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I’ve never used Stencyl but have read a little about it. The company Scirra have produced two pieces of software. Construct (For .exe files) and Construct 2 (For online HTML5 files). I’m not 100% sure on the difference between Stencyl and C2, although I think C2 was deliberately developed with HTML5 in mind and its growing popularity.

At the moment C2 is still being developed (At least one new update a week). Although my knowledge on Stencyl is limited I believe C2 may be more sophisticated in what it does, allowing for a greater range of projects. And a very shallow learning curve. But I have never used Stencyl.

What do you find best about Stencyl?

We can use blocks like Scratch and Construct, and you can also write pure AS3 code, though you have to utilize heavily on flixel, box2D, and the Stencyl API. It can get messy with events, but it’s not too bad.

It’s designed with Flash targeting in mind, and paid iOS and exe exporter. I’d recommend that you try it.

If you purchase the standard licence from scirra.com you can use Construct 2 to make HTML5 games. Once made, you need to host your game (I use my own website). Kongregate will then allow you to embed your game via an Iframe into their site. Whereby you are able then to recieve ad revenue. Construct 2 has a ‘Kongregate format’ exporter, and a ‘Kongregate’ Object. Which enable to you use the API to record high scores. However at the moment you are unable to use the kred’s buying facility for ingame game element purchases unless you do some extra coding.

You can easilly find a web host quite cheaply these days. I host with patrickinternet.com for £25/year (with free .co.uk included). If its only to run html5/Construct2 games. You would only need to upload the C2 exported files. Then link to the index.html file.

Alternatively, some places may allow you to host fo free. Although this may be a problem for the iframe created by Kong.

No need to thank me. It was sensible advice you gave. As is the advice about the negative score. Which I plan to take on board when I update the game. I like your other suggestions also, they match up well with what I was planning on doing. I’ll be re-programming the main shooting gallery and hopefully adding a small story line (involving a sinister squirrel stealing fruit). Thank you for giving advice, I feel all feedback is important.