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1: Getting Started

  • Getting Started
  • Crash Course
  • Crash Course 2
  • StencylForge

2: Building Logic

  • What is a Behavior?
  • Creating a Behavior
  • Attributes
  • Game Attributes
  • Attribute Types
  • Events
  • Our Behaviors

3: Actors

  • What are Actors?
  • Animations
  • Motion & Forces
  • Physics
  • Controls
  • Collisions & Groups
  • Killing vs. Recycling
  • Tweening
  • Effects
  • Chapter 3 Challenge

4: Scenes

  • Scene Basics
  • The Camera
  • Tilesets
  • Regions
  • Drawing Text & HUDs
  • Changing Scenes
  • Music, Sounds & Channels
  • Backgrounds
  • Customizing Actors
  • Chapter 4 Challenge

5: Game Mechanics

  • Saving
  • Pausing
  • 3rd Party Services
  • Web Requests

6: Advanced Topics

  • Get/Set Attributes
  • Custom Events
  • Blending Modes
  • Lists
  • Custom Blocks
  • Continuous Collisions

7: Testing & Tuning

  • Testing Games
  • Optimizing Performance 1
  • Optimizing Performance 2

8: The Last 10%

  • Flash Publishing
  • Standalone Apps
  • iOS App Store
  • Chrome Store
  • Making Money

M1: Mobile - Intro

  • Getting Started
  • Testing on your Device
  • Flash -> iOS Guide

M2: Mobile - Basics

  • Atlases
  • Drawing Text
  • Retina Display
  • Accelerometer
  • Joystick
  • Universal Games

M3: Mobile - Services

  • iAds
  • Game Center
  • In-App Purchases

M4: Mobile - Publishing

  • Debugging
  • Publishing to the App Store
  • Optimizing Performance
  • Promoting your Game

A: Troubleshooting

  • Showstoppers
  • General FAQ
  • iOS FAQ
  • The 90% Memory Warning
  • Recovering Broken Games
  • Can't Export to SWF
  • Reloading Documents
  • Generating Logs
  • Flash Security Settings
  • How to Report Bugs

B: How-To Guides

  • Importing Assets
  • Scene Designer
  • Code Mode
  • Font Editor
  • Pencyl (Image Editor)
  • Tile Editor (Shapes)
  • Game Cleaner

C: Reference

  • Glossary
  • Block Reference
  • Useful Shortcuts
  • Stencyl API

D: Resources

  • Stencyl TV
  • Abigayl's Guides
  • Giving Critiques
  • Creating Extensions
  • Translating Stencyl
  • Credits

3.0 Drafts (In Progress)

  • What's New in Stencyl 3.0?
  • Setup (Android)
  • Setup (Desktop)
  • Setup (iOS) - Concepts
  • Setup (iOS) - Mac
  • Setup (iOS) - Windows
  • Testing iOS on Windows
  • iOS Troubleshooter

  • Mobile App Scaling
  • Full Screen Mode
  • Simple Physics
  • Backgrounding an App

  • iOS App Store
  • Mac App Store
  • Windows Store
  • Google Play
  • HTML5

  • Android Ads
  • Android Purchases (WIP)
  • 4" Form Factor (iPhone 5)
  • Mobile Input
  • Mobile Features

  • Extending the Engine
  • iOS / Android Extensions
  • Developing the Official Extensions
  • Developing the Engine

  • iAds (Revised)
  • Game Center (Revised)
  • iOS Purchases (Revised)
  • Atlases (Revised)
  • Drawing Text (Revised)
  • Joystick (Revised)
  • Accelerometer (Revised)
  • Sounds (Revised, WIP)
  • Debugging (Revised, WIP)
  • iOS Performance (Revised)

Welcome to Stencylpedia!

Stencylpedia covers the fundamentals of creating games using Stencyl from top to bottom.

We've packed Stencylpedia with article trails, videos, demos, sample projects, and challenges, all designed to make game creation both fun and educational at the same time.



Start Here

New to Stencyl?

Go through Getting Started and the Crash Course.

Go through Chapters 2 - 4.

Complete the Challenges (3, 4).

Prefer to learn things visually?

Start with Abigayl's Tutorials.

Watch other videos on Stencyl TV.

Skim through Chapters 2 - 4.

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