Buildbox 3.2 Beta

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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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