Floflis / AppPlayer-Electron

Preview Construct 2 apps/games in an Electron prebuilt exe - as if Electron were a normal browser!

YOU MUST OWN A C2 LICENSE TO USE THIS TOOL. IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO EXPORT GAMES TO DESKTOP WITH THE FREE VERSION.

AppPlayer - Electron for Construct 2

Preview Construct 2 apps/games in a Electron prebuilt exe - as if Electron were a normal browser!

Latest : 1.9.3

See also : Steam plugin for Electron (Work In Progress)

DISCORD

Construct 2 preview

• Download and install ElectronForC2
• Add the latest version of the Construct plugin to your project

Even if you don’t use any Action, Condition or Expressions from the plugin, you HAVE TO add it to your project in order to make it work.

• Open Construct 2 > File > Preferences > Preview > Custom Browser
• Set the path to the custom browser to the electron-prebuilt.exe file where you installed it previously
• Click OK

Export

• Download the precompiled Electron version of your choice release page.

• Extract the zip containing the Electron precompiled wherever you want. (Ex: Electron_Folder)

• Select HTML and export to Electron_Folder/ressources/app/www

• Run your game by launching Electron_Folder/electron-prebuilt.exe

If you have any issue please ask here

Build It Yourself (the DIY of apps)

To do a DIY of AppPlayer:

1. Clone this git repo;
2. Inside it open the sorcery/terminal/command prompt;
3. Then type the following 2 commands:

1:

npm install

2:

npm run build

Done! ❤️

FAQ

The page can't load, I have a blank page telling me that I am unathorized

Use preview on LAN. Localhost doesn't work.

Credits

Originally made by @Armaldio, became legacy, and then was rescued by @danimesq followed by its original developer, @Armaldio.