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Re: Platform Builder is Expanding!
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2020, 09:50:36 PM »
I wish we could do tagging like that. I haven't found a solution for it though.


Anyway, I have an idea for some user interaction in the Coming Soon page... coming soon. So you can stay tuned for that.

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Re: Platform Builder is Expanding!
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2020, 09:53:48 PM »
Oh, we sure are staying tuned. Well, at least I am.

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Re: Platform Builder is Expanding!
« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2020, 04:26:59 PM »
Hi everyone,


With the recent announcement about new graphics for Platform Builder, it seemed necessary to me to push us forward into PB 9.0. After all, the graphics update will improve the entire look of PB games which used the built-in sprites.


I ran a test with the new character sprite. I took that sprite and put it side-by-side with the old character sprite and then shared it with my friends on social media. Most of them have never seen Platform Builder before, and so they did not know which character was the old one and which was the new one. But of everyone who responded with a preference, everyone agreed that the new character sprite was better.


I have a little more work to do on my end before I am ready to demo some of the new graphics to the PB community. I'm hoping to have that ready to reveal a week from now in the "Coming Soon" page of Platform Builder. Until then, I have a different feature in the coming soon page which I will send out shortly. (This is not the "user interaction" thing that I had in mind; that will come later.)

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Re: Platform Builder is Expanding!
« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2020, 04:32:13 PM »
Have you thought about taking advantage of this opportunity to introduce new character abilities?

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Re: Platform Builder is Expanding!
« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2020, 04:53:32 PM »
Have you thought about taking advantage of this opportunity to introduce new character abilities?


It's on the table, although I don't think I'll be doing that this time around.

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Re: Platform Builder is Expanding!
« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2020, 04:59:18 PM »
I figured you might opt to do that.

...You've been developing PB since 2013, and didn't tell some of your friends? Woah. If I was them, I'd wonder why I wasn't told years sooner.

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Re: Platform Builder is Expanding!
« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2020, 05:33:17 PM »
It's on the table, although I don't think I'll be doing that this time around.
duckslide and crawl in 9.0?
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Re: Platform Builder is Expanding!
« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2020, 05:56:07 PM »
@warrior Maybe 9.1. And what happened to 555?

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Re: Platform Builder is Expanding!
« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2020, 06:05:14 PM »
new graphics would be enough for me, or at least considering big features. I'll be checking the Coming Soon page very frequently  :)

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« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2020, 06:06:21 PM »
@Gizgord Are you subscribed to the coming soon page? You will automatically receive updates from that if you follow it.

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Re: Platform Builder is Expanding!
« Reply #25 on: September 11, 2020, 07:33:13 PM »
new graphics would be enough for me, or at least considering big features. I'll be checking the Coming Soon page very frequently  :)
we don't care about default graphics than no one will use thats the commercial thing what we want is big features to make good games in vanilla PB without having to mod PB or use the upe
@warrior Maybe 9.1. And what happened to 555?
Officially still part of teh username, just changed it for those times but you can refer me as "warrior555" even tought you always use "warrior"
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Re: Platform Builder is Expanding!
« Reply #26 on: September 11, 2020, 07:38:22 PM »
Well, I for one think that it's a big move re-doing sprites, since it'll put PB in the good light that it should be in.

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« Reply #27 on: September 12, 2020, 03:41:08 PM »
@Gizgord Are you subscribed to the coming soon page? You will automatically receive updates from that if you follow it.
maybe I could  ???
we don't care about default graphics than no one will use thats the commercial thing
I'd be happy to use it. although my take might not be convincing, seeing that my main project consists of just built-in graphics