Index

A

• Amazon Appstore
  • about / Exporting for the Amazon Appstore
  • games, exporting / Exporting for the Amazon Appstore
• array properties
  • checking / Checking an array's properties
  • data, setting / Setting data and adding variables
  • variables, adding / Setting data and adding variables
  • array, checking for data / Checking an array for data
• arrays
  • about / Introducing arrays
  • visual representation / Introducing arrays
  • usage / Introducing arrays
  • adding, in Construct 2 / Adding an array in Construct 2
  • properties / Checking an array's properties

B

• Boolean variables
  • about / Boolean variables
  • examples / Boolean variables

C

• Chrome Web Store
  • about / Exporting to Chrome Web Store
  • games, exporting to / Exporting to Chrome Web Store
• CocoonJS
  • about / Exporting to CocoonJS
  • games, exporting to / Exporting to CocoonJS
  • JS launcher / Exporting to CocoonJS
• coding, Construct 2
  • about / Coding in Construct 2
• collision event, Construct 2 game mechanics
  • adding / Adding a collision event
• Construct 2
  • downloading / Downloading and installing Construct 2
  • installing / Downloading and installing Construct 2
  • versioning / What do the numbers mean?
  • coding / Coding in Construct 2
  • visual programming languages / Working with visual programming languages
  • layout / Layout and event sheets
  • event sheet / Layout and event sheets
  • sprites / Sprites
  • inputs and controls / Getting started with inputs and controls
  • array, adding / Adding an array in Construct 2
  • game mechanics / Game mechanics in Construct 2
  • games, exporting / Exporting games in Construct 2

D

• 8Direction movement
  • applying, to sprite / Giving a sprite 8Direction movement
  • behavior properties, editing / Editing the properties of a behavior
  • speed power-up, creating / Creating a speed power-up
  • power-up object, inserting / Inserting the power-up object
• Dropbox account
  • setting up / Setting up a Dropbox account
  • game, uploading / Uploading and sharing a game with Dropbox
  • game, sharing / Uploading and sharing a game with Dropbox

E

• event sheet
  • about / Layout and event sheets
  • event, adding / Layout and event sheets

G

• game mechanics
  • about / Introducing game mechanics
• game mechanics, Construct 2
  • about / Game mechanics in Construct 2
  • project, setting up / Setting up a game mechanics project
  • behavior, adding to sprite / Adding a game mechanics behavior to a sprite
  • 8Direction movement, applying to sprite / Giving a sprite 8Direction movement
  • collision event, adding / Adding a collision event
  • power-up on collision, destroying / Destroying the power-up on collision
  • player sprite's speed, increasing / Increasing the player sprite's speed
  • speed boost duration, setting / Setting the duration of the speed boost
• GameObject
  • about / Coding in Construct 2
• games exporting, Construct 2
  • about / Exporting games in Construct 2
  • Dropbox account, setting up / Setting up a Dropbox account
  • to HTML5 website / Exporting to an HTML5 website
  • game, uploading to Dropbox account / Uploading and sharing a game with Dropbox
  • game, sharing on Dropbox account / Uploading and sharing a game with Dropbox
  • to Chrome Web Store / Exporting to Chrome Web Store
  • to Scirra Arcade / Exporting to Scirra Arcade
  • to Kongregate / Exporting to Kongregate
  • to PhoneGap / Exporting to PhoneGap
  • to Intel XDK / Exporting to Intel XDK
  • to CocoonJS / Exporting to CocoonJS
  • for Windows Phone 8 / Exporting for Windows Phone 8
  • to Tizen / Exporting to Tizen
  • for Amazon Appstore / Exporting for the Amazon Appstore
  • for Windows 8 / Exporting for Windows 8
  • to Open Web App / Exporting to Open Web App
  • to Node-Webkit / Exporting to Node-Webkit
• global variable, Construct 2
  • creating / Creating a global variable
  • numberOfShots / Creating a global variable
  • score / Creating a global variable
  • powerUpLevel / Creating a global variable
  • score variable, creating / Creating a score variable
• Graphic User Interface (GUI) / Layout and event sheets

H

• heads-up display (HUD) / Layout and event sheets
• HTML5 website
  • games, exporting to / Exporting to an HTML5 website
  • index / Exporting to an HTML5 website
  • template, selecting for HTML5 export / Choosing the template for your HTML5 export
  • game folder contents, accessing / Assessing the contents of the game folder

I

• inputs and controls
  • about / Getting started with inputs and controls
  • keyboard inputs / Keyboard inputs
  • sprite, controlling with keyboard / Controlling the sprite with the keyboard
  • keyboard controls, testing / Testing the keyboard controls
  • sprite movement, changing / Making the sprite move constantly
  • sprite speed, changing / Changing the sprite's speed
  • sprite behaviors, changing / Keeping the sprite onscreen
  • mouse inputs / Mouse inputs
  • touch control inputs / Touch control inputs
• integer variables
  • about / Integer variables
• Intel XDK
  • games, exporting to / Exporting to Intel XDK
  • about / Exporting to Intel XDK
• isPlaying variable / Losing the game

K

• keyboard controls
  • testing / Testing the keyboard controls
• keyboard inputs
  • about / Keyboard inputs
  • keyboard object, inserting / Inserting a new keyboard object
  • functionality, adding to keyboard object / Adding functionality to the keyboard object
  • keyboard key, setting / Setting the keyboard key
• Kongregate
  • about / Exporting to Kongregate
  • games, exporting to / Exporting to Kongregate
  • JavaScript API, downloading / Exporting to Kongregate

L

• layout
  • about / Layout and event sheets
• local variable, Construct 2
  • about / Adding a variable
  • adding to sprite / Adding a variable to a sprite
  • adding, to sprite / Adding a variable to a sprite
  • health variable, creating / Creating a health variable

M

• mouse inputs
  • about / Mouse inputs
  • mouse functionality, adding / Adding mouse functionality
  • Every tick command, setting up / Setting up the Every tick command
  • sprite, rotating to mouse location / Rotating the sprite to the mouse location
  • sprite, facing towards mouse point / Facing the sprite towards the mouse point

N

• Node-Webkit
  • about / Exporting to Node-Webkit
  • games, exporting to / Exporting to Node-Webkit
• number variables
  • about / Number variables

O

• Open Web App
  • games, exporting to / Exporting to Open Web App
  • about / Exporting to Open Web App

P

• PhoneGap
  • about / Exporting to PhoneGap
  • games, exporting to / Exporting to PhoneGap
• player sprite's speed, Construct 2 game mechanics
  • increasing / Increasing the player sprite's speed
• power-up on collision, Construct 2 game mechanics
  • destroying / Destroying the power-up on collision
• puzzle physics game project
  • creating / Starting the project
  • background layer, setting / Setting the background layer
  • cannon, adding / Adding the cannon
  • sprites, adding / Adding sprites
  • functionalities, adding / Adding functionalities
  • cannon, rotating / Rotating the cannon
  • cannonball, creating / Creating a cannonball
  • cannonball, spawning / Spawning the cannonball
  • spawning image point, creating / Creating the spawning image point
  • physics, adding / Adding physics
  • force, applying at angle / Applying force at an angle
  • cannonballs, setting to fire / Setting cannonballs to fire one at a time
  • viewpoint, setting for following cannon ball / Setting the viewpoint to follow the cannonball
  • immovable ground, creating / Making an immovable ground
  • cannon, reloading / Reloading the cannon
  • blocks, adding / Adding the blocks
  • cannonball, destroying / Destroying the cannonball on a complete stop
  • cannonball destruction, delaying / Delaying cannonball destruction
  • level, designing / Designing our level
  • block density, changing / Changing block density
  • goal balls, adding / Adding the goal balls
  • goalBall sprite, destroying / Destroying the goalBall sprite
  • particles, adding / Adding particles
  • particle settings, adjusting / Adjusting the particle settings
  • particles, adding on goalBall destruction / Adding particles when goalBall is destroyed
  • score, tracking / Tracking the score
  • text objects, adding to HUD / Adding text objects to the HUD
  • textbox, spawning / Spawning the textbox
  • spawning angle, correcting / Correcting the spawning angle
  • HUD, expanding / Expanding the HUD
  • HUD, anchoring to camera / Anchoring the HUD to the camera
  • HUD cannonball tracker, setting up / Setting up an HUD cannonball tracker
  • game, finalizing / Finalizing the game
  • game, losing / Losing the game
  • game, restarting on game over / Restarting the game on Game Over
  • game, winning / Winning the game

R

• real variables
  • about / Real variables

S

• Scirra
  • URL / Downloading and installing Construct 2
• Scirra Arcade
  • about / Exporting to Scirra Arcade
  • games, exporting to / Exporting to Scirra Arcade
  • URL / Exporting to Scirra Arcade
• shooter game project
  • creating / Starting the project
  • layout size, changing / Starting the project
  • background, creating / Starting the project
  • background layer, locking / Starting the project
  • sprite, controlling with keyboard / Controlling a sprite with the keyboard
  • event sheet, organizing / Organizing the event sheet
  • mouse controls, adding / Adding mouse controls
  • player shoot, creating / Making the player shoot
  • enemies, adding / Adding the enemy
  • enemies, destroying / Destroying the enemy
  • spawner, adding / Adding a spawner
  • spawner, resizing / Adding a spawner
• speed boost duration, Construct 2 game mechanics
  • setting / Setting the duration of the speed boost
  • player speed, restoring to normal / Restoring the player's speed to normal
• sprite, controlling with keyboard
  • about / Controlling the sprite with the keyboard
  • direction, setting up / Setting up the direction of the sprite's movement
  • keys, setting for other directions / Setting keys for other directions
• sprites
  • about / Sprites
  • working with / Sprites
• string variables
  • about / String variables

T

• Tizen
  • about / Exporting to Tizen
  • games, exporting to / Exporting to Tizen
• touch control inputs
  • touch functionality, adding / Touch control inputs
• tower defense game project
  • creating / Starting the project
  • layout size, setting / Starting the project
  • background, creating / Starting the project
  • background layer, locking / Starting the project
  • snap to grid, setting up / Starting the project
  • spawn point, creating / Creating a spawn point
  • level, laying out / Laying out the level
  • turrets, setting up / Setting up the turrets
  • enemies, adding / Adding enemies and projectiles
  • projectiles, adding / Adding enemies and projectiles
  • turret, rotating / Rotating the turret
  • turret, firing / Firing the turret
  • Pathfinding, setting / Setting up the path for the enemy
  • path, setting up for enemy / Setting up the path for the enemy
  • enemy wave, setting up / Setting up an enemy wave

V

• variables
  • about / Introducing variables
  • number variables / Number variables
  • integer variables / Integer variables
  • real variables / Real variables
  • string variables / String variables
  • Boolean variables / Boolean variables
  • declaring / Declaring variables
  • writing, in code / Writing variables in code
• variables, in Construct 2
  • about / Variables in Construct 2
  • adding / Adding a variable
  • local variables / Adding a variable
  • global variable, creating / Creating a global variable
  • local variable, adding to sprite / Adding a variable to a sprite
• variables, in JavaScript
  • about / Variables in JavaScript
  • JavaScript code, examining / Examining JavaScript code
• visual programming languages
  • working with / Working with visual programming languages

W

• Windows 8
  • games, exporting / Exporting for Windows 8
• Windows Phone 8
  • games, exporting / Exporting for Windows Phone 8