Playmaker - a new visual scripting tool

[Alex Chouls]

Added videos covering Breakable Objects and Basic Logic:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC759306A1E692A10

[Alex Chouls]

Added Global Variables, Events and Managers tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC759306A1E692A10

A 45 minute in-depth video making a player health system with health pickups in Playmaker.

[OriginalBigDan]

Playmaker is very very cool! I'm loving tinkering around with it.

I know you've probably got a lot of work on at the moment, but have you got any further with EX2d actions?

[Alex Chouls]

Thanks! We get a lot of feedback that Playmaker is fun to use - which is really awesome!

I picked up ex2D during the asset store madness sale, so I took a quick look at it just now, and whipped up some custom actions:

http://hutonggames.com/playmakerforu...p?topic=1431.0

Please add stuff you'd like to see to that thread...

[OriginalBigDan]

Thank you very much!!

I'm using Playmaker in my Ludum Dare entry and it's so fast to get stuff working. I don't stop talking about it at my day job.

[Alex Chouls]

Thanks! I found your page on Ludum Dare and played the build - cool idea! I'm a big fan of this kind of 2d physics games. In case you're looking for feedback , it might be interesting if flapping were more floaty (like the current glide), but you could trigger a dive (like the current fall), to dodge, land or pick something up quickly. Basically reversing the glide and default gravity if that makes sense. So it's fun to lightly flap around, with occasional quick dashes (at the expense of height). Anyway, sorry for the unsolicited feedback , feel free to totally ignore! Looking forward to seeing your progress... and thanks again for helping us spread the word about Playmaker!

[Alex Chouls]

Added 3 more videos in the series:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC759306A1E692A10

08 - Playmaker and iTween
An introduction to iTween, how it's integrated into Playmaker, and what you can use it for.

09 - Pop Up Manager
Use a manger to randomly select from a group of physics objects, and make them animate.

10 - Platform Puzzle Chest Opening Game
Sets up a complete mini-game of a simple color puzzle on four button/platforms that opens a treasure chest when the player wins.

[Alex Chouls]

The entire series is now online:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9B594C83CCD81DE0

Camera Motion and Control with Playmaker and Unity3D coming soon!

[Alex Chouls]

Fully working game samples made 100% in Playmaker with default actions and NO scripting:
https://hutonggames.fogbugz.com/default.asp?W880

A huge thanks to Mike Hergaarden (M2H), for allowing us to port his excellent C# Game Examples to Playmaker!! http://u3d.as/content/m2h/c-game-examples/1sG

Documentation and more samples are still in progress, but I wanted to get these out there

[Mikie]

Alex, nice work. Is the source(Playmaker) C# available?

[Alex Chouls]

Thanks! The core FSM and editor are in a DLL, but it ships with the source code for all the actions (which do most of the work). I'm considering making the runtime FSM source code available, but it could create a bit of a support nightmare if the runtime diverges from the editor - which we won't be releasing source code for!

[Alex Chouls]

All videos are now uploaded in the Game Design with Playmaker and Unity tutorial series. Over 4 hours of in depth tutorials for Playmaker and Unity!

NEW: Camera Motion and Control tutorial series from Well Played Games. More videos uploaded daily - subscribe to our YouTube channel to get updates!

[Alex Chouls]

New video in the Camera Motion and Control series:



Check out the series here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6A20FADF0C7D4FB

[Alex Chouls]

The entire camera series is now available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6A20FADF0C7D4FB

Also, you can download the demo objects used in the Game Design series here:
http://www.hutonggames.com/tutorials..._playmaker.php

[SwiftIllusion]

Just want to say, all these new tutorials have been absolutely amazing and really made playmaker such an easier experience to get into and enjoy, and most importantly understand. I appreciate them all greatly!
They are all presented really well and I just can't get enough of them !
Not saying the previous ones weren't, just that's it's great to expand the horizon with these additional tutorials (I mean seriously, over 3 hours of tutorials just for camera controls...awesome!), and I'm sure it should attract many more people who might have been a bit worried like myself that they would get playmaker and then not really understand where to go from there.
The more tutorials the merrier

[RyanSchurton]

Not sure if this was asked in all of the 700+ post. But do you guys plan on having a free version like Uscript and antares universe does?

[Kovac]

Playmaker has been fantastic so far! Without the video tutorials things may seem a bit overwhelming to non-programmer types, so this is a HUGE step in bringing Playmaker to all disciplines. Keep em coming!

[OmniverseProduct]

Not sure if this was asked in all of the 700+ post. But do you guys plan on having a free version like Uscript and antares universe does?

I'm curious about this too. I plan on taking advantage of the student discount next month but I want to test it out to see which one is easiest for me to pick up.

[Alex Chouls]

I'm not sure when we'll have a free trial version... I'll post here as soon as I have news on that front...

Forgot to post here that the 1.3.3 update is now in the asset store!

Release notes: https://hutonggames.fogbugz.com/default.asp?W311

More tutorial videos coming soon!!

Also very excited about some new drag and drop features coming in 1.4 - will post some sneak peak videos...

[Alex Chouls]

Check out this great looking game on our User Showcase:
http://hutonggames.com/playmakerforu...p?topic=1535.0

Follow the link for webplayer and downloadable versions...

Love the super polished presentation:


Complete game created with Playmaker: