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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

Stencyl TV

Stencyl TV is a collection of videos created by ourselves and our users. Want to contribute a video or point one out? Tell us about it!

 

General Guides

The Basics

Attributes, Saving/Loading, Kong

Advanced Controls, Spawning

Mouse-based Shooting, Collisions

Music, Screen Boundaries, Power-ups

Supporting Many Actors

Nyan Cat Game Creation Walkthrough

Stencyl Walkthrough

 

Dizko's iOS Tutorials

Crash Course

Design Mode Intro

Atlases

Drawing Text

Accelerometer

Joystick

iAds

Development Profiles

Distribution Profiles

Submitting to Apple

Multitouch

 

 

Sunrisekingdom's Tutorials

 

Note: Sunrisekingdom's speech may be difficult to follow. If so, we recommend muting the videos and going off the subtitles instead. 

Stencyl Basics

Create a New Game & Game Settings

Controls

Collision Groups

Actor Player

Actor Enemies

Tilesets

Scenes

Joints

Behaviors

Moving Background

Sounds

Commonly Requested Game Features

Camera Follow

Switch Scene

Pick up

Pick up Weapon

Switch weapon

Enemy Health

How to Make A Font for Your Stencyl Game

Make Text

Better way to make text

Hide Mouse

Multiplayer

How to save an Actor's coordinates

Attack Part 1 (of 4)

Attack Part 2 (of 4)

Attack Part 3 (of 4)

Attack Part 4 (of 4)

Spawns

Sword and Gun Part 1

Sword and Gun Part 2

How to Hide a Sprite

How to Remove Pause

Enemy AI

Using the Dropdown features

How to use True and False

Trigger

Switch Gravity

How-Tos

How to save an Actor's X and Y coordinates

How to Line up an Actor that follows the mouse

How to Anchor an Actor to the screen

How to make Unlockable levels

How to make an Actor follow the Mouse

How to make your Timer into a Score

How to make a Timer

How to Set up Mochi Ads

How to get an Actor's Animation

How to change the Name of your Game

Cool Wind Effect Using Gravity

Intros and Saving

Loading Screen

Start Screen

Intro

Save and Load

Checkpoints

Scores and Achievements

Score

How to Draw Score

Kongregate Submit Score

Kongregate Submit Score Button

Achievements

Tips

Backing Up & Optimizing Game Size

Tip 1 to 6

Fix Up

Graphics/Art

How to Draw: Load Screen

How to Draw: Logo

How to Draw: Tileset

How to Draw: Blue Slime

Make Red Slime (Using the Blue Slime)

How to Draw: Background

Sounds & Music

How to Make: Sound Jump

How to Make: Sound Hit

How to Make Background Music

 

Rob's Video Tutorials

Stencyl Tutorial - Basics Part 1 of 3: How to Add Background Music

Stencyl Tutorial - Basics Part 2 of 3: How to Add Score and Lives Attributes

Stencyl Tutorial - Basics Part 3 of 3: How to Add Win and Lose Conditions

Stencyl Tutorial - 4 Way Movement Behavior

Stencyl Tutorial - Creating a Toggle/Switch

 

Snails123's Video Tutorials

http://www.putyourforkintoit.com/stencyl-guide



Last Updated: 2012-10-24 by Joe

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10 Comments
Samut
Acid245, to add additional behaviors to an Actor, open your Actor, highlight the Behaviors tab in the upper middle part of your screen, and then click the Add Behavior button in the bottom left corner.
0 5 months, 1 week ago
acid245
How to put two behaviors in one actor?
1 7 months, 1 week ago
hephaistos
I don't really more understand about logic boolean and true/false. I'd like stencylpeadia have a lot tutorials or example about it, thanks.
0 1 year, 3 weeks ago
hephaistos
I'd like make MMOrpg game, I suggest a MMOstencyl in future.I hope....
-1 1 year, 3 weeks ago
CaptMoose
I for one found not only SunRiseKingdoms tutorials to be the most descriptive, but his personal websites somewhat inspiring. Obviously enough passion there to share as best he could.
As for the impediment - if it makes it hard for you, simply mute it. It is possible that the gentleman has hearing problems or some such trouble.
To be honest, I don't let it trouble me. I hear clear enough his enthusiasm and intent.

5 1 year, 1 month ago
Vigilence
I hope we get more video tutorials, or articles for beginners.
0 1 year, 2 months ago
hephaistos
very useful for beginner, I like stencylTV and I hope have a lot tutorials on stencylTV. :)
1 1 year, 2 months ago
Yeti Ball
Cloa513, clearly SunRiseKingdom has some sort of speech impediment. I for one applaud him from not letting what I'm sure must be a difficult challenge impede him from producing these great videos and sharing his knowledge with the community here. He even goes out of his way to add subtitles to his videos to make it easier for people to follow along.

I'm not sure what your point is, if your complaining or what, but I don't think your borderline racist comment is very constructive.

9 1 year, 3 months ago
cloa513
Sunrisekingdom's English doesn't sound like a non-English speaker- It sounds like Harlem Hood English because some words aren't even remotely similar to any of the many standard English variants.
-8 1 year, 4 months ago
Jon
Dec 13th Update - Added Dizko's iStencyl video for submitting a game to the App Store. This isn't just a matter of uploading your IPA. ;)
1 1 year, 5 months ago



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