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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)
Level: Beginner

Crash Course 2: Invaders

This second Crash Course will walk you through the creation of a Space Invaders game entirely from scratch.

Stencyl-crash-course-2-invaders-pic

The following topics will be covered.

  • Starting a Blank Game
  • Importing Assets (Graphics, Sounds, Background)
  • Setting up the Scene
  • Making the Ship (2 way motion)
  • Making the Bullets (Fire Cannon)
  • Making the Enemies
  • Winning
  • Final Touches (Publish, Next Steps)
  • Challenges

Click here to get started.



Last Updated: 2012-05-13 by Ceric

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30 Comments
htempl28
yea it was!:)
0 1 month, 1 week ago
ladder2976
Why wouldn't it work?
0 4 months, 2 weeks ago
dude11ml
wow im gonna make a videogame in december. i hope i get credit for making the game for ios

0 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Irjavinski
It worked well
0 7 months, 1 week ago
BigT
NE1 try Blockly...?
0 9 months, 1 week ago
Swaggermuffin
@Bkrsaid, you can always just download the individual pages and view them on your own time.
0 9 months, 2 weeks ago
bkrsaid
could there be an offlie help section
1 9 months, 3 weeks ago
superclutz
yes! superclutz here we go!

0 10 months, 5 days ago
mguido730
Yes! Finally.
1 1 year, 1 week ago
Squid Party
well this sucks
1 1 year, 2 weeks ago
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