Sure, thanks Kyatric.

Tekniko : Ah, why not. We do have a pool of potential improvements for a future game actually. We'll be sure to add your suggestion there.

Aphrodite : You don't sound like a meanie at all! I guess that I'll let a moderator decide if the thread should be moved or not: I didn't pay attention to the fact that it's for C2 creations actually .

Fun concept buddy

Soon, soon . Thanks mate!

Thanks Tekniko! It's based on Flappy Bird's principle, and even on an existing app that uses clean vector graphics and spikes that appear from the walls. But we tried to offer a different experience with the game's theme. And hopefully, with can later build on this project to design more elaborate gameplay mechanics !

In Fly Trap, you have to fly from wall to wall avoiding nasty insect-eating plants! Don't get eaten!

Play the game!

I recently teamed up with Sam Whillance, the creator of the JCHTML5 engine for Game Maker. Together, we made a short html5 game for both mobiles and desktop: Fly Trap. Sam took care of the design, development and sound design, while I worked on the visuals.

If you are a publisher, and you’d like to make an offer for any type of license, we’d love to hear from you. Contact us!

Credits

The game was created with the JCHTML5 framework for GameMaker: Studio. The tweening was made thanks to 8BitWarriors’ Tween GMS engine, which was extremely helpful!

You can find both Sam and I on twitter: SamWhillance and NathanLovatoArt

Comments are greatly appreciated! May they be good or bad .

Cheers, Nathan

Hi everyone. I'm back with a little update!

I am currently working on the art for the game. It will feature sumo wrestlers, most likely in an open environment. It's been quite interesting to learn about this sport, as it produces generally very short, intense encounters. I do like the way the rikishi (the fighters) dance and throw salt before a fight to scare spirits away. I have a hard time staying focused on personal work since a few days, but the animated character will be ready by the end of the week!

Derqs and TheBen : on desktop it won't make much of a difference, most of the time. Just as long as you know your basics (don't use too many large pictures etc.). On mobile phones though, even with optimized code, if you simply have to check the distance between the player and an AI to toggle it active, you will lose precious FPS as levels grow. It is particularly true for weaker phones.

Apart from that specific case, it's all a matter of game design. I'd rather design the pace of the character, its feel and speed, and make this aspect of the game solid. This will most likely force you into choosing a specific approach. So don't worry too much about the technical side if you're making a desktop game!

Good luck,

Nathan

Phew, the figure has gone from 1 to 1.5 million in a short period of time, hasn't it? But considering how mature the tool is becoming, you guys deserve that! Keep it up, Scirra !

eli0s : it's not what I meant to say. Construct is marketed as a product for people with no experience in programming. "Create games. Effortlessly." This message is what scirra picked as their main selling point. This doesn't mean Construct is only worth the leap for that. Nor that you can't use it if you're not a beginner or anything. But it does attract a lot of people who are rookies in game creation.

C2 has its limits, that's true. To me, it is mostly a great prototyping tool, a software that provides a solid workflow when developing small games. But clearly, it would be nice to be able to share and rely a bit more on third-party creations (solid templates, maintained plugins with support...). I'm looking forward to seeing the official marketplace grow actually, it may bring some of that.

I second you, Aphrodite, the way the whole C2 experience is built, but also the market it targets (people with little programming experience) influences the way third-party products may be perceived.

By the way, the Rayman team, Ubisoft Montpellier, uses an in-house tech from Ubisoft called the Ubi-Art framework. A few ubisoft studios are working on extremely polished 2d games, and they have pretty big teams, so it makes sense for them to use an in-house piece of tech.

This one looks really solid, with those gameboy style graphics. I dig it!

Thanks a lot for your interest, both Wisdoms and Giganten !

I'd love to support multiplayer, and it would actually be simpler to develop a compelling little multiplayer system rather than a vs AI. But I'm not sure I can get an active pool of player with such a basic system. And well, I picked this project mostly to get a sense of how time consuming real time AI programming is actually. And well, I think I'll go back to turn based stuff afterwards !

Thanks for the bug report too. I'm aware of it (it happens quite often!), but as the game is playable, I wanted to do a release and get refreshed away from AI.