Yeah, that's the frustrating part. I've got something really odd happening in a game I'm building (I made another post about it), and it's most likely something I did wrong, but I'm following a tutorial and can't figure out where I went wrong. So it's that question of not knowing if it's my fault (probably since I'm figuring it all out as I go) or a bug that I can't do anything about right now that's killing me.

Because the obvious temptation is to say, "well, I did this right so it must be a bug." But chances are I did something wrong, and that's no way to learn.

Then just grab C2 from the website and learn the engine using that editor. Since C3 is very similar to C2 currently, you won't have a problem to switch if you decide to purchase it after you get the hang of it. Also I believe the offer still stands that if you buy C2 before the release of C3, you'll get 1 year of subscription for C3 (https://www.scirra.com/blog/183/announcing-construct-3)

Thanks for the advice. I decided to dive in to C3. I'm following a YouTube tutorial for C2 and it's very easy to follow. I was worried the UI might have changed a lot, but I'm pleased to see it's basically the same as it was before.

Just keep in mind that it's still beta. So bugs are expected.

This was just added for r20.

Great, thank you.

This question might have been asked before, but I couldn't find it searching the forums, so here it is:

Is there any reason why we can't duplicate objects in the project tree? In C2 right clicking an object would provide this option, but it's not there in C3.

Hi there!

Thanks for the suggestion. We were planning on allowing the teacher to manage accounts, either one of two ways:

- Create username/password for students

- Create timelimited codes teacher can create so entire class can login quickly with same code for short durations (eg 2 hours)

RE the Google accounts, it's an interesting suggestion I'll have a think about!

We're hoping to release standalone version by end of May.

Great news. That would simplify the usage in classrooms.

Remote preview can do that - but it depends on WebRTC, so just Firefox at first (it's coming to other browsers). It's not actually that easy to add in the desktop build, since we don't run a HTTP server any more, but we could look in to it.

It's an interesting question. Since C3 works offline as well, how do users preview their work in different browsers if they don't have access to the Scirra servers generating the link? Also, if those servers are down by accident or maintenance, how do the users preview in other browsers?

Thank you for clearing that. I'm looking forward to digging through some suggestions.

I agree. Finally, the forums are a pleasant place again.

We are also doing private testing of the full version which is helping iron out bugs, and the Newgrounds jam is intended to flush out any last ones that slipped through the net.

Let's just hope that one week will be enough for that. You might want to consider expanding the beta (or delaying the release) if something unexpected happens during the jam.

Wow, already 5 pages of suggestions. I think the users like this new interface very much. My question is this: Since one user can only vote 10 times, does one get back the votes after a suggestion has been accepted/denied?

As I've seen many people uses OwnCloud or NextCloud. It would be nice if C3 supported those as well. But as things are currently standing the sub-folder and iCloud support is top priority in that regard imho.

I guess it's clear now that the users need more blog posts like this (technical information posts). This post brightened my day too and it's great to see many positive feedback on the forums again.