Creating a Cross-platform 2D Game in Stencyl
Throughout these lessons, we'll learn how to build a functional game prototype from beginning to end using the Stencyl game engine and toolset. Software required: Stencyl 3.2, Adobe Photoshop CS6.
Course info
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Aug 6, 2015
Duration
4h 27m
Table of contents
Introduction and Project Overview
Creating a Cross-platform 2D Game in Stencyl
Navigating the Stencyl Interface
9m
Setting up Our Stencyl Project
11m
Importing and Configuring Backgrounds
5m
Building Level Geometry with Tilesets
7m
Importing and Configuring Actors
6m
Continuing to Import and Configure Actors
10m
Reacting to Keyboard Input
9m
Handling Mouse Input
11m
Making the Gravity Gun Follow Player
12m
Rotating the Gravity Gun
9m
Using Custom Events to Create Better Structure
10m
Handling Multiple States
12m
Debugging the Gravity Gun
10m
Creating Physics Based Gameplay
11m
Implementing a Health System
12m
Refining the Health System
6m
Expanding the Level Space
12m
Adding Moving Comets to the Game
8m
Adding Enemy Npcs
11m
Using Regions to Trigger Custom Events
4m
Creating Visual Effects Using the Draw Event
12m
Improving the Enemy Handler
9m
Adding Sound Effects
9m
Creating a Particle Emitter
10m
Importing and Configuring Bitmap Fonts
5m
Tracking Score and Drawing the Hud
10m
Improving and Refactoring Our Code
11m
Polishing the Prototype
8m
Implementing Shaders for Windows Builds
8m
Description
Course info
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Aug 6, 2015
Duration
4h 27m
Description
Throughout these lessons, we'll learn how to build a functional game prototype from beginning to end using the Stencyl game engine and toolset. We'll cover everything from capturing and responding to player input, to importing and configuring our own custom assets to start building great games with Stencyl. Software required: Stencyl 3.2, Adobe Photoshop CS6.
About the author
About the author
Richard Sneyd is the founder and CEO of CyberMyth Games where he must wear many hats, including that of a programmer, designer, digital 2D and 3D artist, sound designer, scriptwriter, texture artist, leader, and marketer.