I am using a Wacom Intuos Medium Comic touch tablet. You can draw anything easy with a cordless pen. You can also use your fingers to move around. Especially with brushes and the pressure sensitivity it is a very nice tool.

For a lot of other activities, you can also use such kind of tablets. Just see it as a big mouse.

Last year I had Carpal Tunnel Syndrome operations at each hand. There where complications with my left hand so it was (and still is) difficult for me to use a computer. I bought this tablet a few months ago and have no regrets about it. It really helps me being creative again without too much pain.

I also use it with Construct 2 especially with selection lists, sprite animation dialog, moving things.

Very practical and helpfull

Maybe for most Construct users, using C3 locally is not an issue. However when you are like myself and regularly on the move it is nice when you can open C3 on every computer with internet with your account.

When I move from Belgium to my home in Gaborone Botswana, I am almost 48 hours on my way. Since I have Construct 2, I used it along the way to create a game based on my experiences and impressions along the way. When I arrive in Botswana, I let our little one try it and finish the details.

Browser based has more advantages than disadvantages. You always use the latest version, no more installing on your local computer. And when the internet is no longer good enough, C3 switch to the offline edition without bothering you, so you can work on.

Users never own the software, even with local runtimes. a licence grant you the use of that software to be creative. It is a common misunderstanding by many people, once they pay for a licence, they own it. That is not true

The new subscription model is what it is and we have to respect that Scirra decision. Like somebody else wrote, most members here are not used to this kind of model.

I do not believe Scirra is aiming with C3 to hardcore game developers. I do make small games for our small daughter of 8. She even gives away those games to her friends. Other activities will cover for the subscription cost each year, which is not a problem.

When 99 USD each year is really too much, then maybe a monthly fee of lets say 12 USD will get you over the line? In this way, you do not have to pay 99 USD at once and you can skip your subscription for months you are not using C3.

That was only my idea, like I would have done it if I was in Scirra's place. But as a normal user, I have to respect the new subscription model, which in my opinion, will work.

I think a lot of young people with limited financial resources are using Scirra and if this is true, I can only be very positive about the fact that they improve their creativity this way. In my opinion, Scirra should take that group in serious consideration because they are the developers of tomorrow.

Lets wait and see when the first public betas are released. Don't let fears ruling your game development life.

Buildbox is also a subscription model, you pay 99 USD or 84 USD each month.

Scirra subscription model cost 99 USD a year which is something more than 8 USD a month.

Please stop moaning about the new Scirra subscription model, it is very fairly priced and give Scirra more resources to maintain and update the software.

To give you an example of another company who has a subsription model.

I am developing also with Xojo a Rapid Application Development tool. Here are the licence fees for one year :

Desktop Lite : 99 USD / year

Desktop Full : 299 USD / year

WEB : 299 USD / year

IOS : 299 USD / year (not worth because of the bugs and limitations)

PRO : 699 USD / year

Enterprise : 1999 USD / year

These values are without VAT. If you need to pay VAT, you have to add the VAT amount to the above numbers.

Believe me, Desktop Lite, is very limited. With Desktop Full you can only compile for one platform. If you need to compile for more platforms, you need the PRO version.

If you do not pay your licence anymore, you can no longer update or compile once it is expired. However if you update once your licence expired, you can still use their free version but it is limited. If you choose not to update, you can still compile with the last version your licence covers.

I do not hear people there complaining about the yearly subscription. You can compare Scirra with Xojo inc. I also pay my licence fee to Xojo inc. I do not find it a risk.

We all have to get paid to make a living. It is not different with Scirra. Still I believe the future for Scirra and Construct looks bright. No other game development tool uses the Construct futuristic approach for creating games by events and behaviours.

Like the Scirra people explained, they where way ahead of their time to use HTML5, Construct 2 is already its time way ahead and now with Construct 3 around the corner, I am sure we did not see the last of it.

Keep up the good work Scirra !!!

Indeed, situations as with Adobe Director are a disadvantage of subscription based licensing models.

However, remember that there is also an offline version which will continue to work. I asume that as a cool game developer, you not only store your projects in the cloud but also on your own backup disks.

This mean, there is no risk at all. In case Scirra end development of Construct or they stop being in busines, there will be time enough to seek another solution.

Anyway, even with the local Construct 2, if Scirra ended development, you also would be in trouble because very soon Construct 2 would have become outdated.

Support for consoles like Xbox, PlayStation... needs to be realised in the future.

People can change from Construct 2 to Gamemaker, Unity or anything else. However when you changed and your new platform also change to the subscription model, it is even worse. Think about that!

When you develop games in Construct 2, I do not find it wise to change for the reason of the subscription model. Also for current license holders of Construct 2, there is a discounted subscription fee for the first year. I think it was 42$ instead of 99$.

There will also be a free Construct 3 edition but with severe limitations.

When I see concerns as explained by Helena, believe me, when you setup a proper backup structure, they are unnecessary. Remember again, you have Construct2 (which will keep working) and you have the offline version of Construct 3 and as a smart developer you backup your projects also to a backup disk. What can go wrong then?

Edit :

Please read the message of the original poster by clicking the link below. It is very long but very well written.

https://www.scirra.com/forum/c3-love_t187536

Great post and I read if from the start to the ending.

I completely agree with your opinion, could not have said it better.

Believe me, the way we create games with Construct is unique. This is the future of game development and Scirra is way ahead the competition.

With the new subscription model, we all can participate in our favourite game development tool Construct. HTML5 was indeed a very good choice.

The subscription model will secure Scirra's future and give them more resources to permanently improve Construct.

I am much more positive about Construct future with the subscription model than with a life time licensing system.

One drawback of the subscription model is that developers will become more demanding about adding new features and improvements. But that is the challenge the Scirra team has to accept.

The world of game development is moving fast. What is high tech today is outdated tomorrow. With this model, Scirra can stay on par with that moving rate.

I like the more positive attitude of the community here towards the new subscription model. Believe me, this will be an improvement for us all.

The idea of a live preview will be very interesting and I hope Scirra already implemented it, or will implement it in a future release of Construct 3.

I cannot understand what is happening on this forum, so much people disappointed in Construct 3 release announcements.

About the subscription model, you can also see it the other way around. With that new model, Scirra will undoubtedly receive more revenue. That mean more resources to continue developing Construct 3 to a new level. Maybe they will decide to create those long requested native exporters because now they have the necessary resources for it.

The subscription price of 99 USD for one year is very fair even for hobbyists. Everybody has to make a living, also the Scirra team needs to support their families.

All those (unnecessary) negative comments are damaging Scirra very much. Is it your intention to harm this small company because you disagree, then continue. On the other side, being positive is so much more powerfull and will surely result in one of the best game creation development environments in the future.

It is not our place to judge Scirra marketing strategy. For your information, we will upgrade to Construct 3 according to Scirra subscription policy because in our humble opinion Construct 2 and in the future 3 is an excellent game creation tool.

Thank you TD Bauer for mentioning the date of release. I also received the email but only can see the new Construct 3 logo.

I will update from the moment Construct 3 will become available. Looking forward very much for the release.

Are there no other users who are playing your game and review it?

It seems very unfair towards you from this Japanese person. Competition can be very unfair, from the other side it also tells very much how sad that Japanese person is.

If you push my work down because you delivered a better game, I will indeed try to get my place back to make my game better or improve it but I will respect you as competition.

I am sure your games are better than his because otherwise he would not use such lowergrade methods.

Just fight him back positively. I am sure users will see through is tactics.