Clickteam Announces Games Factory 2

Clickteam, a multimedia program creation development team, has announced the hobbyist tool The Games Factory 2 for the PC. TGF2 allows fast development and prototyping of games, including platform, side-scrolling, retro, racing, card games, board games and a multitude of others. Some of the new features include: - Redesigned interface - Integrated debugger - Integrated installer based on Install Creator - Parallax scrolling and graphic layers - Multiple movement nodes - Ability to change file properties - New programming commands - including groups within groups and securing code - Music and sound improvements - including multiple channels - Ability to change the frame rate - Support for four button joysticks The Games Factory is planned for release on the PC in the 3rd quarter of 2005.