You'll discover how to use the powerful animation tools included in Stencyl's toolkit, and you'll find out how to make your game shine with sounds and visual special effects. The step-by-step tutorials will guide you from a blank screen, right through to giving your game that final polish and sharing it with the rest of the world.Whilst developing your feature-complete video game, you will learn how to easily detect collisions in your game using Stencyl's built-in physics engine. Starting with the installation and testing of the Stencyl toolkit, you will very quickly advance to the fun and exciting process of creating a playable game. You will develop a complete, ready-to-publish video game including in-game advertising, by following the clear, step-by-step tutorials, supported by numerous screenshots and practical examples.This book will guide you through all the important steps required to develop and publish your video game.
However, with the introduction of comprehensive game-development toolkits such as Stencyl, the fun has returned to the art of game-creation - anyone who has the desire to create their own video game can now do so with almost any desktop computer and a free software download from the Internet!Learning Stencyl 3.x Game Development: Beginner's Guide will put you on the fast-track to learning the essentials of the powerful Stencyl game-development toolkit. In DetailCreating video games has traditionally been a long and complicated process, requiring years of experience and a vast array of skills. With ample screenshots, you can be certain that youll be able to follow along at every stage.Om Learning Stencyl 3.x Game Development: Beginner's Guide By following a clear, step-by-step development cycle for our first game prototype, you will rapidly gain a working knowledge of the Stencyl game engine and toolkit. Whether you are new to game development or an experienced developer looking for a quicker, more intuitive way to prototype, develop, and publish your game ideas, this book will show you how to achieve your game development goals using Stencyl. With the incredible growth in the global games industry over the past few years, Stencyl makes it possible for anyone to learn how to create amazing, engaging, and polished 2D games in just a fraction of the time. Write custom behaviors to control your actors
Implement tilesets and backgrounds by importing them in to your game Integrate sound FX and music in your gamesĬreate and configure actor types and instances Set up scenes and alter their settings at will Understand and work effectively with the Stencyl interface Gain a deep understanding of all the great game development and design features and tools that Stencyl has to offerīuild your very first computer game prototype with Stencyl by following the step-by-step lessons in this bookĭiscover the key benefits of Stencyl, its technical structure, and what makes it so special Learn to develop fantastic 2D computer games in just a fraction of the usual time using Stencyls visual programming language
If you are a computer game enthusiast who has always wanted to know what it takes to build a playable game, or maybe you would like to expand your programming knowledge so that you can develop great computer games using a solid game engine and toolkit, then this book is for you.īuild beautiful, unique, cross-platform games rapidly with the free Stencyl 2D game engine and toolset