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Abigayl's Interactive Tutorials (Part 1)
by Joe (Updated on 2012-07-21)
Tutorial 1 - The Basics
CHANGES TO CURRENT STENCYL VERSION:
- Game Center is now Dashboard
- No longer need to make Actor Behaviors; can use "Events" tab instead
- Now need to use "Add an Event" at the top left to make the headings
- If using events, do not need to "Attach to Actor" (still needed with Behaviors though)
- Collisions Groups are now in the Settings button at the top of the page
- Collisions between Actors are now handled by collision events (use "Member of Group" and change the group to "Actors")
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Part 2: Attributes, Saving/Loading, Kongregate API
Part 3: Advanced Controls, Spawning
Part 4: Mouse-based Shooting, Collisions and HP
Part 5: Music, Screen Boundaries, Backgrounds, Power-ups and More
Part 6: Virtually Lagless Actors
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152 Comments
Abigayl
Kaiser: If the not being able to die is referencing going out of the screen, I show how to do that in tutorial 5.
As for anything else, can you send me screenshots (use the camera button on the bottom right of Stencyl) of your codings? I might be able to figure out what is going on then.
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Kaiser: If the not being able to die is referencing going out of the screen, I show how to do that in tutorial 5.
As for anything else, can you send me screenshots (use the camera button on the bottom right of Stencyl) of your codings? I might be able to figure out what is going on then.
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Kaiser
I have a few problems:
1. My enemies spawn twice randomly. Afterwards, they never appear.
2. I can't seem to die.
For both problems, I reassessed my code to match yours, yet it still persists. Any idea on what might be happening?
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I have a few problems:
1. My enemies spawn twice randomly. Afterwards, they never appear.
2. I can't seem to die.
For both problems, I reassessed my code to match yours, yet it still persists. Any idea on what might be happening?
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Abigayl
Pete: There are already 5 (actually 6, but the 6th is not uploaded yet... been waiting on the Stencyl team but about to post it anyways), and I plan on making a second entire set for SW2
Pickle: Glad to help :)
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Pete: There are already 5 (actually 6, but the 6th is not uploaded yet... been waiting on the Stencyl team but about to post it anyways), and I plan on making a second entire set for SW2
Pickle: Glad to help :)
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twotimingpete
this is the best tutorial I've found. it's better than any learning material built into the program. it really helped me get started making my own stuff in ways the actual program never teaches you. Please make more. :)
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this is the best tutorial I've found. it's better than any learning material built into the program. it really helped me get started making my own stuff in ways the actual program never teaches you. Please make more. :)
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Abigayl
2b, I'm glad to have been of help. I agree that making things yourself allows for far much more learning than putting together presets.
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2b, I'm glad to have been of help. I agree that making things yourself allows for far much more learning than putting together presets.
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2b3o4o
Thank you so much! After completing the crash course, I was confused and had no idea what to do. Your tutorial helped me understand what I was doing instead of using a bunch of pre-made behaviors.
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Thank you so much! After completing the crash course, I was confused and had no idea what to do. Your tutorial helped me understand what I was doing instead of using a bunch of pre-made behaviors.
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Abigayl
Prodigio, the "always" heading occurs with every frame. Thus, you are telling it to spawn those enemies every single frame PLUS more enemies every time the time loop occurs.
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Prodigio, the "always" heading occurs with every frame. Thus, you are telling it to spawn those enemies every single frame PLUS more enemies every time the time loop occurs.
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