A very good example sir, eg, if article 13 which just got voted through EU parliament, gets implemented into law, which its looking like it will. then what you have just done, posting a meme containing copyrighted content, will become illegal. Both you , for posting, and Scirra, for hosting, become responsible for the illegal content and Scirra may be forced to take some sort of action against you to ensure the continuation of their service.

Also if I personally found that meme offensive in any way then the (UK) 2003 communications act, which is increasingly being enforced on line, means that my, and the judge's, interpretation of what you meant by posting that meme, rather than your actual intent, is what is considered when deciding if you have committed that offence which can carry a custodial sentence.

"...THIS TOPIC IS 371 DAYS OLD...."

ehem...... must be finished then I assume ??

Cryptwalker

Dooooood.....!

Wadup?? :)

Patience sir... the most awesome things come to those who wait...and potentially really crappy things as well..... Not quite sure at this point..... It could go either way. I will get you a demo once a have 1 complete level scripted. But bought a house and been getting into DIY so no decent dev time recently. But I battle on. I will finish it...one day...

However, as we might all be geriatric by that time and not able to aim any more I will put in a big bullet slow mo option.

It is funny you say that you have nothing you enjoy.

A few guys I know have said similar to me and they have plenty of money, good jobs, big houses, nice cars, kids, and are in stable relationships.

I never know what to say to these guys. But (and I know its such a cliché) for sure, having enough money and being in a decent relationship will not guarantee you the type of happiness you desire.

Ive been homeless and Ive been well off, and for me, without getting too morbid on a games forum, it has always been the realisation that my time on this earth is finite, that drives me, at every moment, to chill a little and just savour and enjoy every little drop of it that I can, in that moment. …….Soooo, back to games, if you are adamant you want to make a game then you know the really cool thing about construct is it is so easy to get prototype ideas up and running in minutes so you can just mess around with ideas, new mechanics, different effects, I don’t think you have to have a world shattering new idea just start something and It will grow and direct you. I mean all platformers are essentially the same game, all Metroidvanias are the same, all shmups are the same , top down rpgs etc, they are all the same and People are still buying and playing the new ones. Just a little spin on a gameplay mechanic, a cool new character, an engrossing story, some awesome graphics and effects. Anyway you think your life is bad. While writing this I am actually stuck in a 5000 seat auditorium at a mandatory all-day coms by my company since 8 AM, listening to the higher levels up congratulating themselves and telling us, how well we’ve done this year but that we will have to do better next year for less money. This will go on till 6PM by which time I will surely have lost the will to live. Bar surfing the construct forum and writing this, I am finding it very hard to squeeze much joy out of this moment… good luck sir....

Dr NetOne here

you talk about mental issues? I was wondering are u on any medication?

From experience. If you are on prescription benzos or SRIs (or whatever else “they” are pushing to the kids these days to dull the nervous system), they totally destroy your capacity to feel good about anything, they destroy the imaginative process, the ability to feel inspired about anything, the ability to focus and care enough just to simply push forward when things are tough. Basically they totally rob you of all the mental tools you would need to start and complete , even a simple or mediocre game. First thing to do is get off anything that is dulling your nervous system. (ps don’t go cold turkey, that is a recipe for total insanity (trust me ive tried it! allways taper off slowly.)

If you are not on meds (and assuming you are not battling any alcohol drug addicitons) then it sounds like you have simply lost your mojo. In that case drop everything you are doing right now, including your attempts at game-making, and go do other things (try to find things that dont involve screens) until you find something, or someone, that re-lights your fire. Then you will find that the creative ideas will start flowing naturally again like when you were younger.

Good luck sir

Dr NetOne

"/" means divided by.

Where you put variables is something you will get if you just dig in and start using construct. The clue is mostly in the names but there is some flexibility in how to use them.

Instance variables are variables related to object instances. Player health, enemy shield ect and much more.

Globals are for things that are not related to object instances or are numbers that need to be allways available to the game. ( But as you can see there is nothing stopping you put things you might deem global into an object instance (or vice verser) but if that instance is destroyed then those variables won't be available. (and a global variable is no good if you want to have different values for different instances of an object).

Locals are places to store for small sections of code under an event or function, maybe to hold values while other calculations are performed. Or just to provide values for that section of code. Once the code moves onto the next event these variables essentially do not exist and can't be used by other parts of code. They can be initially set and will retain their value for the next time if you make them static.

You'll get it after a bit....at the end of the day variables are just places to hold numbers or letters,

Although they each perform slightly different roles there are really no hard rules to observe (someone will probably kill me for saying this). but IMO, Its really about whatever works for your game.

to make even more interesting you can store and retrieve variables to/from dictionaries and arrays and probably other things I havent discovered yet.