Ashley
maybe i haven't phrased my question correctly because that was not the answer i was expecting.let me try to be a little more clear.and what i am about to say comes from my heart with the best intentions.
after some months using construct i have come to the conclusion that there is no specific company strategy on where you want to go with your product.
what i mean is that you add tremendous features at a rapid pace but without thinking the consequences in the long run .
you added tilemap support .i had to dig into the forums to learn everything about seams and sub pixel rendering after spending some time scratching my head if i am incompetent in creating correct tilemap sets .i had no warning about that anywhere for a manual post to a blog post.
we have spriter. i believe that you are involved as well in the plugin development.i spend a lot of time to create animations that i will soon reveal and i believe they are top notch only to learn that is either this or that.
see where i am going?
you have to pick what things are the most important make them work 1000% and then move on to something else without promising the world and in the end of the day you leave behind heartbroken customers.
i will talk specifically about spriter since i firmly believe is a game changer for both of you , as i will try to explain .
the animation quality ,the fact that it only needs one set of png's for a thousand animations and the easiness to import to c2 makes it an invaluable ally to create games that stand out.
work together ,bundle your two software's as one (or with an exclusive plugin like wii u at an added price ) make it work 100% with all features like tilemaps and advertise it as a complete solution.
i had no warning about these conflicting situations.
right now many customers are under the impression that c2 works with everything (if it a marketing plan then kudos to you) fom cocconjs, to crosswalk, to spriter to node webkit etc etc and this is partially true. it works until you start reading the hundreds of post trying to find a viable solution to their problem.
i am not saying that you are responsible for 3rd party support but right now they create more problems than they solve .
soon you'll be ready to implement multiplayer. will it work with mobile? with steam? with crosswalk? with wii-u?
if yes , will ludei support it? maybe intelrobert? or it will only work on browsers?
i kinda know the answer since i have read your posts and my question is , is it worth your time developing it or you should spend that time in securing partnerships with other software developers or writing your own mobile exporter so later on since you have full control over it, add mulltiplayer ?.
i am grateful that you gave me the opportunity to create games , but the deeper i get into game development and the bigger the project becomes the more frustrations i encounter not regarding designing my game which i expected day one to be difficult but from behind the scenes tech that does not work as promised .