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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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Abigayl
Tiles shouldn't change how the coding works. If you want to die when hitting a tile, change the group to "tiles" instead.
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Tiles shouldn't change how the coding works. If you want to die when hitting a tile, change the group to "tiles" instead.
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nonsense021
Hi! I tried looping it but it still gets cut at a certain point. Anyway, It works fine now. I've solved it by converting the audio file to a different sample rate. ;D
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Hi! I tried looping it but it still gets cut at a certain point. Anyway, It works fine now. I've solved it by converting the audio file to a different sample rate. ;D
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nonsense021
Hi! First of all, I'd like to thank Abi for this awesome video guide. It really helps newbies like me. But I've encountered a problem just recently. I tried placing background music at one scene. It runs fine when I test it but when I published it to .swf, the music suddenly stops at one point. What could be the cause of it?
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Hi! First of all, I'd like to thank Abi for this awesome video guide. It really helps newbies like me. But I've encountered a problem just recently. I tried placing background music at one scene. It runs fine when I test it but when I published it to .swf, the music suddenly stops at one point. What could be the cause of it?
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Abigayl
Vinay, your question is confusing... why does hitting a bullet kill all of your actors? Perhaps it would be easier if you came to my livestream to ask in person: livestream.com/poweredbyflowers
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Vinay, your question is confusing... why does hitting a bullet kill all of your actors? Perhaps it would be easier if you came to my livestream to ask in person: livestream.com/poweredbyflowers
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vinayakpandey
Thnx Abigayl but this time I am a facing another problem. How to kill all the enemies when a bullet hits an enemy using using for each actor of type block. I am unable to do so in stencyl 2.0 and waiting for your help.
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Thnx Abigayl but this time I am a facing another problem. How to kill all the enemies when a bullet hits an enemy using using for each actor of type block. I am unable to do so in stencyl 2.0 and waiting for your help.
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jintrigger
This was one of the best tutorials for anything....I skimmed through it since Im too tired at the moment to do those things myself, but for a tried individual who just skimmed the tutorial, I learned a lot!
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This was one of the best tutorials for anything....I skimmed through it since Im too tired at the moment to do those things myself, but for a tried individual who just skimmed the tutorial, I learned a lot!
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Abigayl
Vinay: That is covered in tutorial 5.
CrimsonThunder: Recycled actors have issues of their own. In 1.4, I tested them and found them to be MORE laggy... I have heard that 2.0 does a better job with them, but for me personally, I am not going to use them given all of the quirks I ran into... had to basically scrap a game once because they screwed it up so badly.
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Vinay: That is covered in tutorial 5.
CrimsonThunder: Recycled actors have issues of their own. In 1.4, I tested them and found them to be MORE laggy... I have heard that 2.0 does a better job with them, but for me personally, I am not going to use them given all of the quirks I ran into... had to basically scrap a game once because they screwed it up so badly.
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CrimsonThunder
Would it make more sense for the enemies to be recycled? I read up a bit that they are a lot easier on the lag.
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Would it make more sense for the enemies to be recycled? I read up a bit that they are a lot easier on the lag.
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