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What is Construct?

Construct 3 is a 2D game engine that allows you to bring your ideas to life from the comfort of your internet browser. Our powerful event sheet view empowers you to create and modify your creations. It's fast. It's easy. Bring your ideas into reality. Construct's been designed to allow you to build the game you've always wanted to make. Try our free edition now at https://editor.construct.net/

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Construct is a HTML5 game creator designed for 2D games that allows you to build games without using coding.


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Vilas K.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Create Your Own Games Expertly"
It is quick and simple to use, plus there is a large community and a tonne of plugins available. Enormous control over the characteristics the brow...
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Bajju S.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"Start Your Game Development Without Thinking Of Coding"
The platform is excellent and easy to create or edit 2D files, prototype and test new game mechanics and concepts. Setup is so simple , All you hav...
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What do you like best about Construct?

Really good place to create 2D games, which are primarily non-code based. It is easily available on Steam and is fast to pick up and understand. The personal edition is well prices. One of the best things is that is that they have built-in solutions for certain problems you might encounter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Construct?

You can't really create more than just simple and straightforward games. The graphics can be improved as well, and it is not very fast as compared to native code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Construct:

I have enjoyed using construct and I would recommend others from non programming or computer science based backgrounds to try it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Construct solving and how is that benefiting you?

I often use it to develop simple games for smaller groups which focus on just one primary intent. It is also a good past time, and definitely a great place to learn. The free version is a huge plus as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Construct?

The best thing is that people with no knowledge of programming can fulfill their game creation desires as well, through Construct. It is simple and based on HTML5 which is easy to use and understand. Another great feature is the drag and drop feature to just add on the items to the game. The download process is simple and they have a good community and help-base online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Construct?

To understand how to use it, there are way too many tutorials that are mandatory. It is also pretty limited in the scope of creating games and the visuals are of low quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Construct:

For easy games, I would definitely recommend using this rather than any other javascript based software. This will do the job well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Construct solving and how is that benefiting you?

I often use it to create games at my company and it is very easy to use. My family, who have no programming experience use it as well and it's a really fun experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yi C.
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What do you like best about Construct?

The absolute best thing about Construct is that it makes game creation very easy for non programmers. Often, you have to have high coding skills or knowledge of using Maya etc to design your own games. You can just drag and drop anything you want on the editor and create the game you like! It's fun and easy to use. I love that you can also make your own games for actual learning purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Construct?

It does not allow too much of a variety or ventures that you can explore because of the limited layouts. It is still a really fun place to create though! It is also pretty expensive in my opinion, because even just for personal use it is $99 per year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Construct:

If you like exploring new things and ways of learning as well as entertainment, this will be a really fun place for you! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Construct solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it to create learning games and fun java tutorials for my students. It is definitely a very innovative way of learning and fun to both use and design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Construct?

It was really easy to start creating games on Construct without any knowledge of programming. I have about 4 games under my belt and they are all earning revenue with every user. I really love their forums because so many users contribute their opinions and solutions to bugs. Both the customer care and forum members have been really helpful. Overall, a great hassle free game development with amazing support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Construct?

There is really nothing to dislike considering its advantages over all other game development software such as no programming and no need to create individual executables for every platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Construct:

If you don't want to go through the hassle of writing code or hiring someone to design the game for you then you should try Construct. I have been using it for about 2-3 years now and I'm very satisfied with my games and their deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Construct solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Construct to create and design HTML based games that run on multiple platforms with ease because HTML is quite universal. Sometimes, I use Construct to create a simple design for what my full-fledged game should look like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Construct?

Most gaming development software require a few GBs of downloads and installation. The best feature of construct is that I did not need to spend any time at all for setting up and did not have to waste any memory and space on my personal computer because the entire game developer software loaded up right in my browser.

It works on multiple platforms such as MAC and Unix too without overwhelming my browser because it's all HTML. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Construct?

I have had some problems with creating files and executables for Android and iPhones because they rely heavily on HTML and not native formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Construct:

Try construct if you want to make games and bring ideas to life or simply want to just to try out an idea. Construct is a good idea if you have issues with space on your PC or don't have money/time for programming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Construct solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Construct to create lightweight games that work on multiple formats without any programming most of the time. These games can be easily monetized too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Construct?

I like the capabilities that construct have. (What it can do if you already know how to use it). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Construct?

It is not so easy to learn when compared to the game maker or rpg maker. UI of the construct is not very pretty either and it is a little confusing when you launch the program for the very first time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Construct:

It has good features and capabilities, so if you are a good learner and don't have to have a pretty UI, then you can try. If not I would recommend RPG Maker or Game Maker instead. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Construct solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have tried to make a japanese language learning game (hiragana + katakana and vocabulary - typing game with pop-ing word bubbles), but switched to game maker as it was easier to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Construct?

I loved that my company used this software. It was so easy for me to use! I noticed that when our team was using this software, it made us all work better together and slightly faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Construct?

Not much really. It was slow at times, but that could have been the office wifi. There were a few staff members that did not think it was easy to use, but I do no think that they had the IT or computer knowledge that everyone in the firm did. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Construct:

Construct really helped the firm that I was working for. You had to concentrate on your work and be aware of your basic work duties, but I think that it helped me a lot. Our staff members did get better at their jobs because of this software and I am glad that I have had the opportunity to work with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Construct solving and how is that benefiting you?

Growing business needs, helping to build the team via computers and apps, save the company money by giving us a program that helped us to work much faster instead of much harder. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Construct?

Easy to use, do not need to be a programer with the drag and drop features. Powerful to use, good price and great visuals. Scales to different screens Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Construct?

No 3D features, no custom particle editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Construct solving and how is that benefiting you?

Indie game development. Powerful tool for low cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Construct?

I like how easy this program is to use despite not having initial training Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Construct?

The mailer feature is a little buggy and i had trouble sending out a list a few times Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Construct solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are looking to increase CRM through SEO optimization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Miguel Angel A.
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What do you like best about Construct?

The best thing about Construct is it's intuitive and powerful visual programming language. You build the game logic using action blocks that are very clear on what they do and on how the control flow goes from one block to the next. The visual language is very complete and allows a great deal of control over the features the browser exports to the games you make.

Second, it's very affordable for a tool of it's complexity and scope. And even using the free edition is more than enough for agile game prototyping. The paid editions are perfectly good for professional game development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Construct?

My main gripe with Construct 2 is the complete lack of support for editing games on Linux and MacOS. Construct can export apps for those operating systems, along with a truckload of mobile and Web platforms, but the editor program itself is Windows only. This is supposedly being addressed in the upcoming Construct 3 so that issue might become moot in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Construct:

Read the docs and follow the tutorials on the Construct forums. The people there are very helpful to newcomers and with that you can be making games in no time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Construct solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used Construct, both Classic and 2 successfully for game jams and for some prototyping of games, including one for the One Game a Month challenge. Currently I consult and teach tutorials on Construct 2 game development for students in the University I work on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.