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Construct in 2022: year in review

Once again we're reaching the end of a busy year where the team worked hard and got a great deal done, aiming to bring you the bes... Read more

Posted 15 Dec, 2022
~8-13 mins read time
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Ashley Construct Team Founder

published on 15 Dec, 2022

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RTS round-up: improving Construct through game development

In September I started part-time development of a real-time strategy (RTS) game in Construct using Javascript coding. I've been po... Read more

Posted 7 Dec, 2022
~8-13 mins read time
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16 comments

Ashley Construct Team Founder

published on 7 Dec, 2022

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RTS devlog #7: optimizing performance for 1000 units

In the previous devlog I focused on getting intense multiplayer combat with 1000 units to use just 50kb/s bandwidth. Now it's time... Read more

Posted 30 Nov, 2022
~8-14 mins read time
18,110 visits
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Ashley Construct Team Founder

published on 30 Nov, 2022

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RTS devlog #6: 1000 units bandwidth

After the last devlog I had the basic controls for scrolling and zooming a larger level. Mostly for a laugh, I threw in 1000 units... Read more

Posted 16 Nov, 2022
~9-14 mins read time
3,917 visits
10 comments

Ashley Construct Team Founder

published on 16 Nov, 2022

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RTS devlog #5: input and gestures

In the week or so since the last devlog I've mostly been working on mouse and touch input, as you can see from the commit history... Read more

Posted 7 Nov, 2022
~6-9 mins read time
1,906 visits
1 comments

Ashley Construct Team Founder

published on 7 Nov, 2022

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RTS devlog #4: Collision detection and combat

Since the last devlog I've been working to get to a minimally playable game. Units now have turrets, they can fire at each other,... Read more

Posted 27 Oct, 2022
~7-11 mins read time
2,333 visits
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Ashley Construct Team Founder

published on 27 Oct, 2022

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RTS devlog #3: Minimal multiplayer milestone

You can now play a minimally multiplayer version of the RTS live online at CommandAndConstruct.Com ! It's an unoptimized export ru... Read more

Posted 10 Oct, 2022
~5-9 mins read time
2,311 visits
6 comments

Ashley Construct Team Founder

published on 10 Oct, 2022

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RTS update #2: Classes

Since the last blog I've added some very basic interactivity. You can click to select units, and click somewhere else to move the... Read more

Posted 3 Oct, 2022
~6-10 mins read time
2,114 visits
4 comments

Ashley Construct Team Founder

published on 3 Oct, 2022

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RTS update #1: architecture

Since my first blog I've been putting together the overall architecture of the game. You can see some of the initial work in the c... Read more

Posted 26 Sep, 2022
~9-14 mins read time
3,837 visits
30 comments

Ashley Construct Team Founder

published on 26 Sep, 2022

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I'm going to make a game!

I'm going to make a game in Construct! This is going to be a bit of an experimental part-time project with the aims of showing how... Read more

Posted 23 Sep, 2022
~6-9 mins read time
4,328 visits
33 comments

Ashley Construct Team Founder

published on 23 Sep, 2022

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Feature Focus: JavaScript Coding

Construct's visual block system can produce amazing results without having to write a single line of code. However if you want to... Read more

Posted 16 Sep, 2022
~7-11 mins read time
3,831 visits
4 comments

Ashley Construct Team Founder

published on 16 Sep, 2022

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