About the course
Note: This course is officially endorsed by Stencyl.
No prior experience is required to take this course. Learning from the ground up, you will acquire all the skills necessary to Design and Create your very own computer games, which can then be shared with your friends, or even published to commercial markets such as flash portals, the App Store & Google play.
Using the unique logic block system of Stencyl thought in this Stencyl Course, you will be able to create a game of any genre, quickly and effectively. Please follow through the lectures sequentially, and always maximize the videos to get the most out of them.
For the most effective learning experience, it is essential that you pay close attention to each lecture in order, and then complete the task yourself. If you struggle, watch the video again until you get the full sense of the lesson.
Get excited, this is a learning experience you'll never forget. Prepare to start making your own games with Stencyl.
Who Should Attend?
- Complete Beginners
- Hobbyists who wish to create their first production quality, cross-platform title in less time
- Students
- Indie Developers, Looking For a Faster Way To Build Multi-Platform Games
Curriculum
Lesson 1: First Steps: Getting Setup
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Lecture 1: Welcome To The World Of Game Creation
00:01:03
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Lecture 2: Overview
00:08:32
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Lecture 3: Structure or Lessons
00:04:48
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Lecture 4: Installing The Required Software - Stencyl
00:02:13
Lesson 2: From Concept To Creation: The Design Process
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Lecture 1: The Importance Of Planning
00:02:13
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Lecture 2: The Concept
00:05:02
Lesson 3: Intro To Stencyl: Starting Our Game
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Lecture 1: Exploring The Stencyl Environment
00:13:42
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Lecture 2: User Input & Character Movement
00:29:48
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00:12:07
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Lecture 4: Character Rotation: Looking At The Mouse
00:12:33
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Lecture 5: Making Him Shoot (This is fun)
00:06:01
Lesson 4: Important Concepts Examined
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Lecture 1: Events Explained
00:09:54
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Lecture 2: The Most Important Blocks
00:04:23
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Lecture 3: Basic Loops
00:06:26
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Lecture 4: How Stencyl Handles Audio
00:02:32
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Lecture 5: Creating Conditional Logic - If Statements
00:09:09
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Lecture 6: The Behaviour Library
00:03:55
Lesson 5: Creating Your Own Game Art (Sprites and Sound FX)
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Lecture 1: Downloading the Free Trial of Photoshop CS6
00:01:16
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Lecture 2: Introducing Photoshop CS6
00:10:14
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Lecture 3: Creating The Crosshair
00:12:21
Lesson 6: Developing Core Functionality
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Lecture 1: Basic AI
00:19:14
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Lecture 2: Camera Follow
00:00:54
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Lecture 3: Adding The Crosshair
00:07:52
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Lecture 4: Collision Groups - Setting Them Up
00:09:01
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Lecture 5: Updating Sprites - A Nicer Projectile
00:03:26
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Lecture 6: Boundaries
00:01:48
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Lecture 7: Create Explosion On Die
00:03:08
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00:05:47
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Lecture 9: Cannot Be Pushed
00:01:20
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Lecture 10: Advanced AI
00:29:18
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Lecture 11: AI Bug Fix 1
00:21:14
Lesson 7: Finishing The Game
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Lecture 1: Enemy Shoot
00:08:19
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Lecture 2: Die After X Seconds
00:02:39
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Lecture 3: Bug Fix 2
00:01:36
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Lecture 4: Adding The Helicopter
00:04:17
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Lecture 5: Creating Health Bars
00:25:35
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Lecture 6: Destructible Environment 1
00:05:28
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Lecture 7: Destructible Environment 2
00:10:23
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Lecture 8: Refactoring The Code
00:05:35
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Lecture 9: Game Rules
00:08:34
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Lecture 10: Game Rules 2
00:12:16
Lesson 8: Conclusion
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Lecture 1: Congratulations! Now, What Next?
00:00:43
Library
Storage
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.zip Game Resources
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