Buildbox 3.2 Beta

Buildbox 3.2 Beta

Buildbox, the recently made free no-code game engine, just released Buildbox 3.2 beta.  This beta takes a huge step forward in 3D usefulness with the abity to import and use animated FBX 3D models.  This is of course a beta release, so expect bugs and do not use in a production environment.

Details of the release from the Buildbox forums:

3D Animation Support

• FBX files containing 3D model skeletons and animations are now supported in Buildbox.
• New Brainboxes available for 3D animated assets:
  
  • Animated Platformer
  • Keyboard Controls
  • Mobile Controls
  • Keyboard Camera Controls
• New Content Nodes available for 3D animated assets:
  
  • Sub Scene
  • Keyframe Animation

Worlds

• 2D Worlds
  
  • To rotate an object 45 degrees, select the rotate tool, hold shift and drag an axis handle.
• 3D Worlds
  
  • Ground object that covers an entire scene and provides a solid platform for dynamic assets.

Textures

• Unused textures are removed when Buildbox opens a project.
• Alpha channel support
  
  • Enabled transparency in textures
  • The texture area without the transparency can cast shadows onto other objects.

UI Changes

• Color coded axis fields
• Tabs and home button in the Navigation bar, along with navigation control arrows.

Nodes

• Health node now contains Starting Health and Max Health attributes.
• Script nodes now have a purple self reference output, and each input and output can now be color coded.
• Move and Rotate nodes now contain a set of range attribute fields.
• The following nodes are now available in the asset Node Map.
  
  • Sub Scene
  • Keyframe Animation
  • Rotate Towards
  • Speedometer
  • Self Attribute

Ad Monetization

• Facebook Analytics in the SDK tab of the Project Settings window.

The Mac and Windows binaries are available at this link, however you need to have a registered Buildbox account and serial number to install the 3.2 beta.  You can learn more about the beta in the video below.

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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/03/...-3-2-beta/