Today we're pleased to announce that our long-awaited Point & Click Adventure Kit is now available on Steam! This new DLC template provides you with everything needed to start building your own PnC Adventures!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/567360/001_Game_Creator__Point__Click_Adventure_Kit/
With the launch of our new Point & Click Adventure Kit comes a brand new version of 001 Game Creator. This new update is mostly bug fixes but a few small additions have also been made, including the ability to specify an Android version code (to help facilitate APK updates on the Google Play store) and a new "Comment" event that can be placed inside scripts to let other developers know what your script is doing. We've also made 001 automatically launch Steam, if launching from an executable and Steam isn't running, thanks to user feedback!
In regards to bug fixes, there are a few we'd like to mention specifically. Mainly that the "Overflow" error some users were experiencing has now been resolved! We've also fixed some memory and GDI object leaks that were causing "Out of Memory" errors for certain computers, fixed level/experience from not being properly maintained in minimalistic saves and also fixed rounding issues with position of animations in sprite sequences (which resulted in certain movements not always being very smooth).
As always, you can see the full list of changes here: http://www.engine001.com/changes.htm
Tooltips are coming...
Looking towards the future, I'm pleased to let you all know that we've begun the slow and arduous task of implementing tooltips for every major window inside 001 Game Creator. While the Online Wiki will always provide the most detailed information about 001's features, we've nonetheless heard the outcry for built-in tooltips and have started doing exactly that! Once implemented, you'll be able to hover your cursor over any control in 001 to get a brief explanation of its functionality. This should help to clear up a lot of the confusion newcomers have with some of 001's more advanced features and we hope you look forward to seeing them!
We're planning to roll out the first batch very soon, which will include completed tooltips for the following main windows: Actor, Field, Sprites, Tile-Sets and Items/Magic.
NEW Video Tutorials are also on the way!
While on the subject of documentation, you'll also be pleased to hear that a brand new video tutorial series is currently in the works. After much deliberation, we've decided that the best approach would be to show a game being built from start to finish and showcase as much of 001's functionality along the way. We've already got someone on board who will be writing all of the tutorials and a framework is currently in the works that details what the series will end up covering. We hope to start rolling out video tutorials on a consistent basis once all of the details have been finalised.
001 Showcase!
Want to see the amazing things people have created with 001 Game Creator? Then why not follow the official 001 Instagram account for new posts every Monday, Thursday and Saturday to see exactly that! Here are some of the things you've been missing:
Until next time...
Thank you all for your continued support of this project and to all of those who worked so hard on the creation of the Point & Click Adventure Kit. We hope you all enjoy this new content and are looking forward to what else we have in store in the future! :)