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Create your first video game from scratch without coding

Name: Create your first video game from scratch without coding
Rating: 4.4 (382 reviews)

Develop a game from scratch with the free Stencyl game toolkit. A game development course for everyone

Created byInnes Borkwood

Last updated 1/2015

English

What you'll learn

Create your own video games for web, desktop and mobile devices
You will learn all the skills required to design, create and sell your video games

Course content

23 sections • 54 lectures • 7h 11m total length

An introduction to the course2:20
Welcome to the course - an introduction and course expectations
Installing the free development tools9:17
Learn how to locate and install the software required to participate in this course.
A demonstration of the game we're creating5:12
A demonstration of the main game that we'll be developing, along with an explanation of the main features.

Creating an obstacle to avoid10:52
Create new actors during gameplay
Making obstacles move on their own8:04
Make actors move in random directions to add a surprise element to the game
Making the obstacles spin5:56
Make actors spin at a specified speed
Solution - position asteroids at a random location8:55
Making actors appear at random locations
Understanding collision sensors4:54
How to make actors detect collisions, but not react to those collisions on-screen
Quickly creating additional enemy types5:44
Duplicate our existing instructions to quickly create similar enemies
Temporarily disabling enemies during development2:48
Temporarily disabling events to assist with the development process

Managing collisions between lasers and enemies11:12
Reacting to a collision between two different types of object
Solution - Collisions between player and enemies3:18
Solution to challenge - detecting collisions between asteroids and the player spaceship
Modifying collision shapes for accurate detection13:01
Replacing the default collision shapes with accurate collision shapes.
Challenge - Create accurate collision shapes for the player2:54
Challenge - specify accurate collision shapes for the player's spaceship
Solution - suggested collision shapes for player3:08
Solution to challenge - creating accurate collision shapes for the player
Setting the player's collision shapes as sensors3:21
Updating new collision shapes so that they are sensors
Understanding debug drawing7:09
How to overlay an actor's collision shapes on-screen during gameplay, to assist in debugging
Creating custom damage (HP) points for the enemy12:54
Using attributes (variables) to keep a count of damage to an actor
The Collision Quiz

Requirements

No prior knowledge of video game development is required
No prior knowledge of programming is required
Students will need a computer that runs Windows, Mac OS X or Linux
Games for iPad / iPhone can be developed on Windows, Linux or Mac, but a Mac is required to publish games to the Apple App Store

Description

Update November 2020: Please note that this course is no-longer being updated, and some of the features in Stencyl have changed since the course was last updated. New students have advised that this course is still useful to them, because many of the concepts and features presented are still valid. For this reason, I am leaving the course open, so everyone can enjoy the content indefinitely. I am unable to answer your questions directly, but please do make use of the student features to assist each other, and also join the official Stencyl forums... there are many people there who will be willing to assist you.

Learn game development with a qualified ICT Teacher, experienced IT Trainer and author of Learning Stencyl 3.x Game Development: Beginner's Guide (Packt Publishing, May 2013).

This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to create video games for fun or profit. No knowledge of game development or computer programming is required to start this course.

No artistic skills are required - you'll learn where to legally obtain free, top-quality graphics and music to use in your games.

During the course, you will learn how to use free game development tools for Windows, Linux or Mac OS X, to create video games - starting with a blank screen, and working through to a completed product that can be sold or shared on Flash game portals. You can sell your games or implement advertising to earn money every time someone plays your game!

Your first video game will have:

Visual effects (explosions!)
Animation
Sound effects
Introduction screen
Game-over screen
Scoring

You will be creating Flash games during the course because it's incredibly fast to build and test the games, but the skills you will learn can be used to develop games for iPhone and iPad (you'll need a Mac to test or publish to Apple mobile devices), so you will be able to sell your games on the Apple iTunes Store.

When you have completed your first video game, you will then learn how to build the framework for a platform game with an animated player, accurate collision-detection and a horizontal scrolling screen.

Course Requirements

All the tools required to complete this course are completely free-of-charge - if you have a Windows or Linux PC, or an Apple Mac, you're ready to start this course right now!

If you can turn on a computer and use a mouse, then you have all the skills you need to begin creating your first video game.

All video training materials have been recorded in High-Definition using professional-quality audio equipment for an enjoyable learning experience. (Be sure to select HD in the video player!)

Your instructor

Innes Borkwood, is a qualified IT teacher, experienced trainer, and published author of the game development book Learning Stencyl 3.x Game Development: Beginner's Guide (Packt Publishing, May 2013), who has taught many students, young and old, to create their own video games for fun or profit.

Join Innes now, and start creating your first video game today.

Who this course is for:

Beginners who want to create their own video games
Experienced game-developers and designers who want to learn how to create rapid prototypes and complete games
Teachers who need to quickly learn the relevant skills required to teach their students

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 17min

Create a game and add a player with controls3 lectures • 30min

Creating obstacles and enemies7 lectures • 47min

Create objects on-the-fly2 lectures • 19min

Understanding keyboard controls1 lecture • 5min

Implementing collision detection8 lectures • 57min

Using a custom triggered event1 lecture • 7min

Understanding the Debug Console1 lecture • 6min

Visual special effects1 lecture • 8min

Progress review1 lecture • 4min

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