Create your first video game from scratch without coding

Create your first video game from scratch without coding, available at Free, has an average rating of 4.4, with 54 lectures, 3 quizzes, based on 365 reviews, and has 13283 subscribers.

You will learn about Create your own video games for web, desktop and mobile devices You will learn all the skills required to design, create and sell your video games This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginners who want to create their own video games or Experienced game-developers and designers who want to learn how to create rapid prototypes and complete games or Teachers who need to quickly learn the relevant skills required to teach their students It is particularly useful for Beginners who want to create their own video games or Experienced game-developers and designers who want to learn how to create rapid prototypes and complete games or Teachers who need to quickly learn the relevant skills required to teach their students.

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Summary

Title: Create your first video game from scratch without coding

Price: Free

Average Rating: 4.4

Number of Lectures: 54

Number of Quizzes: 3

Number of Published Lectures: 54

Number of Published Quizzes: 3

Number of Curriculum Items: 57

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 57

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Create your own video games for web, desktop and mobile devices
You will learn all the skills required to design, create and sell your video games

Who Should Attend

Beginners who want to create their own video games
Experienced game-developers and designers who want to learn how to create rapid prototypes and complete games
Teachers who need to quickly learn the relevant skills required to teach their students

Target Audiences

Beginners who want to create their own video games
Experienced game-developers and designers who want to learn how to create rapid prototypes and complete games
Teachers who need to quickly learn the relevant skills required to teach their students

Update November 2020: Please note that this course is no-longer being updated, and some of the features in Stencyl have changed since the course was last updated. New students have advised that this course is still useful to them, because many of the concepts and features presented are still valid. For this reason, I am leaving the course open, so everyone can enjoy the content indefinitely. I am unable to answer your questions directly, but please do make use of the student features to assist each other, and also join the official Stencyl forums… there are many people there who will be willing to assist you.

Learn game development with a qualified ICT Teacher, experienced IT Trainer and author of Learning Stencyl 3.x Game Development: Beginner’s Guide (Packt Publishing, May 2013).

This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to create video games for fun or profit. No knowledge of game development or computer programming is required to start this course.

No artistic skills are required – you’ll learn where to legally obtain free, top-quality graphics and music to use in your games.

During the course, you will learn how to use free game development tools for Windows, Linux or Mac OS X, to create video games – starting with a blank screen, and working through to a completed product that can be sold or shared on Flash game portals. You can sell your games or implement advertising to earn money every time someone plays your game!

Your first video game will have:

Visual effects (explosions!)
Animation
Sound effects
Introduction screen
Game-over screen
Scoring

You will be creating Flash games during the course because it’s incredibly fast to build and test the games, but the skills you will learn can be used to develop games for iPhone and iPad (you’ll need a Mac to test or publish to Apple mobile devices), so you will be able to sell your games on the Apple iTunes Store.

When you have completed your first video game, you will then learn how to build the framework for a platform game with an animated player, accurate collision-detection and a horizontal scrolling screen.

Course Requirements

All the tools required to complete this course are completely free-of-charge – if you have a Windows or Linux PC, or an Apple Mac, you’re ready to start this course right now!

If you can turn on a computer and use a mouse, then you have all the skills you need to begin creating your first video game.

All video training materials have been recorded in High-Definition using professional-quality audio equipment for an enjoyable learning experience. (Be sure to select HD in the video player!)

Your instructor

Innes Borkwood, is a qualified IT teacher, experienced trainer, and published author of the game development book Learning Stencyl 3.x Game Development: Beginner’s Guide (Packt Publishing, May 2013), who has taught many students, young and old, to create their own video games for fun or profit.

Join Innes now, and start creating your first video game today.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: An introduction to the course

Lecture 2: Installing the free development tools

Lecture 3: A demonstration of the game we're creating

Chapter 2: Create a game and add a player with controls

Lecture 1: Create the main scene and add a player

Lecture 2: Controlling the player and adding animation

Lecture 3: Prevent the player leaving the screen

Chapter 3: Creating obstacles and enemies

Lecture 1: Creating an obstacle to avoid

Lecture 2: Making obstacles move on their own

Lecture 3: Making the obstacles spin

Lecture 4: Solution – position asteroids at a random location

Lecture 5: Understanding collision sensors

Lecture 6: Quickly creating additional enemy types

Lecture 7: Temporarily disabling enemies during development

Chapter 4: Create objects on-the-fly

Lecture 1: Creating a laser for the player to fire

Lecture 2: Controlling the movement of lasers

Chapter 5: Understanding keyboard controls

Lecture 1: Understanding keyboard controls

Chapter 6: Implementing collision detection

Lecture 1: Managing collisions between lasers and enemies

Lecture 2: Solution – Collisions between player and enemies

Lecture 3: Modifying collision shapes for accurate detection

Lecture 4: Challenge – Create accurate collision shapes for the player

Lecture 5: Solution – suggested collision shapes for player

Lecture 6: Setting the player's collision shapes as sensors

Lecture 7: Understanding debug drawing

Lecture 8: Creating custom damage (HP) points for the enemy

Chapter 7: Using a custom triggered event

Lecture 1: Applying damage using a custom events (triggers)

Chapter 8: Understanding the Debug Console

Lecture 1: Displaying debug messages

Chapter 9: Visual special effects

Lecture 1: Making an obstacle fade away when destroyed

Chapter 10: Progress review

Lecture 1: A review of our achievements

Chapter 11: Background scrolling

Lecture 1: Creating a scrolling background

Chapter 12: Using Game Attributes

Lecture 1: Losing a life when hit by an asteroid

Chapter 13: Switching animations

Lecture 1: Display damage on the player's ship

Chapter 14: Bug fixing ideas

Lecture 1: Hints and tips for fixing bugs

Chapter 15: Displaying information using custom fonts

Lecture 1: Displaying the player's lives on-screen

Lecture 2: Importing and using custom fonts

Lecture 3: Displaying the scoring information

Lecture 4: Adding to the score when a laser hits an enemy

Chapter 16: Impressive visual special effects

Lecture 1: Displaying an explosion when an asteroid is destroyed

Chapter 17: Introductory and Game Over screens

Lecture 1: Creating a 'Game Over' routine

Lecture 2: Adding an 'Introduction' screen to the game

Chapter 18: Implementing sounds

Lecture 1: Importing sound effects

Lecture 2: Creating a sound management routine

Lecture 3: Implementing the final sound effects

Lecture 4: Playing a soundtrack

Lecture 5: Implementing a 'mute' feature

Chapter 19: Adding a 'pause' feature

Lecture 1: Pause the game on a key-press

Chapter 20: Ideas for improvements to the game

Lecture 1: Challenges for improving the game

Chapter 21: Creating a platform framework

Lecture 1: Import a tileset and create the platforms

Lecture 2: Import a player and set the animations and keyboard controls

Lecture 3: Editing tileset collision shapes for accurate platforms

Lecture 4: Add camera movement to scroll the screen

Chapter 22: Game Development Resources

Lecture 1: Free game development tools and resources

Chapter 23: Working with Waypoints (paths_

Lecture 1: Using the Waypoint behavior on Stencylforge

Lecture 2: Advanced use of the Waypoint Follower behavior

Lecture 3: A detailed walk-through of the code in the Waypoint Follower behavior

Instructors

Innes Borkwood
IT Trainer, Author

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 6 votes
2 stars: 14 votes
3 stars: 32 votes
4 stars: 109 votes
5 stars: 204 votes

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