Hey!

Little update on the project!

We're now in a private alpha state, and we're also looking for people that are interested by that type of game to join this alpha and help us test out everything!

You'll find all information here: twitter.com/GameRhythmy/status/1102944913421991936

Thanks!

Hi, can you please share what other issues using electron over NWjs solved for you?

How did you get the steam overlay and achievements working on electron without greenworks?

Well, I had 2 major issues with NW.js, plus a side one that isn't really an issue but something that could be improved:

- Greenworks plugin, not working as it should even if you followed every single step from the documentation, Overlay broken, lack of features/functionnalities etc.. (and the fact that you were forced to use an old version of NW.js ... Sshhhh)

- The fact that you couldn't catch the window with a lot of recording softwares/streaming softwares.

- When you build your game, you have to "hack" your .exe to add your game's icon, numeric signature & credits attached to it, which isn't something you want to do on every single release...

The last 2 points where just fixed by using Electron instead on NW.js, and the first point, thanks to Armaldio + MikalDev from the Community Discord, that found solutions for Electron, working.

You may find all the information you want here: electronforconstruct.armaldio.xyz

Electron uses the same browser engine as NW.js. I don't know why it would work differently with screen recorders - perhaps they disable the GPU process, which might degrade performance. You can do that with NW.js anyway if you pass the --in-process-gpu flag. Still, as I said before, it's a bug in the screen recording software if it can't record your screen.

BTW the latest C3 releases include the Game Recorder object which has a built-in screen recording feature... which always works!

I don't understand how you still can't understand the issue... I'll try to make myself even more clear (let's hope)

- NW.js had several issues for capture the window with STREAMING softwares, such as OBS, XSplit etc..

- So now maybe you may get why, I don't care about this "built it Recording" whatever that is. Why the hell should I force Streamers and youtubers to record with that thing, when they're used to do the same with their tools, do you really think they would even bother trying to find a solution as it's not on their end? I don't think so.

- I've contacted support, here, for OBS, XSplit, and even forwarded that to the NW.js team, no one seems to care at all.

- Issue is, that window can't be capture, doesn't matter what you try to do, yes, "--disable-gpu-compositing" was working but it's also heavyly reducing performance of the game itself (the arg you mentioned didn't work on my end) to a point that's, it's absolutely unplayable for the type of game I'm making (which is a rhythm game, and every frame is god damn important)

- I see you coming, no, there's no optimization problem, since I made a test batch on my game with more than 25+ different PC configurations, from very low end hardware / refresh rate to the highest ones, absolutely 0 problems noticed so far.

- I'm sorry but Electron seems to be different somehow as, without doing anything, I've got better performances according to my tests and this issue is gone, alongside the other one linked to your official Greenworks plugin, working yes, to unlock achievements, but also absolutely incomplete in term of features (you just have to look at the documentation to see how much features it's missing). But my main problem with Greenworks wasn't the lack of features and such, as I could have workaround, what I couldn't workaround was the Overlay absolutely not working at all, switched to Electron, stopped using your plugin and magic, it's all working again.

So yes, as I'm saying, I'm pretty sure having a secondary option to build on Windows won't be luxury.

The more choice you'll give to people, happier they'll be (and I know how much work it does represent, but why don't you come over the Community Discord and ask "Armaldio" which is the guy working on that Electron builder for Construct 2/3? I'm pretty sure he'd be happy to help)

Sorry if my message sounds harsh, but I'm tired of explaining the same thing over and over, when it's absolutely clear that there's an issue, somewhere in NW.js, and it's not recording software's fault as it's working god damn fine with Electron, which according to you "is the same".

For future notes, I solved this issue by just not using NW.js anymore.

I'm now compiling using Electron, which is way better than NW.js on many points and solving two major issues I had with NW.js one being the topic's subject. I still don't understand why Construct isn't offering the Electron option.. but well

I'm afraid no one is ever going to work on that problem, so if you want somehow to fix this kind of issue, it's fairly simple, don't use NW.js, try to see Electron

Hello everyone,

"Rhythmy" is a new arcade-style rhythm bullet hell game, out now in Early Access on PC, Mac & Linux.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1001970/Rhythmy/

Try to dodge and survive many levels while listening to Thaehan, F-777, Boom Kitty and more, that are part of the game's soundtrack. If you're seeking for some hardcore bullet hell challenge, while listening to some epic music, you're at the right place!

As the game is slowly but surely getting closer to the official release, we'll be adding more levels, modes and features to the game! But until then, here's what you can expect from the early access build on the day it launches:

• 2 Chapters - Which will have their own design and music style!
• 7 Levels - Splitted across these chapters!
• 4 Mutators - Mutators are level modifiers that will power-up your experience, making everything even harder!
• All Mutators Challenge - This is the ultimate challenge for people seeking real difficulty, you'll have to complete the level with all mutators enabled at once, are you ready for this?
• Level Editor - Express your creativity with the Level Editor, create, share your creations with the community!

The game in its final form will be much different, and with your input, we really hope to make it even better! Here's what you can expect from the release of the game:

This is what you can expect from the final release:

• 4 Colorful chapters - with their own art style!
• 16 Levels - including bosses!
• Level mutators - to power up your experience (and make it harder, always harder)
• More game modes! (that we'll tell you update in later stages..! let's keep some surprises!)

We'll also be featuring exclusive songs made for the game, here's two of them!

soundcloud.com/rhythmygame/soundstorm-dead-or-alive-rhythmy-exclusive

soundcloud.com/rhythmygame/soundstorm-pinball-rhythmy-exclusive

Links

• Discord: https://discord.gg/GBpdBy4
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/gamerhythmy
• Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1001970/Rhythmy/
• Itch.io: https://insanehawk.itch.io/rhythmy
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rhythmygame/