Hi :)

I've just completed my 5th game with Construct: Planet Jackers!

In this game you take indirect control of 4 mercenaries trying to make it back home through some let's just say pretty hostile territory.

It's inspired by the scene on Aliens where the Marines appear on the screens and they're guided into the alien-infested facility by a remote commander.

This game was originally a JAM at the end of last year but I got into a mini developer hell with lots of things just not coming together.

It's still ROUGH around the edges but there's still fun to be had plundering the planets.

Hope you enjoy and let me know any bugs please.

Thanks!

construct.net/en/free-online-games/planet-jackers-26976/play

Thanks for posting these they look awesome.

Can I ask what you're doing your animations in?

Do you use something like Spriter, or Construct 3's in-built timelines, or tweens, or something else?

I think the art style is really fresh and appealing!

OK I figured it out.

For anyone in the future looking to use Construct 3 and Spriter Character Maps (where you can swap out a sword, body part, or clothing on an animated character - here's what you need to do...)

1) Follow the guide in the video I posted - this covers the Spriter part, and is still pretty accurate.

2) Exporting is the same process as it is for Spriter to Construct 3 without character maps. You don't have to export the Character Map file, or include it in the ZIP you'll be creating.

3) Import it into Construct 3 as normal (drag the .zip onto the layout).

4) To swap out a part in Construct 3, use the action Append Character Map on the spriter object you've imported. The value you give is the name of the character map you created.

Eg.

Will swap to this character map in Spriter:

Hi Skymen

Nice website!

Couple of quick things:

1) What does it mean when you are an Affiliate? I only ask because I'm an affiliate for a living and was curious what the purple tag means in the context of Construct?

2) The thumbs on the website aren't linked up - is that intentional?

Good luck on the website

Tom

How does the multiplayer stability and features compare to that of C2? I am working to build a genre of multiplayer games in the near future and I have C2 working but the peer lag is redic, even on LAN.

Sell me

Hi

While I'm not going to sell you :) I'd ask if you've tried the example on this page:

construct.net/en/tutorials/multiplayer-tutorial-3-real-time-game-598

I was testing it on Friday in the UK and a nice guy form Turkey popped into the game. It was extremely smooth for both of us. I'd be interested in hearing if you find it smooth or not.