Category: Inside Gamefroot

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Let’s Make a Game: Snake

Note: this tutorial is out of date. You can use concepts from this tutorial, plus updated ones listed below:

 

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The classic game “Snake” is fun because of it’s simplicity and replayability. You start out as a small snake made up of one or two blocks, and you grow longer each time you eat something. You have to avoid colliding with yourself, which becomes progressively harder as your tail grows longer. The entire game only contains a few elements, but you can play it over and over – that makes it a perfect candidate for a “Let’s Make a Game” Tutorial!

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Animations in Gamefroot (Beta)

 

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The latest Gamefroot Update allows you to create animations to use in your games. Check out this post to learn how to use it.

Please note that this is brand new functionality, so it is still in Beta and there are a few things that won’t yet work as expected.

Here is a list of known issues:

  • Onion skinning doesn’t work
  • Cannot set time duration for frames
  • Animated item will only display the idle sequence in game
  • Animated items without a sequence named “idle” will not play
  • Image size limitation of 1024 x 1024
  • Animations with lots of frames and large dimensions will not work in game

Please leave a comment below if you have found another bug.

Thanks guys!

– The Gamefroot Team

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Remixing games may occasionally break – we’re working on it!

upgrading-older-games-anim-loopHowdy Gamefrooters, we’ve noticed that remixing games doesn’t always work properly. Don’t panic! This is something we are working to fix as soon as possible.

Usually remixing works fine, but if you do find a game that doesn’t remix properly, please leave a comment below with a link to that game.

We’re sorry for the inconvenience!

– The Gamefroot Team

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Gamefroot Game Creator 1.5 Release Notes

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The next big things to hit Gamefroot have been thrown into the mix. Go play with them now! The most recent features added in Gamefroot version 1.5 are:

  • Top-down character AI Editor (accessible by right-clicking on top-down characters)
  • Ability edit any item graphics with the free online DeviantART Muro drawing tool (accessible by right-clicking on items on the stage)

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