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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
Disclaimer: Use comments to provide feedback and point out issues with the article (typo, wrong info, etc.). If you're seeking help for your game,
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sokbou
Nice tutorial! I'm a fresh starter and I feel it so easy to create a game. Now I'm gonna follow all of your tutorial and then I'll create my own dream game. Thanks you very much for your shared.
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Nice tutorial! I'm a fresh starter and I feel it so easy to create a game. Now I'm gonna follow all of your tutorial and then I'll create my own dream game. Thanks you very much for your shared.
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ninjassasin
Abigayl, can you help me with a problem? My carecter is doing all its supost to but 5 seconds in the game and it moves by it self and starts doing loops and moving out of the scene. Do you know why and how to fix it..?
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Abigayl, can you help me with a problem? My carecter is doing all its supost to but 5 seconds in the game and it moves by it self and starts doing loops and moving out of the scene. Do you know why and how to fix it..?
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jackrm110
Oh and on my Behaviors tab, I do not have an option so set behavior type, so when I open the behavior editing menu the workspace is blank. How do I enter in those "When Created" and "Always" tags? Sorry if my terminology is incorrect haha.
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Oh and on my Behaviors tab, I do not have an option so set behavior type, so when I open the behavior editing menu the workspace is blank. How do I enter in those "When Created" and "Always" tags? Sorry if my terminology is incorrect haha.
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jackrm110
So much more helpful than the Crash Courses. You explained everything so simply, and defined everything you did. Very excited to read your other tutorials!
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So much more helpful than the Crash Courses. You explained everything so simply, and defined everything you did. Very excited to read your other tutorials!
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scribblerjones
Hi Aby! Love the tutorial! One question: I noticed that with the demo I made, it seemed that the collisions between enemies and my player were a bit fuzzy (the enemies didn't quite touch my player, there was about one character's worth of space between them when "death" occurred.) Is there a way to edit the collision distance between actors?
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Hi Aby! Love the tutorial! One question: I noticed that with the demo I made, it seemed that the collisions between enemies and my player were a bit fuzzy (the enemies didn't quite touch my player, there was about one character's worth of space between them when "death" occurred.) Is there a way to edit the collision distance between actors?
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