And what about that Terminator 2-dude and the robot dog? I want to understand the joke.

If you were to compare Construct and Stencyl as robots, Construct would be the T-1000 (a seriously baddass and incredibly advanced robot...err, Cyborg).

Wait, isn't it an Android created with manufactured organic skin and flesh? I thought a cyborg was a human that is augmented by robotics...?

...and Stencyl would be "Aibo", the sort of neat but mostly useless and definitely "un-baddass" real-life robot.

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> Actually... this is more appropriate.

> (sorry, but the April "mini update" was laughable at best.)

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What? I don't get the picture and why was the april update laughable at best?

The joke is that Stencyl has nothing at all to show. Who knows what the interface will look like, let alone any examples of games?

The "April Mini-Update" was just yet another repeat of what they've been saying for a long time now. "We've made plenty of progress, but we can't show you ANY of it. The Beta testing will start eventually... but YOU probably won't be invited (I'm not specifically referring to YOU )".

Meh.

It supports DirectX 9, which is a good move. From what little information that they give it seems like Black Crystal is focused on making MMOG's easier to make.

It's kind of hard to form an opinion on a program that seems to be quite early in development.

(Sorry for nitpicking, but "Black Crystal" isn't a very good name...)

Actually... this is more appropriate.

(sorry, but the April "mini update" was laughable at best.)

Heh.

I don't know why they won't even release a few screenshots or demo games - it would dispel any suspicions of vapourware, nobody's going to run off with their content and steal their millions, people would take them more seriously, and by the looks of things most of their userbase would detonate with excitement!

Stealth mode, Ashley. Stealth Mode!

All jokes aside, I do wish the Stencyl team good luck. I seriously doubt that I'll go beyond messing around with it for one day but "the more the merrier".

+100 genius points to dfyb.

Best of luck with your project. Please keep us updated on your progress!

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Heh. Heheheheh.

How does Google rank a search term?

Is there anything that we can do to make Construct more relevant?

I tried out Gamemaker and there were some things that I liked, but my dislikes outweighed them.

I did a search for game making programs and I found Stencyl, which seemed like it had some promise, but their "stealth mode" pretty much killed any enthusiasm that I had for the project.

So I did some more google searches for game making programs and eventually I found Construct. Honestly, I didn't have much hope for it since I had never heard anyone in any forums even mention it before.

I was very pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to get started with the learning process, and the fact that it had hardware acceleration from the beginning was a huge plus.

I was really sold with Construct's awesome community of knowledgeable and helpful (and funny) people, though.

I've been making slow progress with my first serious attempt at a game (inspired by Puzzle Bobble) but hopefully I'll have it ready by next month. I really want to contribute something worthwhile to the site.

Good work, Instant!

It has a dark, sort of techno vibe to it. Did you compose it with a piano?

(ummm... what's up with "fag man"? )

I, um... er... was killed?

You should be honored!

Errr.... right?

Not a bad game for 1 hour, even if it focuses on our Ashley being killed.