{"id":26928,"date":"2020-05-10T18:51:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T17:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=26928"},"modified":"2020-05-10T18:51:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T17:51:40","slug":"fuze4-nintendo-switch-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/54.155.211.39\/blog\/2020\/05\/10\/fuze4-nintendo-switch-review\/","title":{"rendered":"FUZE4 Nintendo Switch Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We received FUZE4 free for review<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you home\nschooling but your children just want to play computer games? Then FUZE4 <\/sup><\/strong>may be just the answer you need! An\naward-winning coding application specifically designed for the Nintendo Switch\nwhich allows users to learn in line with the computing curriculum whilst still\nhaving fun with friends. They can create, edit and play their own games\nwhich can be shared. Plus FUZE4 <\/sup><\/strong>have\ndelivered outstanding Coding Workshops to schools across the country and\nconstantly receives incredibly positive praise and testimonials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"FUZE4<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FUZE4<\/sup><\/strong> is suitable for coding games and apps for absolute beginners and seasoned programmers alike – and has been designed and developed by a team of experienced gamers, programmers, artists and educators. It isn\u2019t something just to keep children entertained though – it really is educational! So I had my husband take a look as he\u2019s a Software Engineer – so knows what he is talking about!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FUZE4 Nintendo Switch <\/strong>is an impressive application\nthat lets you create games for your Switch on your Switch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FUZE4 provides a fully functional game engine that allows\nyou to create impressive 2D and 3D games that can be played instantly on your\ndevice \u2013 in both portable and docked modes, you can also share these games with\nfriends and other FUZE users via the FUZEArena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The language used in FUZE4 builds upon the \u201cbest bits\u201d of a\nmix of languages including C, Python and BASIC, and with ability to fully\nutilise the Joy-Cons (including Gyro, Accelerometer, Rumble and Analog sticks),\nas well as full ten point touch screen support, you can create any type of game\nthat you want, from a simple text based adventure to a full blown 3D first\nperson shooter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"FUZE<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The team behind FUZE4 are fully committed to supporting\nusers that want to create their own games and have produced a full set of\ndocumentation and tutorials that can be accessed both on your Switch and via a\nPDF download, they have produced a series of YouTube tutorial videos, and even\nrun school workshops and holiday coding & gaming clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Example programs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To get you up and running there is a small library of\nexample projects that can be played straight away, but also can be copied and\ntinkered with, allowing beginners to easily jump in and tweak things and see\nwhat effect it has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They are predominantly tech demos and not full games, each\none designed to show off a few key techniques and how to achieve them in the\ncode \u2013 such as side scrolling, spawning enemies etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You get access to thousands of 2D, 3D, and audio assets, and\nyou can create your own images, sprites and animations using the built-in\ntools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently there isn\u2019t a way of uploading assets from an\nexternal source, so they either need to be from the provided collections or\ncreated on your Switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full USB keyboard support (when docked)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Using a keyboard is highly recommended for several reason;\nthe main one being that it is far easier to type a lot of code on a physical\nkeyboard than it is on an on-screen one, also the on-screen keyboard takes up\nnear enough 50% of the screen, which can make it quite difficult to work with\nyour code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are keyboard shortcuts that will be familiar to\ncomputer users, such as Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to copy and paste, as well as being\nable to undo\/redo (Ctrl+Z\/Y) and the ability to hold shift while moving the\ncursor around to highlight chunks of code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The function keys (F1, F2, F3 etc.) allow you to easily\nnavigate between screens and hide\/show the built-in documentation \u2013 doing this\nwith just the Joy-Cons can be a bit of a chore and involves going back and\nforth via the main menu, so being able to use the keyboard is really handy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disappointingly there is no mouse support, but this is not a\ndeal breaker as the Joy-Cons can be used to move around the screen and create\nyour images and maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a small quirk that when the numpad was used to\nenter a digit, it was duplicated \u2013 i.e. pressing 6 on the numpad resulted in\n\u201c66\u201d being inputted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Code editor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You write your code in a simple editor, there is syntax\nhighlighting, but many of the features that you would get in a fully functional\nintegrated development environment (IDE) are absent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"FUZE<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There is no error highlighting meaning that you won\u2019t know\nif you have an issue until you try to run your code and it will only tell you\nabout the first error encountered – such as missing bracket. Depending on the\nerror line number that the error is purportedly on can also be out by one, as\ndiscovered when adding a semi-colon to the end of a line (which is required in\nsome languages like C, C++ & C#, and optional in others such as JavaScript).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also missing is some form of code completion, which can be\nvery useful for discovering available functionality, and speeding up code\ncreation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You also can\u2019t search within your code or find references to\nvariables or functions, but you can add bookmarks to quickly navigate around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contents of your program also are constrained to being\nin the one file, which for larger projects, in conjunction with the above\nlimitations, could make it quite difficult to keep track of your code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However nice additions include being able to see the\ncontents of the clipboard when you copy something, and being able to adjust the\nzoom level of the editor (when docked).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FUZE4 Nintendo Switch is a welcome addition to the Switch\nline-up, it offers the chance to create your own games that you can play on the\ngo with full hardware support on one of the worlds best selling home consoles\nmaking game development accessible to a wide audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experience is not quite as fully featured as what you\nmight get when developing on a modern IDE on a computer, but  offers the tools and support needed to make\nimmersive games that can be shared with the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst the tutorials and documentation mean that FUZE4 is accessible by beginners and experienced programmers alike, this is not a simple drag and drop game creation tool like Scratch, it will take more effort and perseverance to learn and may not be for everyone, but for those who do and enjoy the prospect of being able to create your own games, will be able to achieve some great results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FUZE4<\/sup> Nintendo Switch<\/strong> is\navailable on the Nintendo eShop for just \u00a312.99<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\nFor more information on FUZE please see www.fuze.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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