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Stencyl Essentials

By : Richard Sneyd
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Stencyl Essentials

By: Richard Sneyd

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Stencyl Essentials
Richard Sneyd
Apr, 2015 | 206 pages
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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Stencyl Essentials
Stencyl Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Exploring the Stencyl Toolset and Game Engine
Exploring the Stencyl Toolset and Game Engine
Downloading and installing Stencyl
Creating an account and signing in
Exploring Stencyl – screens and windows
Summary
2
Starting the Game Project
Starting the Game Project
Mudslide Cowboy
The project files
Creating the game project
Summary
3
Backgrounds and Tilesets
Backgrounds and Tilesets
Backgrounds and foregrounds
Our first tileset
Summary
4
Building Levels Using Scenes
Building Levels Using Scenes
Creating our first level
Adding tiles to our level
Summary
5
Actor Types and Instances
Actor Types and Instances
What are actors?
Adding our first actor
Summary
6
Writing Simple Behaviors
Writing Simple Behaviors
The player handler
Summary
7
Complex Behaviors and Code
Complex Behaviors and Code
Adding player interaction
Summary
8
Adding Sound FX and Music
Adding Sound FX and Music
Supporting both MP3 and OGG formats
Importing audio files into Stencyl
Sound file designation in Stencyl
Playing sound FX and music in Stencyl
Summary
9
Adding HUD Elements
Adding HUD Elements
The dynamic cursor
Summary
10
Adding Menus and Buttons
Adding Menus and Buttons
Adding the scene and background
Adding the buttons
Programming the button
Summary
11
Scoring and Game Rules
Scoring and Game Rules
Collecting coins
Coin collisions and physics settings
Importing the font
Coin collection
Rendering text to the screen
Multiple tile layers
Summary
12
Publishing and Monetization
Publishing and Monetization
Mobile publishing and monetization
Summary
Index
Index

Credits

Author

Richard Sneyd

Reviewers

Dan Bendell

Innes Borkwood

Jean-Marc "jihem" QUÉRÉ

Commissioning Editor

Kunal Parikh

Acquisition Editor

Richard Brookes-Bland

Content Development Editor

Ajinkya Paranjpe

Technical Editors

Rosmy George

Rohith Rajan

Copy Editor

Rashmi Sawant

Project Coordinator

Harshal Ved

Proofreaders

Martin Diver

Safis Editing

Paul Hindle

Indexer

Tejal Soni

Production Coordinator

Arvindkumar Gupta

Cover Work

Arvindkumar Gupta

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