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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")

 

Liked this one? See them all!

Part 1: The Basics

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, please ask a question on the forums. Thanks!

152 Comments

swophay
For some reason the player moves by itself and the fade in and out happens even though the player and the actor did not collide. Please help! I followed everything in the tutorial but it still does not seem to be working.
0 14 years, 1 month ago
Abigayl
Glad to help Shaw :)
0 14 years, 2 months ago
shawareb
more then excellent !!
0 14 years, 2 months ago
shawareb
Thankxxxxx !!
0 14 years, 2 months ago
bleduc1
Okay. Thanks, Abigayl.
0 14 years, 2 months ago
Abigayl
Bleduc: Categories were only in the earliest versions of Stencyl. You can simply ignore them and just make behaviors without them.

Kaiser: Thanks... I think...

4 14 years, 2 months ago
bleduc1
I love how straight forward this is. However, I'm stumped on slide 11. When I click into Actor Behaviors in the Game Center, I don't get a list of categories for creating motion. Do you know why that might be?
0 14 years, 2 months ago
Abigayl
Ebot, want to screenshot the behaviors and send them to me? There's likely a simple error that is causing the issue. Also, did you make sure to always "attach to actor" AND "attach to scene" (if you forget the latter, that could easily be the error).
3 14 years, 2 months ago
ebot75
sorry,i like how you went over it but i had to rate bad cause my screen was just plain white with nothing on it even though i added everything
-1 14 years, 2 months ago
Dehax
Thank's a lot for this Tutorial!!!
0 14 years, 2 months ago

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