Hey guys, just a quick post to announce the uploading of two Stick Nodes tutorials recently.  They go over the basics of animating and the basics of creating a stickfigure.  Hopefully they’ll help those of you new to Stick Nodes or stickfigure animation in general.  Check them out on the tutorials page or down below and let me know what potential future tutorials you’d like to see!

(Also, the iOS version of 1.2.7 – see below for changelog – is still under review and will be available any day now!)

“Stick Nodes” Tutorial #1 – Animation Basics

“Stick Nodes” Tutorial #2 – Creating a Stickfigure

So the day is finally here! Christmas and New Year’s definitely stalled progress, but one of the biggest features has just been added to Stick Nodes – undo and redo!  Don’t be afraid to make a mistake anymore!

This was a big one and took a lot more time than I originally imagined.  I hope you guys enjoy the new update.  To you iOS users – you’ll be getting this update very soon.  The App Store review process can add upwards of a week or more of wait time.  (I’m also aware of an odd crash some of you are encountering when attempting to submit a stickfigure from inside the app – I’m hoping to have a fix for that bundled in this update as well.)

Here’s the official changelog:

• Undo/redo has been added! No need to be afraid to make mistakes anymore! (Up to 20 actions remembered.)
• Double-tap the canvas to return to the default zoom.
• “Is loop” checkbox added under tweening checkbox to have looping animations tween seamlessly.
• Fixed a bug where a pasted frame sometimes didn’t tween.
• Updated the splash screen.
• Changed the Android launch icon to match the iOS icon.
• Many other minor tweaks and fixes.

Also can I just say how amazed I am at the recent stats for our little website here?  The past three days alone have all broken the record at over 1,600+ hits per day.  Speaking of records, the Super Saiyan Goku stickfigure by @S_Byrnes was the first to pass the 1,000-downloads threshold this week, too!

Crazy stuff!  Anyway, stay tuned here for more updates!

Just wanted to make an update since it seems like it’s been a while since the last one.

As some of you know, this next update will feature undo/redo – a very helpful feature that I’ve kept putting off on adding to Stick Nodes due to its complexity.  It’s taking quite a bit of work to get it integrated into the app and have it working 100% properly.  Couple this with the fact that Christmas and New Years have just passed and you have a recipe for some long wait times between updates 😀

However, good news is that it’s almost done!  At this point, nearly every action in Stick Nodes can be undone/redone.  Outside of some rigorous testing and some additional fixes, version 1.2.7 of Stick Nodes is almost done!  I would say a release for this week is looking very good (for Android, iOS takes a little more time due to the App Store review process).

Keep checking back for the latest news and updates!