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Can you provide some screenshots and/or a video/animated gif of the game? Can help people decide whether to check it out or not.

Congrats on finishing your project and releasing it into the wild! :)

^ Absolutely, make several small demos/prototypes first of similar and different genres. There are thousands of examples mfa files around the web to tinker with and find what inspires you.

Bought and installed earlier! Your yellow blinking text doesn't show clearly on my screen. It is heavily pixelated. I think it says something about X and Z. Also, under controls, the purple text is...

Yeah, there are other web tools you can use for this, and free poll/survey/quiz tools too, Google has one. Please note you can get in legal trouble depending on what you are sending as plain text....

Nice work! Sounds like you might want to work on your audio levels of SFX vs music. Looks fun!

Are you needing to display text from a .txt or .ini file?

Are you intending to be able to stretch the image or text within your app? Or stretch/expand the window for your app?

Do you want to...

What was posted above ^ is helpful. Welcome back to Fusion! 8)

I learn by others examples. I play their demos, prototypes and see how they did things and go from there. In addition to Clickteam's...

For flapping/flying/gliding momentum, maybe try some of the controls for the Flappy Bird clones games? First two Ninja Gaiden games?

For the Yoshi/Kirby pull/devour feature & animation, maybe a...

This looks amazing! Looking forward to seeing it progress and playing! :)

There are some efforts to get the Flash videos and games running in Mobile.



Flash Emulation & Brave BAT
https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1444275

An Article that might give you some...

I have no idea WTheck is going on and I love it! You should promote it with the social media for Atari and the Atari VCS (new, kickstarted one).

Well there is no magic bullet in any cross platform development. The hardware is different, and Android is as fragmented, if not more so than PC/Linux.

An OS update can change the way memory or...

Try seeing if you can pick from a list of random hex web colors instead or RGB. Maybe this list would help? https://cloford.com/resources/colours/500col.htm

Thanks for this, I am having fun adding a bunch of words and seeing the combos. 8)

You can also upload them to Kongregate's https://developers.kartridge.com/ store PC client (make account, fill out, install client, toggle Developer, wait for approval, then upload and share to the...

I like the Pocket Gamer coverage for it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwRH1c8a3YU

Here are some ways I have learned from the Clickteam tools over the years...

Download some example mfa files of basic concept games. Pong, breakout, overhead shooter clones. "Mod" those and swap...

Looks like a fun little time spender, thanks! Bought! On sale on Steam for $1.74 US

"I got a present for ya" - Hope you have some similar quotes ;)

Looks fun.

Are you using wav, mp3, or ogg formats? Try using a different format. Try not having it on a channel and allow multi samples. Try having your music play and loop as a Sample instead of music. Maybe...

This looks fun and simple! Congrats and finishing your project and getting this out there! Great demo and full game!

Awesome work! You all are inspiring a bunch of us! 8)

Amazing work and frame rate! 8)

Looks good, look forward to checking it out later! :)

I too go back to the Klik N Play days ;)

I like the theme and style you have gone with. I hope it does well for you!

Finishing a project no matter what kind or size is quite an achievement! Looks cute! :)

Do some research, like on Steam for their boardgame PC games and see what resolutions they all support. That might help you some.

Also lookup the Steam Hardware survey here:...

If you want some tools for music that can help, check out:

cgMusic:
http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2008/05/cgmusic-computers-create-music/
This can help you make about 7 different genres of...

Thank you for this tutorial! :)

http://www.clickteam.com/web-shop

or after selecting your country, like USA:

https://shop.clickteam.com/usa/exporters/76-html5-exporter.html

Some possibilities? Any of this might help you?

https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/appstore/post/Tx2IODYNW5ZKSDO/html5-packaged-apps-service-makes-it-even-easier-to-submit-apps...

Looks good, just bought it on Steam! :) On sale for .99 cents USD.

Welcome back! :)

Welcome!

You could have downloaded version 2.0 for FREE and legally directly from Clickteam to learn the software. http://www.clickteam.com/download-centre/mmf2

Check out the resources here...

See if this documentation might help:

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/microtransactions

This is helpful information. I have had to do this for work applications for work, on Mac OSX when VirtualBox would not handle certain apps.

Checking it out now. Love the graphics on the "controller" :)

Get the user's dxdiag.txt from their Windows PC and see if maybe they are running a non-genuine version of windows. Also see if it is a non-supported setting for older versions of windows. Maybe they...

I sometimes use a wine wrapper for Fusion 2.5 to run as a Windows application natively on Mac OSX El Capitan. Should work on other versions too. Also, if you have a PC app, you can also try wrapping...

Are you running it from within Fusion, or as a built .exe?

Did you try turning off the anti-aliasing when resizing? You can turn on anti aliasing for each object that you think might need it, I...

Did you go to the object you want to change the animation on (like active object editor with the color palette drawing tools, etc), and select/add new animations for the event editor to select from?...

Welcome! :)

Did you try setting collision between the two vertical platform objects and the square, to have the square "bounce" ? Add Movement > Bounce to your Set Direction to, and Set Speed for the two...

That type of project is WAY more work than you think it is. If you are wanting to setup a shopping cart/download website, there are third party tools that can help you. We need more info to be able...

Your laptop can run it! :)

Could be a Windows security setting not allowing .exe files from being executed. UAC could be blocking it, or MS Security Essentials. OR any antivirus software you might...

Marv, your hobby has helped thousands of developers worldwide, and the resulting products from your examples over the years have benefitted millions of players. Helping share other's example files,...

Thanks for sticking in there with this! I appreciate it! :)

Here are some options:

http://www.anim8or.com
https://cb-model-pro.en.softonic.com
http://www.wings3d.com/?page_id=84

I really like your concept and gameplay execution. It is rough around the edges, but that is what makes it your creation. Well done! :)

I do suggest putting the trailer on your Google Play page,...

When are you all adding itch.io to http://indiegames.clickteam.com/

You have to be careful of what kind of assets you choose if an HTML5 game. Flash plugin itself has gotten heavy, and NGs ads do not help. If your game is Flash, try running it locally on your PC from...

Thanks for this! :)

Flash is technically not dead, but has changed its name somewhat. Flash Develop is now Animate CC, Adobe AIR is Flash technologies underneath, and Flash Builder Pro 4.7 Premium is there too....

You can get Fusion 2.5 to run on a Mac El Capitan with Wine Bottler and Wine, or with just Wine. Some people have issues trying to get the exporters to install properly, because if it can't see the...

See if using one of the physics properties does what you want it to. Mess around with the pinball movement too, see what glitches you get, change its settings.

See if any of these might help:
...

Thank you for this! :) If you could have it in a web page or pdf documented form, that would be great too :)

Make sure that you have the exporter setup with your Fusion 2.5. If the image below shows up, you should see an example of what you need to have selected in the tool, and what you will see once it is...

Looks nice, I look forward to seeing what you all do with it!

This looks fun!

This is smooth and neat. Thank you for offering it to the community! :)

Did you set it for the game to be using flash 10 or higher when you build the application? I use an earlier version of Java for 2.0 and 2.5 of Fusion, never the latest one. Not sure if that might...

Set it to 0 instead of playing 999 times, as in loop zero times, it should loop forever until something makes it stop.

Depending on the netbook, it may not have the CPU nor GPU to really push a 2d game with a lot of objects, or a bunch or large objects, especially if you have the game running at a decent resolution....

Neat little game, I would just like to be able to restart a level quicker. Waiting for the balloon to pop sometimes seems to take forever ;)

Try making all of your sound effects .wav, at the qualities mentioned, and let the runtime compress and convert them for you, and see if that helps. On super short sounds especially, they shouldn't...

They are actually very cost effective versus other tools out there, with no royalties or percentage of sales to pay. Plus Clickteam's tools are super easy to use.

Try using the free demo version...

Looking at it, you should be able to do it in javascript, css and pull from an xml like you said. I think the H5 exporter could work, you'd have to try and see. Grab the free evaluation version and...

When I was at my last two gaming jobs, we always had issues pop up because FB changes things or breaks things, without always letting their developers know. It got really frustrating, especially when...

Perhaps this will help for Mac searches: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/602/how-can-i-search-a-specific-type-of-file-in-mac

If you want consistent text across devices and platforms, and if your game is not text heavy, having the text as png, gif or bmp (can be compressed) may be the best option. Sometimes embedding fonts...

On Windows, choose your drive letter or folder, and search for just *.mfa , and it will search for all files with that extension.

There is a drawing/paint example somewhere that uses the Surface Object. I was using 2.0 developer, and 2.5 Developer.


http://castles-of-britain.com/mmfexamples-c.htm there are two near the...

See if you might find anything here: http://www.pixelprospector.com/the-big-list-of-royalty-free-graphics/

Huh, that is odd. Happy that you figured out what is going on, thanks for helping me learn something! :)

Hmmm, I wonder if it is a Standard versus Developer thing, then?

Define: "build with it"

Perhaps try just having the edge of the frame be thin line objects, or have the actual frame background itself be a color.

For the inner part, maybe just have it be an active object, then you can...

17603 See if this helps, you will need Box 2d/Physics and another extension or two, but this is what I used a few years ago, checking things out and seeing how things worked. This sandbox demo makes...

Try putting the Hot Spots and Action Spots for each object in the center. Double click on the object to open up the editor for it (draw, paint on it, etc), and look for the eye and star on the menu...

If you are making a PC game, use the Draw Object. It works pretty good and can basically help you make your own version of MS Paint.

See if either of these two might help you:...

One of the games I am working on has 4 players with gamepads on PC, and use only two action buttons per player.

However, I am using the basic joystick/gamepad function choices (joystick 1, 2, 3,...

If it is a small overall game on the per level basis, see how many you can get working into each frame.

If you can randomly generate or procedurally generate the rooms/tiles/items that you need,...

Outside of getting a sponsor on your own for the splash screen or in-game, where you put the graphics/logo/sponsor message and link, pretty much, no.

You could also release a demo version for...

Glad that you figured it out! Sometimes writing down the issue, or talking about it/sharing it helps you solve an issue. :)

If you want to, you can send me the 1.5 file, I can save it in Fusion Dev 2.0 (I am guessing here), and send it back to you and see if that helps you at all in 2.5.

If you have it as a native FB web app, you will be able to share the link on your personal FB page, twitter, snapchat, instagram, etc. It helps to also setup your own FB page for either your dev...

If all they are doing is distributing your game for you physically and/or digitally, you should only have to sign a distro agreement, NDA, and one that states all IPs (intellectual properties like...

Like was mentioned, you can plug your phone into your PC with a USB data cable (usually male micro USB for the phone end, male USB for the PC end), and copy it over to your Android device. You can...

Many game companies have clauses where you can't work on your own games while employed, or you have to add an amendment of your inventions to your employment agreement/NDA when you are hired,...

It would be awesome to have Fusion on Nintendo's Wii U tool page as an official option! :)

The third party tools accepted by Nintendo right now are listed here: https://wiiu-developers.nintendo.com/

I am a developer for the Wii U, and there are a bunch of hoops to jump through, which...

That is effing amazing! I wish you much success and bliss! :)

Make demos and put them on game portals. Sell full versions via Clickteam Store, Steam, Humble Bundle Widget, etc.

Please note, Nintendo will probably have that pulled down when they send a DMCA request to Google.

That is awesome!

What were some of the biggest challenges you dealt with?

What went easier for your dev process?

You do not have to have to much practice to get started, actually.

Grab Marv's examples, and any others that you can get. Then open those up, see what makes them work, and tinker with them. Make...

In my opinion, yes but, it depends which hardware specs you shoot for, and how many/how big/how detailed your assets are, and what resolutions you will support.

Some info about how the game was...

There are pros and cons with both.

I like the Flash exporter, because your game will run on BILLIONS of Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX computers, and on older Android devices with Flash, depending on...

You are welcome! Create away :)

You can make two versions of your app, a demo/lite version, and also a premium, full version for .99 cents or whatever. The demo, if people like it, will hopefully get people to buy the full one. You...

The Web Framework Nintendo has, and the middleware they are promoting is for the Wii U. https://wiiu-developers.nintendo.com/ I believe Clickteam is working on getting Fusion as an official...

Kongregate and Newgrounds accept HTML5 games. Be sure to read their file size limits and read their requirements. Both sites automatically put a pre-roll ads in front of your game for Flash apps, not...

One of the best things to do in the mean time is experiment with the HTML5 exporter, and test it out with people you know to see what kind of results you get with Wii-U, Xbox360, Xbone, PS4, Vita,...

http://www.kongregate.com/games/xtrike/shoot-the-love

Game by one of my kids (his 3rd project), and music for it by my oldest! Made with Fusion and Flash exporter! :D

My kids started with MT Paint (pixel/retro/8bit looking), then started moving their creations into Inkscape (cartoon/vector art), then started using Sculptris (free version of Z-Brush 3d clay-like...

We now have his dice app on Newgrounds, Mochi, and the Chrome Webstore for free.

Bookmark it, you never know when you might need it for a game night or event :) http://hdice.hatcher.be/

It is now free for everyone from Android 2.2 and up! Please review, my son and I would appreciate it! :)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hatcher.diceapp

Hi Everyone,

One of my awesome kids has been working on a dice app in his spare time while finishing up the school year, and into the summer some. This is the result of his work:...

The exporter default is 9.0.124, which should play on the PS3 broswer, albeit slow, and most other platforms that support that version and higher.

You can change the version number to be higher...

Nintendo has USA side javascript extension for WiiU gamepad functionality with HTML5 apps.

Info
http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu/built-in-software/browser-specs/extended-functionality/

Sample to...

It is best to branch your build versions and see what kind of file size you get using just wavs and letting MMF2 convert them to mp3, versus converting them to mp3 before importing them into MMF2....

You could leave the version you have, and release the new version as a free version. Explain it in the description for the old one. Or, you could have the paid one have features the free one does not.

If you have Win 7 or 8, Microsoft's security software, if you turn it on, actually does a really great job.

The free verisons of Avast, Avira, and AVG are not ideal for development or gaming PCs....

Ok, thanks for the reassurance. I don't want to mess up my kid's second game/app ;)

Ok, thanks for the reassurance. I don't want to mess up my kid's second game/app ;)

What did you have to do to get it to run?

I will try and test RC this weekend with two apps and post results here.

Work has been busy with the Neverwinter open beta and then we just launched the Star Trek Online Legacy of Romulus...

Sorry to bug you guys, I got the build to compile with the keystore information.

I uploaded the build to the Alpha part of Google Play develoer's dashboard, then later the Beta part.

My...

Sorry to bug you guys, I got the build to compile with the keystore information.

I uploaded the build to the Alpha part of Google Play develoer's dashboard, then later the Beta part.

My...

Thanks a bunch! :)

Thanks a bunch! :)

You can't just put it out there and expect a windfall of cash, even if it is a fun game according to your testers.

These resources might help you promote your creations:...

Francois, I sent you a PM with the Flash, HTML5, and mfa links for Dog Defense, Shoot the Love, and NOGO 2. No issues with NOGO 2, and I explained the issues with Dog Defense and Shoot the Love....

Hello Wonderful Clickteam Community,

I wanted to share my son Aaron's first game that he made in the Summer of 2012 in two weeks when he was 14 years old. :)
...

Oh wow, thank you so much! Looking forward to getting the exporter! The community appreciates it a bunch!

Oh wow, thank you so much! Looking forward to getting the exporter! The community appreciates it a bunch!

Hope you are refreshed! Looking forward to testing it!

Anyone have anymore info on this?

^ One of many reasons Marv is awesome! :D

I think his app isn't working because of how he did layers and active objects. I am advising him to not do layers and see if we can get it working for the HTML 5 exporter.

Hi Yves and Francois,

I sent you both a PM with the related links for files for one of the apps in version 13. You can compare the same app in HTML versus the swf.

See if this might work:

http://www.java.com/en/download/manual_v6.jsp

Yeah I use the demo version like that too. I miss the Newgrounds TGF2 version. Have a quick idea, build it, upload it, test it, work on it more when I get home.

Disregard the dice app bug with the scroll box. On mobile it works great. We can build for desktops with SWF exporter and mobile with HTML5 exporter. Clickteam, all of you rock all the pixels well! ...

Hey Clickteam, you might be able to use this to add features to the HTML5 exporter for Wii U, so all of us could develop for that screen and controls. Not sure how much the source might help.
...

Brainstorm well everyone! I hope all goes well and enjoy your trip!

Direct X is not going anywhere, and C++ and C should be the basis for things for quite some time to come. They may bundle everything into a new tool set, calling it something else. MS Visual Studio...

Beta 11 tests for dice app demo:

http://josephhatcher.com/ht5tests/hatcherdice_v0045_HT5beta11tests/hatcherdice_v0045_HT5beta11tests.html

Chrome, IE 9, Opera, all work and display the same....

Beta 11 test for click and drag objects, chess demo results:

Chrome: works, but transparency for chess board does not apply. Worked on earlier versions. Music on first level only loaded/played in...

Will be updating my builds with the new version.

This: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/2dcontext/html5_canvas/

and this don't help?

http://www.w3.org/TR/html51/

(Scroll down)

Thought you all would be interested this:

http://www.w3.org/2012/12/html5-cr


Maybe it will help CT with the HTML5 exporter some. :)

A good little article on HTML5 games and technical issues on the WiiU: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MattHackett/20121209/183160/The_Wii_U_web_browsers_HTML5_gaming_capabilities.php

Sweet! Thank you so much!

Please note that this makes your software constrained to Adobe's links never changing, and/or being reliable.

I USE TO use the TGF2 Newgrounds version as my portable prototyping tool when I wasn't at home and install it on whichever computer to test out ideas and/or build out levels, etc; for things I didn't...

You could try Sumatra PDF - http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html

Nice, small PDF reader for Windows. You might be able to include it with your app, maybe contact the...

Hi Clickteam and Community,

I was wondering if anyone has had the chance to test this out yet, and/or if it will affect our builds with MMF2 Dev + SWF. I won't be able to test anything until later...

See if this helps you out, my kids use it: http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/

I know, but it does not compare to Newgrounds at all on functionality or breadth of content. (No offense to CT).

Hosting your own portal like Newgrounds is a huge undertaking. They have been around since a little bit after the Internet became popular. Making sure your content adheres to censorship and ratings...

Could be antivirus or firewall (as mentioned already), any other plugins installed in FF, or toolbars installed. Process Explorer can help you compare things on both systems.

Always use at least 3 browsers in your tests.

I main ones I use are Opera, Chrome, and FF but, before I release to Mochi I test on Android Default/Opera/Dolphin, Windows...

I still see analytics for my apps (in the Reports part), but Coins, and Custom reporting has been removed/disabled.

Can't wait to see a video of the game in action! Congrats on completing it :)

You all could do a Mochimedia one too, where CT and Mochi both get a share of the revenue of the games created by it, and the user does not, until they buy a full version of the CT products with...

This may help me on some Flash games too, thanks a bunch for sharing your experiences!

Look up the open source Calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/ Not only does it help you convert various ebook formats, also helps you manage all the books and such that you download. ...

Are you just counting sales, or how many people downloaded and played your game?

If you are giving away your game with ads (or no ads), then you should look as each player as a free set of...

These are great! :)

Dice App HTML5 Beta 7 tests.


WebGL OFF:
http://josephhatcher.com/ht5tests/Diceapp_HTML5_beta7_webglOFF/Diceapp_HTML5_beta7_webglOFF.html

Chrome, Opera: 6-Sided full screen die does not...

Yes sir, put them into a rar file and PM'd the link to you.

Check Apple's rules and TOS about other ad programs being used with theirs.

Of course. :( thanks for checking it out.

All the tech blogs and news websites have all the info you are looking for. =)

Wired live blog:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/10/apple-oct-23-liveblog/

WebGL ON:

For the chess example, with WebGL on, the transparencies disappeared on the game board and pieces when you move them in Opera.
This build does not work right in Chrome, music loads, no...

I took my son's dice app build for exe and swf and exported it to Beta 6 HTML5. Web GL WAS ticked as on when I built this, just as it was on the last version. ...

Anyone tested this out yet?

I am curious how some of the projects we are working on will work on IE for 360.

It is in the new Dashboard update for X360 released this week in the US....

I have had to reinstall the HTML5 exporter too. I only have Dev + SWF. It was weird, one day I noticed I couldn't select HTML5 options anymore. It disappeared.

For future reference, it is a good idea to keep strict naming conventions (Example: dogsled_demo_v0012 compared dogsled_full_v00012d) for naming your file builds. Also backup your builds daily, email...

This is excellent for seeing what types of apps and games are already released similar to what you may be working on. Not a forum, but a good tool.

http://labs.stephenou.com/itunes (Itunes...

Understood. Thank you for the feedback! =)

Send a PM here on the Forum to Francois

A much more recent version of the dice app works great with the HTML5 exporter and SWF exporter. Tested it on Chrome, Opera, and FF.

I have a few more demos to test out and see how performance...

Great job! You are an inspiration for those of us who get distracted and procrastinate when life and work keeps us from working on what we love.

You can try experimenting with your images and seeing if having then in different formats gives you the size vs quality ratio that you are going for.

Sometimes, if the compile process compresses...

Sounds like that would be a shader effect for .exe only.

If you have your own website host, and plenty of bandwidth, you can do it that way and set things up for FB to list it as an app.

Otherwise, it may be more beneficial or easier to just make a FB...

Can you link to some images that would be examples of what you are wanting?

If you can check with the apple developer info, you might be able to find more up to date info.

This is older info but might still be relative?

http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone/2008/06/quick-tip-for-nonus-iphone-dev.html

Current international iOS devs might be able to elaborate?

Don't have the video files local. They will take up space in your app anyways. I may be misunderstanding your intent with your end product.

IMHO, you are more likely to make more money on iOS, but will cost you more than getting onto XBLA with XNA. You will have to sell a good amount to recoup any money you spend for the dev costs in...

Would making a Flash app that contains links to external web pages with the appropriate video embedded work?

Suggested flow: User loads up Flash app. Navigates to a frame with a button to play...

Try having all .wav audio files, and let the Flash exporter put them into mp3s within the swf.

Also try just mp3s and compare the sizes of your builds.

For swf, if you do not need the audio in...

Excellent, glad I was able to help! :pacman: :pacdot:

Please see if this works ok for you (first time using attachment feature on this website): 7664

It looks like you were putting the string objects to go over and follow your draggable objects. So...

The action points and hot spots on the objects might be moved around.

Flash player version build set for 9.0.124 in Properties > Settings > Flash Player version might help.

I suggest making...

If you do not plan or need to have the contents of the program to be translated for any reason by end users, then I would go with images.

Using images might make it easier for you to port and move...

I think they are working on the HTML5 and Android exporters mainly, with MMF3 here and there. Just guesses, but it seems that way.

MMF3 will be a major release and will need a lot of time to...

Somehow, the HTML5 build options disappeared from my MMF2Dev. I had to reinstall it after trying to figure out what happened.

I have not been able to reproduce what caused it yet, but I had been...

Congrats, hope it does well for you! :)

Good luck, and keep a level head. Congrats on it going live! Clickteam's tools are awesome =)

No, I meant if we wanted to natively release games in their app store, or on physical media, there is a bunch of cost and things to deal with.

I agree, if their browser can handle certain...

There are some hoops to jump through to get your games onto Nintendo's platforms.

http://www.warioworld.com/apply/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiiWare...

I haven't confirmed this myself with the device yet, but it looks like from my sources that the Wii U browser will support most or all of the HTML5 features, and suppose to be based on the webkit...

I like this idea, many tools use a node based, or flow chart looking system to help visualize how things work. Being able to understand nodes and flowcharts will help tremendously in the video game...

Many people submit their game to Flash Game License (https://www.fgl.com/) and make their money that way. You may or may not get a solid return. Research online, and you can see that some people get...

For the Chess App drag and drop, it does not work well, or at all. This is an early build (drag and drop testing mostly) of my forthcoming 3 Player version of chess. The background assets are created...