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Beginning Game Development Using Construct 2 Glen Colby

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Page 1: Beginning Game Development Using Construct 2 Glen Colby

Beginning Game Development

Using Construct 2

Glen Colby

Page 2: Beginning Game Development Using Construct 2 Glen Colby

Concepts

• Layouts and Layers

• Event Sheets

• Objects

• Behaviors

• Effects

• Global vs. Instance Variables

Page 3: Beginning Game Development Using Construct 2 Glen Colby

You still have to code a little

• Construct allows you to use expressions

• You will still need to understand concepts like flow control, events, etc

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Expressions

In events, expressions are used to calculate sums or retrieve information from objects, such as a Sprite's X co-ordinate.

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Conditional Operators

You can use the following operators in expressions:

+ (addition)- (subtraction)* (multiplication)/ (division)% (modulo, remainder after division)^ (raise to power, e.g. 5 ^ 2 = 25)& (build strings, e.g. "Your score is: " & score)

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Movement

• The Bullet Behavior

• Speed and Acceleration

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WebGL Effects

• Cost of effect vs. using an animation

• Particle Effects

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Exporting your project

• IOS, Android (Through Cordova)

• Windows Store

• OSX and Windows - NW.js (the platform formerly know as Node-webkit)

• Blackberry (hahahahahaha, sorry you'll never use this one)

• Tizen (*snicker*)

• Amazon Appstore

• HTML5 Website

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ResourcesAudio

• http://incompetech.com/

• http://www.audioblocks.com

Graphics

• http://www.opengameart.com

• https://www.scirra.com/store

My Blog

http://www.thudgames.com

Twitter: @bossmojoman

Email: [email protected]

Local Resources

• http://www.meetup.com/Boise-Game-Developers-Group/

• http://www.meetup.com/IdahoGameDevelopers/

(Hopefully these two groups will merge)