Now you can conveniently upload animated sequences as a single ZIP file. Fire up the level editor to give it a try!
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Big Items = Better Games
Gamefroot allows you to use items of any size in your games, so let’s take a quick look at how you can make a game better with big items. Bigger is better!
By default Gamefroot already has a few larger items in the items palette. To make sure items don’t get picked up when the player touches them, place them on the BG items layer.
Gamefroot Game Creator 1.1.3 Release Notes
Note: this tutorial is out of date. Here’s an updated one: http://gamefroot.com/knowledgebase/animate-and-upload-your-own-character/
Animations in Gamefroot! Plus some snazzy UI upgrades. Try out our new Animation Editor (Beta)!
Keep reading to learn how…
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Gamefroot Game Creator 1.7 Release Notes
Gamefroot now supports Parallax Backgrounds – Play test it in this game!
Gamefroot version 1.7:
Multi-layered Parallax Backgrounds- Asset Manager Interface Update
The Lens of Essential Experience
One of the things we constantly think about here at Gamefroot HQ is how to make good games. No not just good games but awesome games. When you’ve got a game creation tool as easy to use as Gamefroot there can be no excuse for making good games… you should be making awesome games!!
To help us make games our own games we have started to embrace “The Art of Game Design” toolkit; a set of rules / game mechanics that are easy enough for anybody to understand and apply to their game. There are 100 lens for us to learn and we’ll be posting a new one every couple of days. When we post a lens please let us know what you think by leaving a comment.
1 – The Lens of Essential Experience
To use this lens, stop thinking about your game, and start thinking about the experience of the user. Ask yourself these questions:
– What experience do I want the player to have?
– What is essential to that experience?
– How can my game capture that experience?
Bug fix: My level is pitch black!
We’ve added the ability for you to change the lighting level in your game, but there was a bug for a short while that removed all the light from some recently made games.
If you’re game is totally dark, here’s how to fix it:
Open the level up, go to Level Properties (in the File Menu), and then type 100 for level light. Save the changes, then save your game.
Brand New Gamefroot Level Editor- Custom promo image for your game!
Note: this tutorial is out of date. You can see how to change the game thumbnail here: http://gamefroot.com/knowledgebase/the-gamefroot-editor-diagram/#Game-Properties
Have you been tired of seeing the same default thumbnails on the Gamefroot website? Now you can give your game a custom promo image!
We’ve been adding a bunch of features for Gamefroot users to make their games unique. Over the past few weeks we have been working behind the scenes to upgrade the Gamefroot Game Creator, and now the brand new version is finally ready for you guys to test out!
http://gamefroot.com/leveleditor/
One exciting new addition is the ability to upload your own promo images for your games.
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How to make GOOD games
We’ve made it easy for you to make games with Gamefroot, but making a GOOD game is something you have to put a bit more effort into. A good game will keep the player interested, engaged, and coming back for more – and that will ultimately be reflected in your game’s play count and comments. Who DOESN’T want to have a popular and successful game?
There are a few rules that you can follow to make your game play better.
Pimp my Game – Using your own Character artwork
Note: this tutorial has been updated here http://gamefroot.com/knowledgebase/animate-and-upload-your-own-character/
With Gamefroot we make it easy for the entry level game designer to effortlessly create a game using the default assets, but for the next level of game designer* we offer a lot more customization. You can design your own characters, terrain, in-game items, and backgrounds. You can then upload these assets into Gamefroot to build games that are uniquely your own. In this series of tutorials I’m going to show you how to do all of that to create a masterpiece you can be proud of. *To take advantage of Gamefroot’s customization it is important that you have image editing software and a working knowledge of how to use it.
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How to Unpublish a Game
Note: this feature is currently unavailable
Decided you want to keep prying eyes away from your hard work? Maybe you want to make changes to your published game and don’t want people to play it until you are finished. It’s OK! You can very easily remove your game from public scrutiny by opening it up in the level editor, opening the File menu, and clicking Publish. Check the Draft button and click Save. Now your game has been reverted back to Draft mode, and it will no longer be visible on Gamefroot.com
You can re-publish your game again at any time.