I’m curious because I’ve seen some people customizing apps like GB WhatsApp to manage groups and notifications for their communities — do you think there’s a smart way to use something like that with a GameSalad game (e.g., to share updates or invite friends), or is that more of a tech/social experiment than a real feature integration?

I’ve built my game using the latest GameSalad version (tried both AAB and APK). When I install the APK directly from my computer to my phone via USB, everything runs fine.

However, when I share the APK with a few testers and they install it through other means (like transferring the file or using a third-party installer), the game either crashes on startup or shows a black screen. This happens inconsistently across different devices.

I’ve tried:

• Using different minimum SDK levels (26, 29, 31)
• Both Release Candidate and stable builds
• Checking if the APK is signed properly

Has anyone experienced something similar when distributing APKs outside the Play Store? specially apk like happymod apk Could it be related to how the APK is being installed, or maybe something with the native libraries not being extracted correctly?

Thanks in advance!

Playstore is giving me this (similar) message when trying to publish the app.

I've tried every single Minimum SDK level, Build RC combination, but to no avail.

Any help?

[english not my mother tongue, sorry if the message it sounds rude]

Help: <Error>

<Code>AccessDenied</Code>

<Message>Access Denied</Message>

<RequestId>71F0C1F0DA4TQJ16</RequestId>

<HostId>QHJ6fjZS8xMDlWRKUTRKQdz6uSMsg6PYQCHNHjqbnMotielK8LBYjiMZ4X3hQBMjiTOcc4poXznO+zUsialCr1dnkNWOQNJwokZxCDMKPVA=</HostId>

</Error>

Support:

This site can’t provide a secure connection

support.gamesalad.com uses an unsupported protocol.ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH

Aaron

I'm also trying to import to Creator the project (whole week trying that and correcting posible errors), but it's stuck saying "Queued import for project..." (tried from windows and from mac)

Any ideas?

</expression>

<string xml:space="preserve">25*sin(</string>

<reference keypath="self.attributes.time"/>

<string xml:space="preserve">*2000)</string>

</expression>

into this:

25*sin(self.attributes.time*2000)

I simply want to read these so I can better document my project to highlight whats going on.

White plain background screen testing has been very helpful in identifying screen-related issues. While using it, I confirmed that my screen randomly turns black for about 2-5 seconds during gameplay. This happens roughly 15 times in a game, almost as if the display port disconnects and reconnects.  

Interestingly, the issue does not occur in the game lobby or when the game is closed.  

Things I have tried so far include unplugging and reconnecting my monitor and unhooking the power supply, but the problem persists.  

Has anyone else faced this issue or found a solution? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I am trying to change the attributes of a loop behavior to "false" and "<" (See attached). When I go back a step after editing the prototype the attributes revert to "true" and =. (see other attached).

Creating a new loop behavior doesn't seem to work. Any thoughts?

I'm quite familiar with the challenges of making games accessible to everyone, so I get that whatever system we choose it's unlikely we'll be able to create games that are "fully" accessible to everyone out of the box. But, we need to make every effort to do so. Being able to work with code in behind would be a good work around, though I see this isn't available yet. I'll +1 that as a new feature.

Some of the accessibility basics are being able to control game elements by keyboard, and providing readable text alternative for visual elements. I see in the demos there is the ability to assign rules to control keyboard navigation of actors with arrow keys. In the Airship Defender demo that comes with GameSalad for instance, it is possible to move the player/actor around on the screen using a keyboard. It's good to see that. However, I could not find a way to assign a keyboard command to the Play button, or the Choose buttons when selecting a player. Also I did not see a way to navigate around elements on the screen by keyboard when choices are available, typically with the Tab key. For example, when selecting a player, using the Tab key, or perhaps arrow keys, to move between available players, then pressing Enter to select one.

Being very new with GameSalad, perhaps I've just not found the keyboard options I'm looking for.

Are they there?

Or, are accessibility features such as these on the radar for GameSalad?

Has anyone look at accessibility in GameSalad that we could read about?

As an example, perhaps someone could explain how to add a shortcut key to activate the Play button in the Airship Defender game.

I appreciate any guidance.

greg

I get this error whenever I try to create the android build:

Something went wrong configuring your app. Please check your configuration and try again. If the problem persists contact us and reference publish request [fbff40cd-7426-495b-bd3c-fe23556640d7].

Any suggestions?

Thank you

com.google.android.play:core has added this note for core:1.10.3:

Update your Play Core Maven dependency to an Android 14 compatible version! Your current Play Core library is incompatible with targetSdkVersion 34 (Android 14), which introduces a backwards-incompatible change to broadcast receivers to improve user security. As a reminder, from August 31, Google Play requires all new app releases to target Android 14. Update to the latest Play Core library version dependency to avoid app crashes: https://developer.android.com/guide/playcore#playcore-migration

You may not be able to release future versions of your app with this SDK version to production or open testing.

I tried to send an update via Transporter app but it returns these issues:

Asset validation failed (90704)

Missing app icon. Include a large app icon as a 1024 by 1024 pixel PNG in the asset catalog of apps built for iOS, iPadOS, or watchOS. Without this icon, apps can't be submitted for review. For details, visit: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/managing-assets-with-asset-catalogs. (ID: 61af9a6a-35b5-4dfc-afe4-a23ef747348f)

Asset validation failed (90022)

Missing required icon file. The bundle does not contain an app icon for iPhone / iPod Touch of exactly '120x120' pixels, in .png format for iOS versions >= 10.0. To support older versions of iOS, the icon may be required in the bundle outside of an asset catalog. Make sure the Info.plist file includes appropriate entries referencing the file. See https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/user_interface (ID: d0d50643-bcd2-4abb-aec1-30a40d634784)

Any ideas?

Thank you,

Gabba

I tried to play a few links and getting the attached error message.

Hello, I have a problem with my app, I have an actor (basically an animated finger that tells the player what to do) that is repeated in some scenes and when it spawns in the scene a flash occurs.

Has anyone had this bug? how can i fix it?

another problem encountered is on the download with the qrcode code to test the app on devices, lately it tells me that the qrcode is wrong. is it possible to solve this problem?

and finally I need an info on how to make the app compatible with various screen formats for android devices, I saw that there is a tutorial (UNIVERSAL BINARY I think but it's for IPHONE) I don't understand how to integrate pixel formats with the screen for android.

I apologize for the silly questions but I am a beginner and I am struggling a bit. Thanks for collaboration

Hello.

I have searched for this topic but unfortunately 'm2' is not a great search term. I was wondering if anyone has experience running Mac .app export on an M2 Mac? I am building something for installation on one of these machines, however I won't have the ability to test it, I will simply send them the file to install it. So I am a little worried that I won't know that it doesn't work until it is too late to change anything.

Does anyone have any experience with the M2 macs, and bugs to look out for?

I have purchased a template in the marketplace and want to put it into gameSalad so i can use it. Can someone please direct me to the basics of this.

I was a Pro member a few years back, but let my subscription lapse. and for the life of me i cannot remember how to to this.

what i need is an answer to .3 below:

Thanks

.1 Template purchased

.2 Template downloaded on my PC

.3 Move template from my PC to GameSalad

I can't find anything in the cook book any more, I'm sure there used to be something there??

something like this should work??

I just get a blank white screen with the word "close" on a black bar on the top left.

using an iPhone 12, tested build in TestFlight.

This is a bug I've been working around for a while. I can easily reproduce it. Here's a sample project hosted on my server, and one in arcade.

"http://arcade.gamesalad.com/games/171116"

Here's a screenshot of the table it is pulling the text strings from.

Basically: punctuation like commas or apostrophes are being replaced with " /, " and if you add quotation marks in dialog, like: [ He says, "go that way, adventurer" ] it ignores the quotation marks entirely.

I didn't reproduce it here, but I am fairly sure a text cell with multiple quotation marks will break HTML5 structure entirely, like the following:

[ "Go east past the mountains," said the old wizard. "Then go north, as far as north will go." ]

Hope these examples demonstrate.

Good morning Google play has updated the terms for user data policy but despite the fact that my app does not share any information but has only published it is rejected. I have updated the privacy policy but nothing, I attach the error message that is provided to me. Does anyone know how I need to update the privacy policy to get the app approved? Thank you very much. P.S. use hartboost for advertising.

None of my actors respond to clicks in any resolution except in 1080p HD (1920 x 1080).

Then when I come out of preview to make changes and click to preview again, none of the actors respond to any clicks in any resolution at all!

I have to quit GameSalad entirely.

This is the situation with all games - even the example ones.

Hi everyone, I have a problem, when I try to load the app to create the rc build I get the message I pasted above. Can anyone help me? Thank you very much.

When trying to publish an update to one of my old apps in Apple Store, Apple Store Connect will not accept the new revision due to lack of key for “com.apple.developer.game-center” in Xcode. Any hint about this?

Has anyone published apps with Apple Game Center feature lately? If so, have you had to provide a key for “com.apple.developer.game-center” somewhere in the GS project?

Is there any new information that has to be provided for apps that use Apple Game Center?

I'm using Creator 1.25.103 and RC Build.

Thanx in advance