Not start till update?

BramHoddssd

Because of the meeting thing happening im guessing there will be an update soon. So think i should not start my game until the update? And can i start making my game before im even an express user?

VoidedSky

I think he's talking about the NYC meet up.

BramHoddssd

oops yeah sry

firemaplegames

The update is just supposed to be a performance increase. They are rewriting the scenegraph (the underlying engine) to get some more speed. They also said they are going to add in pause functionality.

Once those are in place, I assume they will start trying to implement GameCenter in future updates.

I wouldn't let it hold you back.

TouchTiltGames

tshirtbooth said:
Ohhhh to not have to shut gamesalad down every few minutes how nice will that be

+1²

VoidedSky

Shizane said:
+1²

+X

(X = the number of times GS has crashed..........)

:-)

TouchTiltGames

tshirtbooth said:
then maybe id only have to work 10 hours a day

I actually have given it thought how many hours I lose from restarting every 10 min, but...it's all worth it lemme tell ya

TouchTiltGames

CowTechMan said:
+X

(X = the number of times GS has crashed..........)

:-)

It's not so much the crashing for me go figure! It's the lethargic memory leaks...then again maybe I'm not building games the way others do I dunno...

iDeveloper

FYI: The "scene Graph" is NOT the underlying engine...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scene_graph

The Scene Graph is the designer, aka where you place the actors........

BramHoddssd

BramHoskin said:
can i start making my game before im even an express user?

can someone answer this question please? I downloaded it and started working on my game, when i pay and become an express member can i just continue using the game im working on now?

Rattlehead

tshirtbooth said:
yep you can make now pay later. and continue working on the same game

cheers

But for $99 to test on an actual iDevice... you can't go wrong. Plus, you'll need to get your Apple Developer license for another $99 (just in case you weren't aware of it).

Or wait...

BramHoddssd

yeah thanks

firemaplegames

@iDeveloper: They aren't redesigning the interface. The Scene Graph is how all the Actors interact with each other.

victorkin11

@firemaplegames

I am really worried about my old projects, there are compatibility problems!

firemaplegames

Yes, the updates are always traumatic! I don't know why everybody is always so excited for them!

I usually dread them..

millerbrother1

glad I'm not the only one with the lag, close and reboot trouble.

Fix the memory leak first! That seems like priority 1 in my book. It will increase productivity for us and shouldn't cause many compatibility issues for previous versions of the software (I would suspect).

ORBZ

Shizane said:
+1²

+1² = 1

ORBZ

firemaplegames said:
Yes, the updates are always traumatic! I don't know why everybody is always so excited for them!

I usually dread them..

Yes, me too... and the more I think about it, what are we going to do in 2 years when we all have tons of games published and they release an update that breaks everything? We will no longer be able to perform any maintenance on our games without upgrading them to the newest version of GS. I really really dislike that they hold onto the server code that builds the actual app. I would like to be able to generate my own executable on my machine against whatever version of GS I choose.