Construct.

[kyraneth]

This is the first of the "helpful" posts series, to hopefully get elected as a mod

Contruct is an amazing 2d game maker, with a drag and drop interface, and direct X 9 support. With version 0.99.3 just released I suggest for everyone interested to make cutting edge 2d games on windows to check this app.

Here is the link to the website: http://www.scirra.com i suggest you register at the forums, the community is very active and helpful.

A good place to start is the beginners tutorials , with the ghost shooter tutorial : http://www.scirra.com/learn.php

And finally some screenies:






note: these effects are generated on runtime.

[Sakar]

I'm gonna have to test this out. Thanks for the link!

[kyraneth]

no problem, glad you find this helpful

[hallsofvallhalla]

hum i never heard of this. Very kewl , thanks for the link and quick intro.

[Sakar]

I just went through the Ghostshooter Tutorial and I have officially found my Game Maker and TGB replacement! You are now even closer to getting my vote

[hallsofvallhalla]

how is the multiplayer?

[Sakar]

There is no multiplayer yet to my knowledge, but they said they're going to add it before version 1.0

[kyraneth]

I just went through the Ghostshooter Tutorial and I have officially found my Game Maker and TGB replacement! You are now even closer to getting my vote

I am very glad you like it (and i'm hoping to get your vote )

It is a great software i don't know why it's not as popular as tgb and game maker

I just went through the Ghostshooter Tutorial and I have officially found my Game Maker and TGB replacement! You are now even closer to getting my vote

Like Sakar pointed, multi player support is planned for release 1.0 which is in fact the next release. There is online support in the shape of an HTTP object, but this is only good for downloading updates, scoarboard etc... certainly not suitable for realtime multi play. But don't let this hold you from trying the soft!