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Construct 2 Game Development by Example

Construct 2 Game Development by Example

By : John Bura
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Construct 2 Game Development by Example

Construct 2 Game Development by Example

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By: John Bura
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Overview of this book

This book uses practical examples to teach readers, and imparts the key skills and techniques of working in Construct 2 through building complete game projects. This book is for complete beginners who have always wanted to learn how to make games and have never tried. It is the perfect introduction to game development, design, and production.
Table of Contents (11 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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Customer support
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1. Getting Started with Construct 2
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1. Getting Started with Construct 2
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Downloading and installing Construct 2
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Coding in Construct 2
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Summary
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2. Inputs and Controls
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2. Inputs and Controls
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Getting started with inputs and controls
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Summary
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3. Variables and Arrays
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3. Variables and Arrays
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Introducing variables
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Declaring variables
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Variables in JavaScript
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Variables in Construct 2
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Introducing arrays
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Adding an array in Construct 2
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Checking an array's properties
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Summary
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4. Game Mechanics
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4. Game Mechanics
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Introducing game mechanics
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Game mechanics in Construct 2
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Summary
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5. Making a Simple Shooter
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5. Making a Simple Shooter
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Starting the project
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Controlling a sprite with the keyboard
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Organizing the event sheet
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Adding mouse controls
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Adding the enemy
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Destroying the enemy
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Adding a spawner
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6. Making a Tower Defense Game
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6. Making a Tower Defense Game
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Starting the project
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Creating a spawn point
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Laying out the level
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Setting up the turrets
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Adding enemies and projectiles
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Rotating the turret
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Firing the turret
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Setting up the path for the enemy
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Setting up an enemy wave
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7. Making a Puzzle Physics Game
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7. Making a Puzzle Physics Game
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Starting the project
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Adding functionalities
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Rotating the cannon
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Creating a cannonball
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Adding physics
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Adding the blocks
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Designing our level
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Tracking the score
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Adding text objects to the HUD
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Finalizing the game
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8. Exporting Your Game
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8. Exporting Your Game
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Exporting games in Construct 2
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Setting up a Dropbox account
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Exporting to an HTML5 website
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Uploading and sharing a game with Dropbox
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Other places to export your game
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A. Where to Go from Here
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A. Where to Go from Here
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Index
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Adding physics

Run the game again and you will see that the cannonball does not act like a cannonball. We need to add some physics to it! Click on the cannonball and add the Physics behavior as shown in the following screenshot:

Applying force at an angle

Run the game again.

You will notice that the ball just falls down! Now that we have added physics, we can add a force to the cannonball to make it shoot like real cannon. Add an action to the Mouse click event. The action will be Apply force at angle, as shown in the following screenshot:

Set the force to around 200. The bigger the number, the further the cannonball travels. For the angle, type in cannon.Angle as shown in the following screenshot. This will ensure that the cannonball is shot in the same direction as the cannon.

Setting cannonballs to fire one at a time

If you run the game, you will notice that we can fire as many cannonballs as we want. We should limit the cannonballs to make them fire only one at a time. In order to do this...

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