Hey guys. One of my main concerns of C3 (as of the time of posting) is the issue backwards compatibility.

Sure you've said that there will be an offline version of C3 but being browser-based, I can't help but assume that just like any other website there would be many links within C3 that lead you to other URLs.

Let me explain: In C2, when I select an object and I'm not sure how to use it there's always a "help" link which when clicked opens the manual in a separate browser.

Now I'm thinking if I accidentally click a link in C3, the page itself would access a separate URL containing the manual. I'm thinking if this were online you'd already have an autosave feature.

But if I accidentally click this link while I'm offline it would attempt to open the link but end up at:

"ERROR: There is no internet connection."

now hypothetically if I try to click 'back' it would also end up at "ERROR..." since I'm offline.

Meaning all the progress I'd have made will have been lost.

Now reading the blogpost here: https://www.scirra.com/blog/183/announcing-construct-3

I stumbled upon this line:

"And as we promised, Construct 2 projects import with high fidelity."

This sounds very good on paper, however I imagine the resulting file when saved and downloaded will be something like: "game.c3" or something that is no longer capx. So I'm hoping there would be a great intercompability workaround between C2 and C3 so users like myself who aren't able to stay online 24/7 have the option of enjoying C3 online but when logging off switches to C2 to continue my project.

Opinions?

Did you buy it very recently? If yes, you dont. Scirra is allowing people to buy C2 at $100 and that includes a 1 year subscription to C3

if you bought it previously, you get a discount on the first year of subscription. I think its $50.

Otherwise, C3 is currently $100 a year subscription based. One way or another, you have to buy---subscribe---to it.

I bought mine last year. Will I be able to enjoy the privileges of C3 as well?

> So it'll be like Google Docs where anyone can add and modify events|actions at any time?

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Yes, I'm not sure how it affects for my companions who do not pay the subscription fee.

Well we'll just have to wait and see....

So it'll be like Google Docs where anyone can add and modify events|actions at any time?

Too early to conclude.

While the current community has expressed generally negative feed their goal in the long run is to ATTRACT new buyers of the program. My only worry is the status of C2 by the time C3 is released but hey they say they'll continue to support it.

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> Youll be able to use the free version of C3 that will cost you $0.00 per year.

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if its the same as the free version of C2, that answer is everything but smart..

+1

If they're gonna go that route then least give the player the full technical capabilities of the program but maybe leave out only the Monetization part for the Licensed versions.

Personally I would create the tilemaps in C2, grab their JSONs one by one, then store them in a dictionary.json which you include as a project file and load on start - rather than writing events to populate the dictionary, which I think would mean you'd have to loop through the levels on start.

Yes that's exactly what I mean't. Sorry my games haven't really been as complex to require the use of the dictionary that's why I'm confused.

Using this dictionary, will it be saved locally when I export this game to Android/iOS or will users be required to download all info from a cloud?

- This seems like it will make creating custom behaviors and plugins more difficult? Maybe I'm wrong there.

- Will Chrome be able to manage huge projects with a huge amount of assets? (500mb+)

+1

Also your game "Protoshift" in your signature says "Protoshit" Was that intentional?

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> The ultimate question. I just hope C2 will be supported forever.

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Imagine that they say something like this:

Tom

"C2 will become open source and will be maintained by users".

Honestly I don't know what to make of that. I've been here less than a year and the only thing I can think of is Rojo and Rex are geniuses and if they continue to contribute as much as they already have

Buy once.

Sorry I just had to comment that the dolls on your Website look gorgeous.

The one on the upper right looks like it has a pull string like Woody from Toy Story?

Will Construct 2 licenses still be for sale after the release of Construct 3?

The ultimate question. I just hope C2 will be supported forever.

Buy once.