Facebook Instant Games Support
Finally released the latest version of Booty with support for Facebook Instant Games. Within the Booty5 engine you will find a new class called Instants which is a small wrapper around the Facebook Instants SDK. Games exported from Booty with Instants enabled in the settings will automatically initialise the Facebook Instants SDK and download all preloaded global resources, note that you will need to download any scene local resources yourself after the main download.
To make your project Facebook IG compatible simply tick the Facebook Instants check box in the projects settings then enter the local launch URL into the Host box in project settings, e.g:
https://www.facebook.com/embed/instantgames/
Dragon Bones Animation Support
Unfortunately you cannot edit Dragon Bones animations within the Booty5 editor but you can add the associated PNG, skeleton and atlas JSON files that are exported from Dragon Bones to the editor as resources and access them from within code, e.g:
[sourcecode language=”js”]
// Parse dragon bone data
var factory = dragonBones.b5Factory.factory;
var skel = JSON.parse(b5.Utils.resolveResource("my_skeleton", "raw").data);
var atlas = JSON.parse(b5.Utils.resolveResource("my_atlas", "raw").data);
factory.parseDragonBonesData(skel);
factory.parseTextureAtlasData(atlas, b5.Utils.resolveResource("my_texture", "brush"));
// Create an actor containing the dragon bones armature and attach it to a parent actor
var dba = factory.buildArmatureDisplay("name");
dba.animation.play("anim");
dba.x = 0.0;
dba.y = 0.0;
ParentActor.addActor(dba);
[/sourcecode]
I will in the near future wrap the above into the engine / editor to make it more readily accessible, as well as add the same support for Spine.
Other Stuff
The editor has had a whole host of bug fixes and additional changes to keep pace with the Booty5 game engine. See the Booty5 game engine for more details on those changes.
Upcoming Demos and Documentation
Over the next few days I will be releasing the full Booty5 projects for some of my recent Facebook Instant games so you can use these as a reference / starting point. These games cover many areas of the Facebook Instants SDK including displaying ads, using in-app purchases, submitting leaderboard scores, grabbing and displaying leaderboard entries, inviting other players to play, sharing progress, switching contexts and posting updates to Messenger.
The following full projects have been uploaded thus far:
You can grab the latest version of the Booty5 Game Maker from the Booty5 website.
I am still in the process of updating documentation, I will post details here once that is finished.