Comments for Stencyl Tutorial 5: Music, Powerups, & More

Please be sure to read the News Posts for the changes to the current Stencyl version. I will do my best to keep it updated for all of you :).

Thanks, glad to help :)

Thanks :). BTW, for anyone who just wants the demo-game, you can press 2 to skip right to it. Good luck surviving for more than 30 seconds ;)

Umm... thank you... I think... :P EDIT: Wow... I have a lot of marriage proposals :D

O.O... Nice going! I have played for hours and the best I could do was 30 seconds... congrats on beating the system :D

Congrats ;)

I just released a 6th mini tutorial on tweens. I will be writing up a list of upcoming tutorials likely tomorrow (the list not the tutorials :P)

Glad it was helpful Tonecas. Thanks for the 5 :). Don't worry, I'm a girl ;)

lol, the funniest thing is that I never thought of that... but yeah, it's the reverse of my other games :D

Ah, didn't realize that.

Be careful with your collision groups. You likely have the player set to die when it collides with any "actor", so if you have the power-up set to be an "actor", it will kill the player. A workaround is to make a new collision group for the power-up that will collide with the player so that you can avoid that issue entirely (similarly to how we handled bullets in 4).

I actually use PNGs myself, but yes GIF works. Actually, even JPEGs work if you use the "set transparent color" in Stencyl (not a recommended route, but it works). Good idea to mention it in the next tutorial though (which should be starting up soon now... Mr. Goldfish: Reboot! is nearing completion).

The getter is in the loop itself. Just drag the pinky-red part into the code instead :).

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it ;) BTW, if like avoider games, you can add your name to my shoutbox to be notified of future games if desired ;)

Um, thanks. ;)

Aye, it has a lot of good options :)

I would have to see the game itself to make sure, but are you sure that you are just disabling gravity and not all physics? Also, check your actor groups to make sure the powerup's group collides with the player.

Thanks. :)

What's the issue? Is the music not coming up on Kongregate but is playing when you do it from Stencyl? If that is the issue, there is likely some coding that is getting mixed up by being online. Try to test the game on Stencyl.com and see if it works from there. I do not know what the exact problem would be though.

Thanks.

That works ;). I hope you enjoyed the demo :).

If you could send me a screenshot of the coding you used, I can try to figure out the issue. Or, you could upload the game to Forge (make it public) and tell me the name and let me deal with the issue personally. Or, you could come to the livestream (livestream.com/poweredbyflowers), and if I am on, will try to help one-on-one :)

I'm glad that they have helped you out so much :). It does seem like people like the messaging tutorial the best. If you ever need extra help, let me know :)

I'm glad that they were so helpful :). You can expect to see more of them when StencylWorks 2.0 comes out.

:P

Aye, at this point, the idea is to have enough of a grasp of Stencyl to go forward on your own in creating games. Of course, if you need help, can always ask :). Good luck to you! I look forward to seeing the "D" by your name.

Thanks. I like Stencyl for exactly the reason you said: while it's not as powerful as straight flash programming, it is much simpler, but it still produces something good :)

Glad to be of help :)

Thanks. :)

Thanks :D. I was shocked when I saw it there (but very happy) :)

Glad to make ya happy :). If you want, add yourself to my list on my profile to get notified when I make a new game/tutorial ;)

Thanks DKC. Don't worry about the stream; it's there for people to join when they want to/can join in :). Hope things are going well with you.

Glad you enjoyed the music :). It can take some time to get used to. If you want a fuller version, try out either Last Square Standing or The Lonely Square.

Thanks for the link Llama

Aye, there are several issues with pausing Stencyl games. There are some workarounds, but they all add some complexity.

Glad to help :)

Try adding in "if not scene is transitioning" into the collision coding and placing the code you have into that. That way, it will only try to do the coding once instead of many time as the scene fades out (you can see what I mean in the second tutorial set, such as about 2/3 through Set 2, Tutorial 3).

Yeah, that's on every Stencyl game (one way you can tell if a game is made with Stencyl or not). I actually use it to my advantage in The Lonely Square to make an easter egg ;).

I guess I should have added "if not <scene is paused>"... unfortunately I lost the core files in a computer crash so I can't fix those issues :(.

Bob, that is not a bug actually... each corner is a spawn location... after 6 second (600 points), the bottom-right becomes active ;)

Ah, didn't realize that would be a behavior-less method... will have to look into it more.

Or have bullets/enemies die upon collision too ;). The idea doesn't seem much different than using the thin actors to wall the edges. Still, it's nice to have alternatives. Thanks :)

Thanks Hollister :D. I am actually still learning myself... only recently started work on my first "platformer" (which ended up not really a platformer :P).

When StencylWorks 2 comes out, I plan on making a second set of tutorials showing how to make a platformer too ;)

You're welcome :)

I'm sorry, I don't understand the issue... can you please rephrase or send a screenshot?