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Learn MoreConstruct 2 - From Beginner to Advanced - Ultimate Course!
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2,205 students
What you'll learn
- Program 5 unique games suggested by users!
- Each game has a new principle to offer. By using different ways to program, students will be able to wrap their head around logic like never before.
- Develop applications that you have always wanted to make!
- Earn money from your new skills
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Course content
10 sections • 118 lectures • 17h 54m total length
- Welcome to Early Access!4:12
Welcome to Early Access!
This is the course you have been waiting for. Throughout the next few weeks I will be adding lectures daily for the 9 more games we are adding as well as to our overview section where I get you up to speed with everything Construct 2.
Stay tuned for this course is going to be mega!
- How to approach this course4:26
How to approach this course!
In this lecture I want to give you some background as to how to follow this course.
- What you should keep in mind
- How to approach each game
- Why we use Construct 2 Visual Scripting
- Introduce Yourself!1:14
[Optional] but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED you take the time to introduce yourself to your peers!
- Download StarterTemplate+ [Version 3.0] UPDATED 5/15/160:08
Download StarterTemplate+ [Desktop Edition] here!
- How to install StarterTemplate+3:00
- How to use StarterTemplate+11:03
- The Construct 2 Overview Section0:15
Welcome to The Construct 2 Overview Section!
In this text lecture I inform you how this section is going to work and what is to come from it!
Later on I will be releasing a course called 'Programming Logic MADE EASY with Construct 2' a way for anyone who has access to this course to learn more about C2 and programming!
- Learning about the Layout & Window3:27
Construct 2 Overview
Welcome to learning about Layouts. Specifically the difference between the Layout Size and the Window size. In this overview lecture, it's important to note that there are many screen sizes one can use to develop with but by using a 16:9 aspect ratio, we are able to develop for every size monitor!
- Customize the Panels4:29
Construct 2 Overview
In this video we look at how we can re-arrange our Construct 2 to create a more user friendly experience. This design is optional however as you can make any design you desire!
By keeping most windows open we are letting ourselves have access to everything Construct 2 has to offer. Mostly, I try to keep the Tilemap window off so I only turn it on when I need it. Every other window
- Projects
- Properties
- Objects
- Layers
These are the ones we always want to keep active in our Construct 2 editor.
- Replicate my exact theme, event sheet color and quick access toolbar!2:50
Construct 2 Overview
In this lecture we go over how to replicate my exact theme settings that I use for Construct 2. We will be using a familiar style with the Visual Studio Blue 2012 Theme as well as learn how to change our event sheets to become darker. Throughout this lecture, there are bits of information about the Quick Access toolbar and our preferences!
- Event Sheet Basics8:29
Construct 2 Overview
In this lecture we go over how event sheets work and their properties. We learn about the event itself, the action and of course the condition. This is a more brief overview before we actually delve into deeper things events and actions can do!
- Overview Quiz!
- Play the Fighting Game!0:03
- Game Overview2:11
Fighting Game Overview
In this video we review what kind of Fighting Game we are going to be creating. This is the overview video that will occur before every game to really get a grasp as to what we are developing!
In this game we will be adding
- Gamepad Movement
- Player Attack
- Player Combos
- Enemy AI
- Fullscreen/Title features for NW.JS
- Production Ready Project Structure
- Creating our Layouts3:24
Fighting Game
In this lecture we begin our game by creating our layout setup. In Construct 2, layouts are the way we design our game! They are extremely flexible and by keeping our entire game in one layout we are able to increase performance!
- Creating our Project Structure7:28
Fighting Game
In this lecture we are creating our intense project structure for those using Construct 2 [Personal Edition] or greater.
We are going to create Controllers, States, Input and other structural folders all tying our main GameEvent sheet. This event sheet will have all of the necessary includes to our game!
This method of project structure will be common throughout our 9 other games!
- Setting up our MenuLayout5:01
Fighting Game
We begin our game from the start... literally.
In this lecture we add our MenuLayout which will accept our Gamepad Input as well as become our main gateway to actually setting up our game!
- Setting up our MenuEvent8:50
Fighting Game
In this lecture we setup our Main Menu Event! Now that we have our MenuLayout finished we can program the following:
- Gamepad Connection
- Flashing Text
- Going to our GameLayout
- Player: Creation, Behaviors & Collision8:54
Fighting Game
In this lecture we add our Player to our game! Batting out of order a little bit we are able to:
- Create our player
- Setup player behaviors
- Add our collisions
These functionailites are the core to making our game work so it's important we take this lecture to do this before we go back to continuing setup.
- Setting up our GameLayout12:55
Fighting Game
Now the fun can begin! By designing our GameLayout we are able literally 'Create our Game'. In this specific lecture we add our:
- Backgrounds
- Layer Structure
Every lecture from here on in is increasingly important to making our game! Melee games aren't easy and having this layout finished, along with our project structure we are ahead of the curve!
- Setting up our GameEvent3:37
Fighting Game
Time for the meat and potatoes! Our GameEvent is the only event that has every function tied to our game. For visual scripting editors this is crucial to have one main link to everything going on.
Our game event will control everything we include:
- Player
- Enemy
- Camera
- Controllers
- Functions
- Music Events
- Menus
etc. Suffice it to say, you don't want to skip this!
- Setting up our DebugEvent9:01
Fighting Game
In this lecture we learn about Families in Construct 2 and how powerful they can be. Now unfortunately they are only available to those who have the personal edition or greater however...
We also learn how to create a powerful yet decivieingly simple on/off switch that will be apparent in every single game we ever make. This switch is how we can control anything in our game and is the backbone to any options menu, well, anything that needs to be turned on and off.
Examples
- Debug Event
- Music Slider
- SFX Slider
- Door Triggers
- Invisibility
- Fullscreen Mode
- On/Off Quiz
- Player: Adding our AnimationState7:06
Fighting Game
In this lecture we add our Animation State to our player. This is our first state and it controls every animation we set our player up for. Every single lecture has had a relevance to getting to our gameplay and this one controls the most crucial aspect to making our game move!
Our player and our enemy will get their own animation state and it is important to understand that this setup is the best performance and code wise going forward to use.
Examples
ID_ prefix is taught in this lecture
- Player: Adding our KeyboardEvent6:10
Fighting Game
In this lecture we add our first input connection! By adding our Keyboard event we give our user the interaction to our player and thus the first of two ways to control the game!
Adding our keyboard event is simple yet we have to make sure it ties to our GameEvent and we can reuse it's actions for our upcoming Gamepad event!
- Player: Adding our GamepadEvent6:13
Fighting Game
In this lecture we add our second input connection! By adding our Gamepad event we give our user the interaction with the gamepad that has been connected from the MenuEvent lecture. Now we are able to have to devices interact with our game and therefore on our way to making our game commercial ready.
- Player: Adding our Camera12:07
Fighting Game
Our Camera Event completely transforms our game. Once we implement our camera controls we are able to see our:
- Background Parallax
- Look Ahead Motion
Both of these things are integral to our fighting games success and without them our game wouldn't be half as interesting!
- Camera: Lerp Resources0:05
Fighting Game
In this text lecture we have links to an amazing article on Lerps and how they work!
- Game: Final Setup, Title & Fullscreen14:24
Fighting Game
In this final setup of our games layout we also look into some specific NW.JS features. These features consist of setting our
- Windows Title to our Game Name
- Adding Fullscreen mode
Both of which are triggered as functions and perform from the GameEvent. These events relate back to our on/off switch and how important that logic really is.
- Player: Adding our AttackTriggerState13:07
Fighting Game
Gameplay time!
It is upon us to add our player attack! This is the moment we have been waiting for because now we can actually move forward with our game. After setting everything up this lecture goes over in detail how we are going to
- Gamepad Setup
- Keyboard Setup
- Trigger combos
And finally, set-up multiple options to control our character!
- Player: Adding our Normal attack15:17
Fighting Game
Now that we have our AttackTriggerState we can actually add the attack we need to trigger! By adding our Normal Attack first we give ourselves access
- Create our own animator
- Compare individual animation frames
- Trigger sound effects
- Trigger special effects [Future lecture but setup is here]
- Enemy: Adding the PlatformMoveTo plugin5:27
Fighting Game
In this lecture we do something different. By adding a plugin to simplfy our code we are able to always target our player when we need to.
This lecture however is all about how to setup and install a plugin before we actually use it! Once we look at the process we go further to see it in use and add our new plugin behavior to our Enemy object!
- Enemy: Adding our AnimationState6:09
Fighting Game
In this lecture we mimic what we have already setup for our Player! By creating an Enemy AnimationState we are breathing life into our Enemy and are gearing up for our Enemy AI.
- Enemy State Engine
- Dynamically set our Enemies animation
- Enemy: Adding our AI Part 112:00
Fighting Game
In this lecture we begin to add our Enemy AI. AI is known to be difficult so with our new plugin installed we should find it considerably easier.
One common misconception with melee AI is that we need to trigger all of our AI attacks while we are overlapping the player. In our case we are going
- Get and store the distance per pixel from our player to our enemy
- Use our distance to trigger every enemy animation, Idle, Walk, Attack
- Compare individual frames
- Trigger sounds, effects, screenshakes
- Enemy: Adding our AI Part 213:36
Fighting Game
In this lecture we finish our Enemy AI. By adding our own way for our enemy to move around and attack we are able to create a more random gameplay feel.
This lecture's goal is to keep our AI simple enough so anyone can understand how to create more enemy attacks and branch off our AI to continue adding to their own fighting game.
- Player: Adding Combo 115:42
Fighting Game
Now that we are back working on our player and our Enemy is out to kill us, it's time we have the advantage. With this lecture we add our first combo to our game. In this lecture we:
- Tie our Combo to our Gamepad
- Control our Animation Frames
- Trigger sounds
- Trigger Special FX
- Set-up our next Combo
- Player: Adding Combo 211:20
Fighting Game
Finishing our final attack we now have a better understanding how everything works! By adding our animation control and seeing how every X seconds we manually control our animation we have the upperhand. By developing this way we will always be ready to add our next attack and can easily branch off to more things such as dash or block.
In this lecture we:
- Add our next combo
- Get ready to setup our screenshake
- Get ready to setup our special FX
- Camera: Adding our Screenshake!3:42
Fighting Game
In this lecture we add our camera screenshake. Our screenshake is one of the tiny features we must have to control our game's feel. Our gameplay is the most important part and having screenshake makes our game feel like an actual game. We have more things to add to make it feel like an actual game but our screenshake is one way to illustrate impact from the player and the enemy that the user won't forget!
- Adding our Special Effects!12:58
Fighting Game
Finally, adding special effects to our already setup event sheets we are able to add more tiny details that without, our game wouldn't feel the same.
In this lecture we add:
- Sounds
- Flash Impact Effect (Different from the flash behavior)
- Sharpen Effect
- Radial Blur
These effects make our game way more playable and should give the student ideas as to how to branch out to make their own gameplay effects that are missing from most games!
- Setting up our Healthbars18:20
Fighting Game
In this lecture we setup our healthbars for our player and our enemy. Although simple at it's concept the execution needs to be correct and we spend time going over our player's and our enemies. We add the HealthController which will include our death event for both entities as well as a way for us to fade out, destroy and go to our game over layout. This lecture ties everything we have worked so hard to create and finally we have an end game!
In this lecture:
- Player health variables
- Tie our healthbars to our health variables
- Fade out and destroy effects
- Go to game over layout
- Create our end game
- Setting up our MusicEvent10:20
Fighting Game
In this lecture we go back to our trusty on/off switch and use it to control our music muted. We also take this time to setup our music functions for our main menu and game event!
- Add music to our MenuLayout
- Add music to our GameLayout
- Control our music with the 'M' key
- Setting up our OverLayout and Event7:07
Fighting Game
In this lecture we add our game over layout functionality as well as our game over event. This event resets our objects and global variables so we can continue playing!
- Setup game over layout
- Setup our game over resets to play again
- Game Review3:40
Fighting Game
In this lecture we review all of the events and things we went to to setup our fighting game. Now that we have achieved everything we have wanted we have succefully finished our most requested, fighting game!
Congratulations!
- Download Game| Post your .CAPX and Screenshot of your Fighting Game!0:13
Post your fighting game for everyone to see!
- Download the Run N Gun Files Here0:03
- Assembling the layout9:54
In this lecture we start by setting up our game layout with our StarterTemplate+ [Desktop Edition] and get our game going!
- Assembling the assets9:41
In this lecture we begin assembling our assets for our game!
- Designing our level11:52
In this lecture we begin with our tilemap design! We go over how to make our level and the basic elements it takes to make our game.
- Player Walk, Jump, Fall, Slide19:57
In this lecture we finally add our player to interact with the world we have created! We add all of it's controls and animations, walk, jump and slide!
- Enemy AI 117:03
In this lecture we add our first AI, meet the zombie!
- Enemy AI 216:52
In this lecture we add our Spider jumping AI that will jump on your head and hurt you if you're not too careful!
- Enemy AI 315:11
In this lecture we add our final flying AI which goes around flying and ready to attack using a state machine!
- Dynamic Shooting Part 116:49
Now we add our meat by giving our player a weapon to use! We break this down into four videos creating the most intuitive bullet system you've seen yet!
- Dynamic Shooting Part 29:30
Continuing with our bullet system we populate our array with data!
- Dynamic Shooting Part 317:44
In this lecture we continue with our array, adding in our bullet information!
- Dynamic Shooting Part 419:50
In this lecture we handle our bullet interactions!
- Death & Screenshake15:53
In this lecture we finally have our player and enemies die! In addition, we add a neat little screenshake!
- HUD (Kill Counter, Health, Ammo)15:23
In this lecture we add our HUD so we have a way for the user to see what our game is actually doing!
- Environment & Lights15:51
In this lecture we add some environment objects and lighting effects to each level!
- FX & Sound19:51
In our final lecture we add our final fx and sound to make the engine whole!
- Download The Space Shooter Assets Here!0:01
Download the resources for the Space Shooter!
- Assembling the layouts (Game & HUD)9:14
In this lecture we start defining our project structure and set-up our desktop starter template!
- Level 113:23
In this lecture we design level 1!
- Level 29:21
In this lecture we design level 2!
- Level 34:20
In this lecture we design level 3, the boss!
- Player Control (Keyboard and Gamepad)19:07
In this lecture we program our player controls (Gamepad, mouse, keyboard) and handle our spawning!
- Using DeltaTime0:06
- Input Control & Collision7:44
In this lecture we finish our player control, detect our player collision and set-up our endzone to go to the next layout!
- Adding our Camera9:26
- Player Weapons17:08
In this lecture we implement our weapon pickup system!
- Programming the HUD16:46
In this lecture we program our HUD and our weapon HUD system!
- Enemy AI14:09
In this lecture we add in our Enemy AI!
- Boss AI17:25
In this lecture we add in our Boss AI!
- Performance Tips & CPUUTILISATION0:05
- Adding in Effects [Optional]9:22
Adding in optional effects to make the engine even cooler!
- Download The Roguelike Assets Here0:03
- Assembling The Layouts2:56
Using StarterTemplate+ we will define our project structure and set-up our roguelike!
- Making our Level8:50
In this lecture we define our Level and Environment assets for our engine!
- Player Set-Up15:57
In this lecture we add in our player control!
- Player Shooting12:39
In this lecture we give our player weapon control!
- Adding our Camera9:20
In this lecture we add in our camera and mouse control!
- Twin Stick Gamepad (Input Control)16:37
In this lecture we add in top-down twin stick gamepad control and Input Control!
- Gamepad Object0:04
- Environment Objects (Shadows) & Foreground18:07
In this lecture we add in torches, shadows and a cool foreground effect!
- Player Dash12:48
In this lecture we add in our player dash mechanism!
- Download LiteTween [Optional]0:05
In this lecture make sure you download LiteTween. It is optional but it's one of the very few plugins I recommend!
- Programming the HUD14:51
In this lecture, we program in our HUD using LiteTween! (Player Health and Dash Meter)
- Enemy AI19:19
In this lecture we add our enemy AI for our roguelike! Nasty little buggers...
- Enemy Feedback14:52
In this lecture we add feedback to our enemies!
- Lighting19:02
In this lecture we add in lighting to make our roguelike even more awesome!
- Download Point N Click Adventure Assets0:01
- Download Plugins0:02
- What we are making!2:38
- Project Setup5:39
- Player Mask Set-up13:28
- Player Animations Set-Up8:27
- Player Reflections12:32
- Point Camera13:33
- Hover Objects Family17:50
- Hover Interactions17:42
- Global HUD18:16
- Congratulations!1:21
- Download Point N Click Adventure .capx (Stable R233)0:01
- Congratulations!2:48
- Tower Defense Assets0:01
Assets used in the tower defense game!
- Tower Defense Overview1:23
A brief overview of the game we will be making in this lecture series.
- Starter Template Mobile Setup1:40
Setup of the Starter Template Mobile to work with our Tower Defense Game
- Layout and Global Variables Setup7:51
Setting up our first level layout and getting all of our global variables put in place with a brief explanation of each.
- Turret Bases and Our First Enemy16:27
In this video we will be setting up our turret bases. These are what the user can click on to create turrets. We will also be setting up our first enemy using the pathfinder behavior.
- Spawning and Shooting Enemies6:46
In this video we will spawn several enemies and make our turrets shoot at them when they are in range.
- Health Bar and a little bit of flair.6:22
In this video we will get the health bars working for the enemies and add in a little flair with Muzzle flashes and explosions.
- Enemy Waves11:48
In this video we will create a timer to keep track of when new waves will spawn. We will also create a useful function to create our waves of enemies.
- Adding the Tank Enemy7:30
In this video we will import the sprites for our Tank enemy and get it ready to be added to our waves of enemies.
- Game Over Function6:20
In this video we are going to take care of our End Point collisions and work on the GameOver function that will be used whenever we reach a game over scenario.
- Adding the Tank to Waves6:44
In this video we will bring in our tanks in waves and I will teach you how to use everything we have setup to create more waves, and how easy it is to customize them and add more enemies if you want.
- Level End Events10:01
In this video we are going to setup our level end events. This will be the different actions a user can fulfill in order to successfully complete a level.
- Creating the Pop Up Menu for upgrades and turrets6:57
This video we will setup the pop up menu that will be used to pick which turret to place and also perform upgrades on turrets that are already in place.
- Adding Icons to the Pop Up Menu7:56
We continue work on our turret pop up menu. At the end of this video it will be ready for our touch inputs.
- Using the Pop Up Menu to Add objects5:57
In this video we will be continuing building of the pop up menu for placing turrets.
- Finalizing the Pop Up Menu, adding upgrades12:25
In this video we will finalize the pop up menu with turret upgrades.
Requirements
- Construct 2 Free [You can make every game but not every feature]
- Construct 2 Personal [To complete every task]
Description
Updated 7/5/19
About The Course
Learn the concepts, tips and programming techniques to build fully functional games with the popular visual scripting editor, Construct 2. By the end of this course, you will know everything to make your own amazing desktop game.
Build a solid foundation with programming as this course, and Construct 2, whether you have made games before or not, teaches a structured logic experience like nothing else!
Understand beginner logic such as Global Variables, Local Variables and Instance Variables.
Recognize that as you are making your engines, once challenging concepts like Arrays, Effects and Functions become easy.
Find the gameplay experience your games have been missing with lighting, screenshake and more!
A Powerful Tool at Your Disposal
Learning the fundamentals of programming can be frustrating, but that's where Construct 2 comes in and swoops you in off your feet. With the [Free] edition it is easy to learn, has excellent documentation, and is the visual scripting tool your brain has been missing.
Games become your canvas and Construct 2 becomes your paint brush as you will be able to pick up every other language you try. Whether it be, C++, C#, Javascript, Java, Ruby or Pascal, you will find that every programming principle is instilled in Construct 2's editor.
Throughout each game you will learn new programming principles that can be applied to any language. Each section, you will evolve your code. The first section is different from the last. We start with Starter Template Version 1 and end with version 4.
Students completing this course will have the knowledge to create anything they want. Construct 2 doesn't limit you to only games, you can make mobile apps, advertisements, banners and more but better yet you can export them to any platform. Windows, Linux, Mac, Wii, iPhone, Android, Facebook, Kongregate and the Scirra arcade.
Complete with working .capx files and royalty free art assets, you'll have unlimited access to me as you work through each concept, and each game to achieve the certificate of completion upon finishing this course.
Who this course is for:
- This course is designed for those who have always wanted to learn how to make a game but had no idea how.
- This course is meant to be THE goto place for everything logic and Construct 2! You will be a different programmer after this course!
- Construct 2 makes programming fun, easy and accessible. With this course you will be able to use C2 for business, applications, games and more!
- With the knowledge gained from this course you will find that programming isn't as scary as it can be made out to be.
- If you have wanted to take your programming skills to a new level!
- If you have always wanted to learn more about Construct 2 and go in-depth!