001 Game Creator News

From MMORPGs to 3D First-Person Shooters, Point & Click Adventures and more! 001 Game Creator continues to grow and today we're pleased to announce our latest expansion with the release of our Visual Novel Kit that allows you to effortlessly create interactive stories and 'choose your own adventure' games.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1042950/001_Game_Creator__Visual_Novel_Kit

Our Visual Novel Kit features all of the functionality you'd expect to see in any other Visual Novel, like a robust dialogue system with player choices and auto/skip functions, a fetch quest system that allows you to present items/gifts to characters (and a shop to buy said items from), the ability to travel to different locations, and a colourful cast of 16 unique characters (both male and female) befitting of a fantasy/steampunk setting - with a variety of different character emoticons!









In addition to the release of our Visual Novel Kit, we've also updated 001 Game Creator to v2019.002.000 which contains a handful of new features and minor fixes. For example, we've added a "Retrieve Text Height" use value in the Field editor and fixed an issue with Steam IDs resetting in the Game Settings window.

For the full list of changes, please see our change log here.



We're delighted to see so many of you making use of our Feature Request Vote Box and have been monitoring it closely to see what new features we should prioritise next. We recently fixed an issue that prevented users from upvoting the same idea after the 24hr window had passed. If you were one of those affected by this feel free to cast your votes again.



We're currently brainstorming new ideas for future DLC Kits based on user demand. As always, if you'd like to suggest your ideas you can do so by submitting them to our Feature Request Vote Box and upvoting ideas/suggestions that you support.

We've updated 001 Game Creator to v2019.001.003 which includes some very important fixes to our initial UNICODE implementation and mobile builds!



In our last announcement, we revealed our first implementation of UNICODE support in 001 Game Creator (a long-time requested feature from our community). Since then, we've worked with our users on refining this implementation - most notably in fixing an issue with certain international configurations of Windows that would cause characters to display incorrectly.



Additionally, we've made it easier to add/remove certain blocks of characters to your fonts with the appropriately named "Add Block" and "Remove Block" buttons. There's even a "Custom" option, where you can specify a UNICODE hex range to add specific groups of characters!



We will continue to improve our UNICODE implementation over the coming weeks/months so that all necessary parts of the engine can display these characters correctly. We'd also like to thank those of you that have been helping us to improve our UNICODE implementation!



While working to re-create the UNICODE problems some users were experiencing, we noticed several areas where 001 Game Creator would crash upon start up if the user's video card didn't properly support windowed swap chains, advanced material shaders, texture colour mapping, or large textures used by system fonts.

If you've previously experienced crashes when starting 001 Game Creator then these fixes should make a huge difference!



Another important fix in this update is the Android/iOS build functionality that wasn't working as intended. You should now be able to build your game for Android and iOS without issue - we've also fixed an issue where built APK files would crash upon start up!

Additionally, for those of you with larger games, we've fixed an issue that resulted in an error during the build process.

As always, you can see a full list of changes here: http://001gamecreator.com/changes/

We've got some exciting news to share with you all today - including the announcement of an extended Steam Lunar Sale and a new version of 001 Game Creator with our initial implementation of UNICODE support!



From February 4th to February 18th 001 Game Creator will be 60% off - with our MMORPG, 3D FPS and Point & Click Adventure DLC Kits being 30% off and our Retro Music Pack being 15% off. For most, the Steam Lunar Sale ends on February 11th but we're following the sale with a week-long sale of our own to extend the Steam Lunar Sale from one week to two!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/347400/001_Game_Creator/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/564680/001_Game_Creator__MMORPG_Kit/?snr=1_5_9__405

https://store.steampowered.com/app/564681/001_Game_Creator__3D_FPS__Survival_Horror_Kit/?snr=1_5_9__405

https://store.steampowered.com/app/567360/001_Game_Creator__Point__Click_Adventure_Kit/?snr=1_5_9__405

https://store.steampowered.com/app/951950/001_Game_Creator__Retro_Fantasy_Music_Pack_Volume_1/?snr=1_5_9__405



Perhaps one of the most requested features, and also one of the most challenging features to implement, is the ability to fully support UNICODE characters to allow for foreign languages like Russian and Chinese (which previously weren't supported).

With 001 being built on VB6 (which doesn't natively support UNICODE characters) this was always seen as an impossible feature request...That is until now! We'll spare you the boring technical details and just say that a new discovery was recently found that would allow 001 to support these characters with only a little work on our end - and so we're pleased to announce that UNICODE support is finally available in 001 Game Creator!

However, since this is still only our first implementation, we'd like to hear input/feedback from our community! There are also still some things not implemented to support UNICODE fully in some parts of the engine.

(Some screenshots showcasing Russian characters):



Please Note: You'll need to explicitly add UNICODE characters to your font files first - otherwise they won't be recognised in-game!





Our UNICODE implementation has also had an added benefit to fonts in general as we've now managed to pack characters in better which means that the padding option is no longer necessary in most cases. As such, the look of characters will appear more natural than before (where spacing wasn't being properly obeyed)

We've also enlarged font images from 2048x1024 to 2048x2048 so that fonts can store more characters!



While UNICODE support is one of the largest feature requests implemented in this version - we've also taken the time to implement a few smaller requests that didn't require much time to add. These include:

Change Reverse, Rising and Falling Speed Events - Three new events that change the Reverse Speed, Rising Speed and Falling Speed of Actors has been added.



Screen Size/Orientation Changed Interface Trigger - A brand new Interface Trigger has been added that runs whenever the size of the game window is changed (Windows/HTML5) or when the orientation of the screen is changed (iOS/Android).



Change Currency Symbol Visual Setting - You can now effortlessly change the currency symbol used for Money by going to Game Settings > Visual Settings. This is also useful, given the implementation of UNICODE and the various different types of currencies used around the globe.





You can see the full list of changes for v2019.001.000 over on our website here: https://001gamecreator.com/changes/



We'll continue to improve UNICODE support over the next few months so please let us know if you run into any problems!

We've also been keeping an eye on our Feature Requests page and will be looking into some of these in the coming months as well!

We've updated 001 Game Creator to fix a critical crash some Windows 10 users were experiencing. We've also made some additional changes/added some new things that we've documented below.



Windows 10 Crash Fix - We've recently fixed an issue that resulted in some Windows 10 users experiencing crashes when opening certain editor windows. If you've been experiencing random crashes while using Windows 10 then this update should hopefully address that issue!

Android Build Update - We've updated game building for Android which now requires the Android SDK/NDK to be installed in addition to Java Development Kit (JDK). This now means that Android games can be distributed to the Amazon App Store and other store fronts that require a DEX file to be generated.

NEW Screenshot Capture/Manager - We've added a new screenshot capture tool to the Game Debugger that allows you to effortless screenshot your game while testing. All of the captured screenshots are then stored inside a manager (which will launch automatically after closing your game). You can also submit them to our website by entering your email address and providing a brief description.





NEW Reset Interface When Screen Changes - Lastly, we've added a new Interface Properties option to automatically reset an Interface when the screen size changes. This feature is useful for Interfaces with alternate layouts - as it now means Interfaces can update when a mobile device's orientation is changed or when a Windows form is resized without needing to manually reset the Interface. It also works with HTML5 games too (when resizing the browser window)!



For a full list of changes, please see our change log here: https://001gamecreator.com/changes/



To usher in the new year, we're also updating our tutoring and scripting service pricing from $40/hr to $25/hr! To schedule some one on one training please visit: https://001gamecreator.com/product/software-training/

To see a full list of all the service we offer visit: https://001gamecreator.com/services/

'Tis the festive season and to help celebrate the occasion we've heavily discounted 001 Game Creator (and its accompanying DLC Kits) as part of the Steam Winter Sale!



From NOW until January 3rd 2019 you can grab 001 Game Creator for 70% off its usual asking price – alongside our MMORPG, 3D FPS / Survival Horror and Point & Click Adventure DLC Kits which are 40% off. Additionally, our Retro Fantasy Music Pack is 15% off as well!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/347400

https://store.steampowered.com/app/564680

https://store.steampowered.com/app/564681

https://store.steampowered.com/app/567360

https://store.steampowered.com/app/951950



A small thing for most but we've recently moved our website over to https://001gamecreator.com (previously engine001 - which now redirects to the new URL)



Over the past year, we’ve added a whole bunch of new features to 001 (and fixed a ton of bugs too!) We also launched our new Feature Requests vote box and have already completed our first request (Oscillate Sequence Mode for Sprites) which will be available in the next version! We also released our Enhanced RPG DLC Kit with a fully customisable Turn-Based Battle System that many of you have already started making use of in your games.



Looking towards 2019, we will strive to fulfil as many feature requests as reasonably possible (you can suggest your own here) – while also launching new exciting DLC Kits that open up even more possibilities for game making! We appreciate all of your continued support throughout the year and would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

See you in 2019!