anyone that wishes to accomplish that. It took me about 3 hours to figure this all out on my own the first time, but if you follow the tutorial, you should be able to upload the apk with ads in about 10-15 minutes!

  https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/9562/p ... -admob-ads

• • Stormtrooper
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  • 9 Aug, 2017
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  Hi everyone! I'm proud to announce that Pixel Bear Adventure 2 is now live on Android!

  If you liked the first Pixel Bear Adventure in the Arcade, I'm sure you'll love this one even more!

  I'm really looking forward to hearing any feedback or asking any questions!

  Download it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pixel.bear.two&hl=en

  
• • Stormtrooper
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  • 6 Jul, 2017
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  appzbywellkunnec

  This tutorial is over 3 years old.

  And yes, you should buy a license, it comes down to legal issues as you can read here https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/57/how-construct-2-licenses-work.

  [quote:3ppenym9]You can also use a Personal license for commercial purposes, up to a limit of $5000. That means if you're an indie dev, you can make up to $5000 revenue from using Construct 2 (for example, by selling games or supporting them with adverts) before you need to get a Business license. Hopefully once you've made $5000 the Business license is easily affordable!

  Individuals can use their license on as many computers as they like, as long as they are the only one who uses it (see Using your license below).

  As for Apple, have fun reading this and figuring it out like I did, that is the real "nightmare" as you put it: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/SubmittingYourApp/SubmittingYourApp.html

• • Stormtrooper
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  • 4 Mar, 2017
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  Jraddd here you go, I am not using or working on this anymore: https://www.dropbox.com/s/o5igqil3qsru0 ... .capx?dl=0

• • Stormtrooper
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  • 25 Jul, 2016
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  tunepunk Only Tutorial works, put the cursor on that and press J, K or 1 & 2 on Numpad to start

  grymmjack Thanks a lot! To learn the basics of Construct 2, I'd recommend making the Ghost Shooter Tutorial and Platformer Tutorial. Just follow them step by step to learn quite a lot about the C2:

  Ghost Shooter: https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/37/beginners-guide-to-construct-2

  Platformer: https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/253/how-to-make-a-platform-game

• • Stormtrooper
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  • 25 Jul, 2016
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  guimaraf That's a great idea! Maybe something like ice bombs to freeze enemies and flame bombs to burn down plants, etc.

  facecrime Yep the basic bombs will be spammable, but probably weaker compared to other limited bombs I'll add later.

  New playable demo, only Tutorial works for now so select that and enjoy the 3 tutorial levels.

  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/77241789/FastText/index.html

  
• • Stormtrooper
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  • 18 Jul, 2016
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  nemezes Yep! He's gonna need those bombs for enemies which will appear after visiting the castle.

  guimaraf I've planned a lot of powers for the bear to unlock, a few include: Stronger limited bombs to blow up stronger walls, an item which lets Pixel Bear double jump, an item which can increase his running speed when a button is held down, bomb jump ability, and a Honey Potion which makes him temporarily invincible.

  If you guys have any ideas for power ups or abilities, especially items that are disposable and cost coins, let me know! I'm very open to new ideas and suggestions!

• • Stormtrooper
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  • 17 Jul, 2016
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  Hi guys! Busy all weekend working on the game, here is a video.

  (Btw SNN135, I did give now the rubble a fade out time of 1 second after 10 seconds to reduce any lag)