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Scirra Construct 2 Announced

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Happy lazy sunday everyone, a bit of fun news for everyone today.

A project called Construct (click the name for the link) has recently released a pre-alpha of version 2 of their open source game/application creation system which is no longer dependant on Direct X, they now have a modular export system and they will be starting with HTML5 over anything else (even over windows .exe) to solve the multi platform issue they where having.

Still to be really useful they or someone needs to join them to port the GUI over to Linux but this could spur a lot of really interesting web-based multi platform games, not only that but it would be even more awesome if someone made a Linux OpenGL exporter for it - as that is how they have designed version 2 for someone to actually be able to do that easily!

More info as it comes!

Edit, got some confirmation:
QuoteThere are no plans to port the editor.

Given how big a project is, there's plenty to do. I have lots of experience with Windows programming and UI, mostly from 0.x. The editor is the largest and most complex part of Construct 2, and it's a massive, massive timesaver to stick to one platform, and not have to learn a new framework, UI library or anything else - I can just use my existing experience. I don't have to keep stopping to learn the framework or getting stuck on problems I've never solved before, I can just work straightforwardly.

I keep saying this but I'm only working part-time on this, and the fact is, because of that, every single piece of work absolutely must be looked at in terms of time it will take against the benefit of having the work done. A multiplatform editor would mean maybe double the workload, and only bring the user coverage up from 90% to 100%. Basically, I can't justify that. Sucks for Mac/Linux users but unfortunately I just have to optimise everything I do for the greatest return.

C2 is still open source, so if it becomes popular, it's perfectly possible a parallel project could start to port the editor.

I thought that would be the case, here's to hoping someone has the time to do it!

So while the main creator won't be porting the GUI it doesn't mean someone who knows UI programming for Linux can't do it.

So...anyone...hello? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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5 comments

TheAncientGoat Feb 6, 2011
Ooo, awesome. Unfortunately the current system isn't quite usable under Wine; you cannot edit sprites directly. Maybe there's a way around it but I haven't discovered it
Liam Dawe Feb 6, 2011
When you create a sprite it should auto-open the sprite editor (in my case it opened paint), what happens when you add in a sprite in Wine?
Z3kron Mar 1, 2011
Scirra announced a few day that they are going to close source the project and go commercial .

here is their [URL='http://www.scirra.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=8704']licensing model[/URL]
Liam Dawe Mar 1, 2011
That's not exactly right, that was his initial thoughts, he is re-working it at the moment.

What's for sure is that C2 will be closed source, bad times. My dreams of a Linux GUI officially down the drain.
chrisbrobs Mar 28, 2011
Quoting: "liamdawe, post: 1178"When you create a sprite it should auto-open the sprite editor (in my case it opened paint), what happens when you add in a sprite in Wine?


Hi
Sorry for jumping into your thread, but i just wanted to throw something in.

With Construct 2, you DONT have to use 'paint' for editing sprites. Windows regards 'paint'
as the default editor, so Construct opens with that first. You have the option to change it!

(The latest version allows you to create touch screen apps, and allows you to include audio)

Check the C2 forums if you want any further info. The program is amazing.

regards

Chrisbrobs
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