I was referring to HTML5 platform. It doesn’t have it, even a fake that only blend layers and sprites would be nice but not even a fake is possible. I know you don’t care for HTML5 but it doesn’t change that I do.
Yes but without blending the sprites it is going to be nothing but a pool of balls, GD currently does not support blending sprites.
Online multiplayer games also need a server which is very expensive and big commitment. This is what PlayerIO provide along with an easy way to add in-game purchase which is pretty much essential these days in any online game.
But it does not exclude to also add features to create raw TCP/UDP sockets…
Yes in a sense but there would be no time limit, no limitations on export, no limitation on number of events, number of sprites…etc There would be no limitations as such only certain features would be not included which is not necessarily downgrade it to be only a demo. Full source would be also available which is definitely something you can not see with any demos out there.
Of course I don’t. It up to 4ian to try but remember that donation was already an option since day 1. If anyone did want to donate could already do so but obviously it was not happening regularly so why Patreon would be different? Patreon is nothing but a solution to offer regular donation, but it is require regular donations which have been already possible with PayPal if anyone was interested, earlier versions of GD4 was even popped up a message time to time to ask for donation. Patreon on it own would change not much. All I’m saying, I don’t personally expect success with donations but again, it up to 4ian.
Either it going to be donation, monthly subscription to online services or Pro license or the mix of all this, I be happy as long it allow GD to be developed in full time and see new features coming regularly.
Hi Florian,
I had started a project of GD4 and then continued it on GD5. There was one row in the project that I had deactivated, but in GD5 this row was not seen as deactivated. However, this row did not work. I have long been wondering what was going on until finally I realized I had deactivated it in GD4
Please make it also in DG5 to see which rows are deactivated and can be activated again.
Oops, it’s indeed not displayed in GD5. Added to my Todo list, thanks for reporting it!
About the business model discussion. There are good ideas in your discussions.
I’m still not convinced by Patreon, as I think it needs a lot of supporters and not sure the community can support GD as long as we don’t manage to make it more well-known and convert more new users to long term users (the software is tested by quite a bit of people).
To be convinced I would need real numbers : how many numbers of patreons a project can expect, how many $$ each person is giving in average, how many number do we need for getting enough money for GD. Without these numbers it’s hard to decide.
For now the software is staying free, I’m experimenting with online paid services that completes GD. I might add a “Made with GD” splashscreen at the beginning of HTML5 games, as it’s not too obtrusive and a fair deal - and I think most of you are ok with displaying this anway Users with subscriptions could choose to deactivate for there games.
Thanks for your ideas about how the services/features that could be developed with this business model
The issue with the current online service (Android export) is that it’s meant for users with games almost ready to be published. Construct and others paid software don’t care if the users are making real games with the software, as they are already paid by the user - no matter if a game is made or not.
I might switch to services that are more useful during the game creation, or advanced features like the one you mentioned, so that more users would be interested by these services.
By the way, beta 25 is available, with a window allowing you to set the icons for Android and iOS export and a new option in game settings to lock the orientation (on Android and iOS too)!
Given the massive presence of games present it is difficult to reach a goal you however with your constant constancy you deserve more.
Even I patreon you discouraged as most of the content will unlock only for certain users and since you already work on other projects and you take care only of this risk of finding yourself without time to complete the whole.
My advice is not to spend money on a hosting service those can be saved maybe for other more important things it is difficult for a user to connect on a site to create games just to play is easier than there are users who create the I play directly on your site but once this is done, the site is not displayed because maybe they use different sites to play.
If we want to make a list of updated games we can use the wiki where users who develop a game feel involved.
In my opinion, the logo on the initial game screen like Made with Gdevelop is an excellent idea.
For me it is more than just that the logo is present.
Maybe the funds for hosting the site you could use to promote the Gdevelop page on facebook with that you can really reach many users.
Then maybe create a subscription system that is not too expensive to beat the competition with an attractive price.
Already now, however, it seems that the number of users on the forum using this product has increased.
We need to focus more on social networks that are the only way to become viral at least to personal opinion.
After these are only tips from a user (not expert)
Yes, this is what I head in mind too. People would subscribe only as long they need to export their project, definitely need additional features.
Unless you have an idea for a similar service, I’m really hope PlayerIO is among your experiments. I have just done my experiment which is ended with an online chat app made in GD (a very basic one):
I know it is not impressive, but I think it is demonstrate how easy and convenient to set this up with PlayerIO.
I’m sure many people would benefit from events to be able to talk to a PlayerIO server and even though the server code must be written in C# and compiled in to a dll in my opinion it would be possible to include a general purpose server code already compiled in to a dll to receive and broadcast position, scale, rotation…etc of selected objects and values of selected variables that people can upload to their PlayerIO game profile and done.
I was looking at many similar services but PlayerIO seems the most simple by far but still scaleable even for professional use. I plan to use it for my multiplayer game ideas I have but frankly even though it works with GD through the JS events, I’m not certain it would be an ideal way of doing it.
I decided to take my experiment further and make real time multiplayer but I’m getting this error message when I try to use Object linking
I don’t normally have a problem with object linking so the fact I’m using Javascript events might causing this error but I’m not sure how. I literally do nothing with objects and object linking in the JS events only talking with the PlayerIO server and I don’t edit the code0.js file after export. So, whatever the problem is it maybe something with the way GD compiling this file but I’m not sure if it something I did or is there anything I can do to avoid this error…
This is the code0.js coming from GD:
[attachment=0]code0.js[/attachment]
Oh, I have solved the problem. In order to get the multiplayer working I always copy and replace the index.html to include PlayerIO instead of keep editing after each time I export. The one I was copy did not have the extension included
Hello everybody, I wonder if anyone of you experienced a problem I encountered after version beta13 (from 16 or higher).
I tried to work with GD5 on my current game project.
In version b13 preview and web export ran smoothly and fluid, and android/ios builds ran smoothly as well.
From b16 version to actual b25, preview, web export and cordova/phonegap export (once built for android/ios) are tremendously laggy. Jerky.
I know that render engine from b13 has been updated and I wonder if something in my project has become incompatible with it.
To be sure I tried to run a very light version of it with only my character running in a semi-desert platform.
A little better but still a little laggy.
Did you encountered this problem?
Please, try if you can. Open one of your old projects (one a little complex) and open it with both gd4 and gd5 and take a look to the previews.
Thank you all.
Hey everyone. I have been using Gdevelop off and on but keep switching back to Gamemaker Studios because I keep running into problems with my first game on GD. I am gonna complete it on Gamemaker Studio 2 but will start making my other 2d games with GD. I like GMS2 but it’s so dang expensive to get the other exports. I love GD and would like to keep it moving forward. Would love to be able to export 2 ps4 or XB. How much money is GD trying to average per month Also can someone make a tutorial about external events My 1st game is called Space Blitz’d. I replicated most of it on GD but moved back to GMS2. You can see a video of game play on my Instagram @ av8rgamez. I will be uploading a vid on youtube as well. Thanks
A new raycast condition was made by Lizard-13 (a big thank you!!). It enables to easily create line-of-sight for enemies or things like lasers (see the updated “zombies and laser” example).
You can edit resources properties (in particular image smoothing) - no multiselection for now as I did this very quickly but I’ll add this later
There is a new preview button to launch a Preview over wifi (also called Preview on local network/Preview on LAN). It’s very simple to use: click on the button, enter the URL that you got on your mobile/tablet browser and try the preview instantly. There is also a live reload, meaning that when you click on the preview button again, all devices running the game will start it again
I’ve added a splashscreen with the logo of GDevelop when a game starts. It’s very simple and I think it’s a fair deal for almost all users that use GDevelop freely I think most of you are ok with it. If you don’t like it, you can get a subscription (even the indie one which is €2 per month) to be able to disable it.
The Preview over wifi is new and should be very useful. You can try it freely - the only thing is that I added a window asking you to get a subscription to support GDevelop development.
It won’t prevent the feature to be used (I took the model of softwares like Sublime Text - no DRM, nothing fancy, just an explanation window), so that you can try by yourself and judge if it’s worth a subscription (that also unlock one-click android export and the optional splashscreen).
Also I’m going to need help to document the Preview over wifi feature
The splash screen is not enabled by default, I don’t need a subscription to export without splash.
The preview over wifi unfortunately doesn’t work for me it is just “waiting” and the game never get loaded on my device
I was having the same problem ddabrahim. You need to go into your firewall settings, and give GDevelop 5 permission to communicate over Private and/or Public depending on what type of network your on. That fixed it for me.
I did. It must be something else. I had the same problem with C2, the solution was to run it as admin maybe this is the case with GD too but I don’t normally run anything as admin.
Also can someone make a tutorial about external events 
