Whilst Game Maker may require different sprites for each direction an object is facing, Construct doesn’t.Īll objects can be rotated after you have placed them on a Layer (Construct’s equivalent of Game Maker’s rooms) and at any angle you desire. Layout Editor superior to Game Maker’s room editor This saves time when you want to prototype or make a quick start to a project without having to set 8 different events and actions as you would in Game Maker. Want your player to to have multi-directional movement? Simply select the ‘8 direction’ behavior and set up properties such as maximum speed and the rates of acceleration and deceleration.
Construct, which has support for integrated Python scripting, has a PowerPoint style layout and several advantages over Game Maker.įrequently used object actions are precoded in Construct as ‘ behaviors‘. Unlike Stencyl who consistently refuse to give details of their release schedule Construct is available for public download now.Ĭlearly I wasn’t going to miss this opportunity to take a look at Construct (current release 0.98.3), and I liked what I saw. Last weekend I spoke with one of the people behind the project, Ashley Gullen, who asked me why I thought Stencyl was so much more well known than the Construct project which is considerably further along its development. I’ll leave the post up for reference but you should really check out this post to find out more about GMS2 and what it has to offer.
Gamemaker studio 2 vs construct 3 software#
Construct is a free open-source DirectX game creator with a drag-and-drop interface.Ģ017 UPDATE: This post is now hugely out of date and the GameMaker Studio software is far superior to Scirra’s Construct in every way.
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