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Stencyl Essentials

Stencyl Essentials

By : Sneyd
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Stencyl Essentials

Stencyl Essentials

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By: Sneyd
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Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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1. Exploring the Stencyl Toolset and Game Engine
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1. Exploring the Stencyl Toolset and Game Engine
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Downloading and installing Stencyl
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Creating an account and signing in
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Exploring Stencyl – screens and windows
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Summary
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2. Starting the Game Project
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2. Starting the Game Project
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Mudslide Cowboy
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The project files
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Creating the game project
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3. Backgrounds and Tilesets
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3. Backgrounds and Tilesets
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Backgrounds and foregrounds
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Our first tileset
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4. Building Levels Using Scenes
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4. Building Levels Using Scenes
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Creating our first level
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Adding tiles to our level
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5. Actor Types and Instances
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5. Actor Types and Instances
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What are actors?
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Adding our first actor
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6. Writing Simple Behaviors
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6. Writing Simple Behaviors
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The player handler
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7. Complex Behaviors and Code
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7. Complex Behaviors and Code
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Adding player interaction
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8. Adding Sound FX and Music
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8. Adding Sound FX and Music
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Supporting both MP3 and OGG formats
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Importing audio files into Stencyl
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Sound file designation in Stencyl
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Playing sound FX and music in Stencyl
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9. Adding HUD Elements
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9. Adding HUD Elements
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The dynamic cursor
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10. Adding Menus and Buttons
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10. Adding Menus and Buttons
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Adding the scene and background
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Adding the buttons
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Programming the button
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11. Scoring and Game Rules
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11. Scoring and Game Rules
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Collecting coins
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Coin collisions and physics settings
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Importing the font
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Coin collection
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Rendering text to the screen
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Multiple tile layers
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12. Publishing and Monetization
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12. Publishing and Monetization
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Mobile publishing and monetization
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Index
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Index

What are actors?

In Stencyl, only two resource types can have Behaviors or code attached to them. The relevant Behavior types are as follows:

  • Scene Behaviors: These are attached to Scenes and are usually used to handle more global events, such as timers and score keeping, not specific to one actor
  • Actor Behaviors: These are attached to Actors themselves and are generally used to govern their movement around the level, their physical interaction with other actors or tiles, and in some cases, to make the actor respond to user input

Coupling Actors with Actor Behaviors in an intelligent fashion allows us to create an unlimited variety of game mechanics and gameplay elements. Hence, the creative use of Actors is the key to bringing our game concepts to life within Stencyl.

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