Retro Gadgets News

[p]Hi Gadgeteers! 
[/p][p]With further updates on the Retro Gadgets Story Mode coming soon, today we’re pleased to bring you news that the Retro Gadgets Playground will be coming for FREE on Sep 18th![/p][p][/p][h3]Retro Gadgets Playground launches FREE on 🗓️ September 18th! [/h3][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]Delivered as a separate Steam app, the Retro Gadgets Playground lets you download and play gadgets from the main game completely for free. Share your creations with friends, or simply use gadgets like any other application to run on your computer throughout your day.
[/p][p]Check it out on Steam here[/p][p][/p][h3]Browsing the available gadgets on Steam or from a simple webpage, anyone can play and use gadgets for free!
[/h3][p]Maybe…[/p][p]☑️ Create your own simple desktop game.[/p][p]☑️ Measure your work in a productivity tool. [/p][p]☑️ Build your own code-checker, calculator or audio player.[/p][p]✅ And best of all: share them with anyone! 
[/p][p][/p][h3]Community Update[/h3][p][/p][p]We know many of you have been keen to hear what’s next for Retro Gadgets. Launching the Playground, we’re excited to bring new players into the Retro Gadgets community – but our work doesn’t stop there. [/p][p][/p][p]We will be sharing new updates on the Retro Gadgets Story Mode and our next steps from Early Access towards full launch in the near future. Be sure to follow our Steam community (👆 top of this page!) to be amongst the first to know or join the official Discord where we’ll keep sharing exclusive previews. Also, a surprise update of Retro Gadgets is going to happen on September 18th, to celebrate Retro Gadgets Playground release![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]First look at Retro Gadgets Story Mode in action! 
[/p][p]Once again we thank you for your continued patience and trust. We hope you are as excited as we are for what’s to come! 
[/p][p]Thanks,[/p][p]~ Retro Gadgets team [/p]

Hello Gadgeteers! As many of you know, part of our work on the game in the last months was to create the Retro Gadgets Playground. We're finally ready to share and comment with you an exclusive preview of how it works and looks like!

Please join us for a new Live Dev Update on Retro Gadgets Discord Server, on April 8th at 6:00 pm CEST / 12.00 pm EDT / 9.00 am PDT! Make sure you don't miss it and get ready to join our Q&A session!

We are very proud to bring you news about an awesome community-led event:

The Retro Gadgets Game Jam Server is hosting their first big game jam and would very much like you to join them for this gadget creation contest!

[h3]QuickHow does it work?[/h3]



Follow the theme: "Firsts in history" and create a gadget to celebrate the pioneering times when people have produced the first of something. This can be anything from the first game programmed, to the first person into space.

You can submit your work on the game jam server until July the 8th, every submitted gadget during the event will be graded on four categories:

Creativity
This is subjective to the judges, but it will be how original your gadget is, and how well it stretches the theme. Graded out of ten.
Functionality
This is how well every part of the device works together, from the input of buttons, to the reading of a display. Graded out of ten.
Aesthetics
This will be exactly as it sounds, how good every part of the gadget looks. Good use of colour, and even sound, will help to get points in this category. Graded out of five.
Experience
This category will be based on how intuitive and easy the use of the gadget is. Graded out of five.

You will find detailed information about the contest on the RG Game Jams server.
Have fun and good luck, Gadgeteers!

[h3]REMINDER: This is an unofficial, community-led, game jam organized by the RG Game Jams Discord Community. Get in touch with the organizers on the RG Game Jams server for more info.[/h3]

Hello Gadgeteers!

It is this time of the year again, Summer Games Fest 2024 is here and Retro Gadgets will be featured in the Future of Play Direct showcase! Join the live now GLITCH YouTube channel and don’t forget to cheer for all the spectacular games!

But that's not all! To celebrate being part of the Future of Play Event on Steam, Retro Gadgets is 15% off until June 10th!

We're excited to announce that we've just released mini-update 0.1.9 for RG!



[h2]Introducing the "Retro Gadgets Game Libraries"[/h2]
You can now quickly import to you gadgets a set of selected libraries to simplify your development adventures!

The first library is the RG Game Library.
[https://docs.retrogadgets.game/libs/01-rg_game.html]
We specifically created this lib to help you build games inside our game!



[h3]RG Game includes tools for:[/h3]
:art: Sprite motion and animations - so you can learn how to implement simple animations in your projects
:dart: Simple collisions for sprites (circle and box shapes) - that you can check out with the "Debug" button
:gear: Easing library to smooth out your gadgets

But there are more libs for you to use! This update also includes two libraries:

[h3]json.lua[/h3]
[https://github.com/rxi/json.lua]
A lightweight JSON library for Lua

[h3]xml2lua[/h3]
[https://github.com/manoelcampos/xml2lua]
A parser to convert XML to tables and vice versa!

[h2]But wait! There is a new module available![/h2]


We added the "side-slider". A special slider module you can solder to the border of your gadgets.
You can use it as a volume input, speed control and much more!

[h2]Additional Highlights:[/h2]
- :tools: The *"Import Library"* feature will enable us to add more libraries in the future.
- :books: In the Tutorial Section of the main menu, you'll find an example gadget showcasing the most common library functionalities.

Now get to Gadgeting!