Just browsing around and noticed this. It seems pretty feature rich, and was just wandering why this hasn’t really appeared in any discussions; has anybody tried it out?
https://www.native-software.com/en/krea/what-is-krea.html
Be interested in people’s opinions?
I’m actually really interested in this too. I have yet to put any money towards an IDE and Krea looks pretty feature rich, and very unique with it’s WYSIWYG-esque editor. It also seems to already have features in it that would be extra costs from other developers, like a image sheet creator, tile map editor, and physics editor.
I’m actually really interested in this too. I have yet to put any money towards an IDE and Krea looks pretty feature rich, and very unique with it’s WYSIWYG-esque editor. It also seems to already have features in it that would be extra costs from other developers, like a image sheet creator, tile map editor, and physics editor.
Wondering if you ended up trying and liking Krea? I looked at their website tonight and it looks compelling.
Wondering if you ended up trying and liking Krea? I looked at their website tonight and it looks compelling.
I ended up purchasing a Krea license. Their trial only lasted about a week. It has some really cool features. I like the property editor for objects, the ease of creating physics objects with distinct shapes, etc. So far, there is ZERO support though. I have emailed support to ask questions, and have tried using their IRC channel, but no one ever responds on there either.
The tool makes some things easier, but other things harder than simply coding. This is because the tool auto-generates so much code. For example, you can create a path for an object to follow simply by drawing on the visual editor. However, you cannot manipulate that path in the code later. I tried drawing a straight line path so that I could create a simple background scrolling cityscape. Well, I couldn’t draw the path exactly level in the editor, so I wanted to tweak the coordinates in code, but each time I would test run the app, Krea would overwrite the coordinates and revert them to what I had drawn. Kind of a bummer. I have also found it difficult to override the touch joint functionality. I wanted to force the touch joint to be the center of an object, but Krea auto generates code so that it is always the exact point where you touch the object. That can create undesired rotation and spinning of the object when you drag it.
Still a very cool tool. I just wish there was a larger user base so that we could support each other better.
I ended up purchasing a Krea license. Their trial only lasted about a week. It has some really cool features. I like the property editor for objects, the ease of creating physics objects with distinct shapes, etc. So far, there is ZERO support though. I have emailed support to ask questions, and have tried using their IRC channel, but no one ever responds on there either.
The tool makes some things easier, but other things harder than simply coding. This is because the tool auto-generates so much code. For example, you can create a path for an object to follow simply by drawing on the visual editor. However, you cannot manipulate that path in the code later. I tried drawing a straight line path so that I could create a simple background scrolling cityscape. Well, I couldn’t draw the path exactly level in the editor, so I wanted to tweak the coordinates in code, but each time I would test run the app, Krea would overwrite the coordinates and revert them to what I had drawn. Kind of a bummer. I have also found it difficult to override the touch joint functionality. I wanted to force the touch joint to be the center of an object, but Krea auto generates code so that it is always the exact point where you touch the object. That can create undesired rotation and spinning of the object when you drag it.
Still a very cool tool. I just wish there was a larger user base so that we could support each other better.