Ever since Scirra officially started in 2011, we've been all about game creation. Now we're taking a big step and for the first time ever we're announcing a new...
Okey... so why get a sub just for this when you can use C3? I really don't get it. People could make animations in C3 just as well, if they dont wanna touch some features that are intended mostly for gamedev then they shouldn't.
I'd rather pay for modules in C3 (like video export, though I just record the screen) than have more products to fiddle with to get the job done.
I agree with LetTheMiceFree "I would much prefer Animate to be an extension like you did with the JavaScript coding. Just don't make it free, make it a one time buy. Thanks."
Ashley said it's marketed towards gamedev too much, uhm yeah so work on marketing instead? Market C3 as the army swissknife of digital content: game dev, animation, interactive ebooks, music animations (like the ones on youtube), and expand on that I suppose.
I even tried it out, it looks like C3 out of the box.
I will add, before learning Adobe After Effects (because I was required to in the current job I have now), I opted for animating stuff on construct. It was simple stuff and mostly for fun, but I can see how Construct is capable of being a tool for that if some of the animation aspects are refined.
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Edit: How easily people are influenced by other's opinions. I changed my mind reading the whole thread from what I thought when I originally wrote this. Now Im less skeptical about Scirra being able to correctly manage this project while maintaining their scope on C3.