GameSalad 0.8.6 Beta Available Now!

May 7 2010, 8:52pm

Stability Fixes, Sound Controls, & New Gravity Features – Oh My!

Hey, everbody! The latest beta release of GameSalad is here and available now for download! The new edition is version 0.8.6, and like I said in last month’s ‘Big Picture‘ update, our main focus this development cycle has been on stability. Of course, there are a slew of awesome and helpful features we want to implement, but for this run we wanted to make sure you had the most reliable tool we could offer in your hands, so you can keep building fantastic and innovative games and apps. So, what did we add to 0.8.6? What issues did we fix? Well, let’s take a look: GameSalad Creation Tool Features

Loading Wheel Indicator while Preview Player loads. Separate global controls for sound and music volumes, allowing developers to offer more control to users by letting them control music and sound volume separately. Gravity As A Vector – Gravity now actively controlled through a vector system, allowing for alterations in direction and magnitude based on ‘x’ and ‘y’ gravity values.

Fixes

Resolved graphics card compatibility issues. Improved physics stability by implementing Box2D version 2.1.0. Continuation of sounds after actor destruction or scene change. This should alleviate the issue of sounds cutting off due to ‘Destroy Actor’ or ‘Change Scene’ behaviors. ‘Play Sound’ behavior’s ‘Positional Sound’ option fixed for different device resolutions. 1280×720(HD) Target Display option corrected from 1080×720 resolution.

GameSalad Viewer for iPhone Fixes

GameSalad Viewer rotating for both landscape views. ‘Play Sound’ behavior’s ‘Positional Sound’ option fixed for different device resolutions. Sound completion after actor destruction or scene change. This should alleviate the issue of sounds cutting off due to ‘Destroy Actor’ or ‘Change Scene’ behaviors.

GameSalad Viewer for iPad Fixes

GameSalad Viewer rotating for both landscape views. ‘Play Sound’ behavior’s ‘Positional Sound’ option fixed for different device resolutions. Sound completion after actor destruction or scene change. This should alleviate the issue of sounds cutting off due to ‘Destroy Actor’ or ‘Change Scene’ behaviors.

GameSalad Web Plugin Fixes

‘Play Sound’ behavior’s ‘Positional Sound’ option fixed for different device resolutions. Sound completion after actor destruction or scene change. This should alleviate the issue of sounds cutting off due to ‘Destroy Actor’ or ‘Change Scene’ behaviors.

As we said earlier, we really wanted to push stability in this development cycle, and 0.8.6 should fix many of the issues people have been having. NOTE: Always make sure to download and install the viewers you will be using in addition to the new version of the Creator Tool.

Get the new version of GameSalad! Check out our updated iPhone & iPad Games Pages! Discuss this new version of GS on our forums!

–Yodapollo