Construct Classic is a 2D, 3D game constructor for Windows OS (uses DirectX 9), and also serves for creating applications, cartoons, 2D animation clips. The constructor was created according to the WYSIWYG principle. This means that to create your video, animation, or game, you won't need to spend a long time studying programming textbooks. Everything is very simple – you added some object, enabled animation for it, and it moves.
Construct Classic is a free open source application, so programming specialists and developers can customize it as they deem necessary. This program, like Game Editor, is a quality alternative to the popular Game Maker constructor.
Advantages
The program works on the basis of programming the desired reaction to script events. Using DirectX 9, the constructor creates effects, with the help of which custom pixel shaders are connected via HLSL. The program supports plugins, skin replacement is possible, there is an integrated Python interpreter.
The installation package usually installs about 6 files. The installed file
GraphicsDriverUpdater.exe is a component of automatic program updater, which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are detected.
Features
Events are the heart of Construct Classic. An intuitive alternative to programming. Operating exclusively with events makes it easy to start implementing your idea. You don't need any programming experience to use it, and the wide range of features will be of interest to experienced users.
Events are designed visually and in a convenient way for the developer to create game logic in your projects. No need to memorize complex programming languages.
Events help you focus on what really matters: developing your idea! An event consists of a list of conditions and a list of actions to trigger. When all conditions are met, the actions are executed. It's simple and intuitive.
Events will also help you learn to think logically and understand real programming concepts, which will simplify your work if you later start learning one of the programming languages. For instance, Construct Classic events have equivalents of functions, loops, and variables. These aspects are carefully designed in the program to be analogous to programming, making them much more accessible to people without any programmer experience.
The environment is written in C++, projects are based on Javascript. Compilation minifies JavaScript, and it is possible to both integrate Java plugins, SDK, and to add code yourself.
Among the advantages is that version r216 has a modular architecture, thanks to which action plugins used during development are excluded from the script itself, increasing the optimization of the final product.
Over 25 built-in scripts: direction, platformers, Car_2.1, bullets, fade, flash, wrap, pathfinding, turret, drag & drop, etc., greatly facilitating the implementation of a game application.
Functionality
Construct Classic is one of the first engines to provide full support for "particle" effects in HTML. Box 2D Physics is responsible for the quality of physics modulation, possessing quite rich possibilities for implementing physical effects. Test runs of code are available on the fly, without the need for compilation.
Plugins - over the course of its existence as an open source product, it has accumulated a multitude of plugins and add-ons, significantly expanding capabilities.
Core functionality:
- Editing with drag-n-drop reaction to events and events.
- Use of a huge number of plugins is possible.
- The program was created in python, but can be refined in C++.
- Custom pixel shaders can be connected via HLSL.
- Ready-made source codes of games and applications in CAP format can be integrated into the program.
