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Gamefroot Game Creator 1.15 Release Notes

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We’ve been working away over the past month to add some great features to the Gamefroot level editor that should make it more intuitive to use. Check it out for yourself!

The most recent changes to Gamefroot in version 1.15 are:

  • Features:
    • Properties panel in navigator displays properties of selected object
    • Animation Editor Attributes tab allows changing image position and hitbox for each frame
    • Sped things up by using scalable storage for level editor files
    • Redesigned right-click context menu for better usability
    • Notifications dropdown shows latest Gamefroot updates
    • Game preview window has better close button and controls displayed
    • Other small UI tweaks

 

  • Fixes:
    • Game thumbnails no longer appear black for games with parallax backgrounds
    • Navigator can be hidden again

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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Note: this tutorial is out of date.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