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lilpoison95

Jul. 28, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) when i test my game, it only show the top part of the scene, can you tell me how to fix this?

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Developer response from Abigayl

You probably want to go into the scene palette and use the code to tell the camera to always follow the player.

wantedluffy

Jul. 27, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Thank you for making these tutorials! I just discovered Stencyl and this is definitely a quick and painless way to learn the basics!

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Developer response from Abigayl

You're welcome :)

lilpoison95

Jul. 24, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) what is the program you used to make the square tile?

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Developer response from Abigayl

Paint.NET, same as the player (there's a link for it on slide 5, hold Ctrl + click on the blue text). It's a great free tool if you use Windows. If you run a Mac, GIMP is decent too.

francisco9622

Jul. 23, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Thaaaankuuuu for your tutorials they are fantastic and Very helpfull:)

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Developer response from Abigayl

You're welcome :)

bobby_6478

Jul. 01, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) And to add on to my earlier post, I jump tremendously when when wall jumping, but horribly when jumping from the ground,

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Developer response from Abigayl

Check to make sure that you have the force as "sharply" not "gently". With this post especially, it sounds like wall jumping is set to "sharply" and the ground is done "gently". With a gentle force, you need the amount to be a lot higher to get the same effect. EDIT: You might also want to take a look at Tutorial 2 since I basically throw out this jumping system for a better one.

bobby_6478

Jul. 01, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) I have a problem. When I jump in my game, my character doesn't go up very far, it goes fast with 30, however it fails to rise above 2mm, so my character cannot clear obstacles. Please help me

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Developer response from Abigayl

Check to make sure that you have the force as "sharply" not "gently". What do you mean by going fast with 30?

ToastBook

Jun. 26, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Correction: Right and DOWN are positive, and left and UP are negative.

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Developer response from Abigayl

Thanks. Updated.

polarchuck999

Jun. 26, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Can you do a tutorial on animations?

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Developer response from Abigayl

There will be one soon. I'm working up to that point.

kronese

Jun. 24, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) i maybe doing it wrong but on the attribute slides the, add event tab is not there so i am unable to continue past slide 40, so is there anyway for me to open that tab?

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Developer response from Abigayl

I'd suggest restarting Stencyl. I can't reproduce your issue myself, so I can't figure it out. If you want, send me a screenshot and I'll try to help from there.

Abigayl

Jun. 23, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Just as a heads up: The scrollbar menu no longer keeps a change if the mouse leaves the focus. Hope it helps :) (learned how to do it when doing tutorial 2)

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Developer response from Abigayl

Also just updated to mention that collision groups are now in the "Settings" button in 2.2.

Atlanta5

Jun. 22, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Wow! I learned a lot! Thanks for this. I can't wait to see part 2. You should feel proud :D.

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Developer response from Abigayl

Part 2 is hopefully coming out today :). I'm just finishing up the final touches, trying to make it even more user-friendly than this one. EDIT: It IS out today :)

Mario8877

Jun. 15, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) This has really helped me, and I can't wait to use the program now that I know what I 'm doing. :D

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Developer response from Abigayl

Glad to be of help :)

isk8bits

Jun. 14, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) I'm not sure if you're looking for tips on what to include in this tutorial but I would like to see how to set up some coding to switch between multiple characters I tried using Boolean game attributes to set up the character switching but I don't think that was the right approach.

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Developer response from Abigayl

You do know about my livestream, right? (livestream.com/poweredbyflowers) It's the best way to reach me with questions. One piece of advice I can offer is to make number attributes instead of booleans unless you know for sure there's only going to be two options (i.e. a mute button). With numbers, you can let 0 be false, 1 be true, but it allows you to expand to more options if desired. For a character selection menu then, use a number game attribute, and set it based on what character the user picks. Then, in the game, create the player based on what number was picked.

isk8bits

Jun. 13, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) for some reason my actor likes to float 3 or 4 pixels above the tile he stands on any ideas why that would happen? and I agree with the comment I saw on one of your other tutorials you really should make a tutorial on how to rate 5/5

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Developer response from Abigayl

Check your image/collision detection. Chances are one of those will have 3 or 4 pixel lines of blank space on the bottom that Stencyl is picking up on. Thanks for the support... I'm almost tempted to make that tutorial just for fun :D

DarkAura

Jun. 10, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) oh wait never mind. Same problem as nhoojn lol

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Developer response from Abigayl

Aye, there's a lot of quick mistakes possible in programming. It's very similar to math in that missing one small detail can screw up all of your calculations. I'm glad you figured it out :).

DarkAura

Jun. 10, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Could someone help me? When I press right, he doesn't move and disappears when I press left. He does reappear when I press right. So fat, I can only make him jump/double jump :(

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Developer response from Abigayl

(BTW, if you ever run into issues again, can reach me via livestream (livestream.com/poweredbyflowers). If I am on, I'm on there. If I'm not on, there's often some other Stencyl programmer who might be able to help.)

Devillocks

Jun. 09, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Excellent set of tutorials, and it's great to see someone sharing their knowledge with the community! One question, if the actor jumps normally while holding left or right, he glides for a bit and gravity pulls him down. However, if you repeatedly hit up to wall jump to where his head touches the upper edge of the screen and then hold left, he seems to glide for almost twice as long before descending, is this due to some button pressing lag?

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Developer response from Abigayl

I just played around for a bit, but didn't get any gliding. He does travel in a parabolic motion though. When tapping up a lot, you increase the initial velocity, making him travel higher, which also then allows for further sideways distance. Is that what you meant? [BTW, jumping will be improved a lot in Tutorial 2... once I can make it]

1337al

Jun. 06, 2012

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Developer response from Abigayl

How would you move in the game demo then? BTW, you can use the menu bar at the bottom to change slides as well :)

1337al

Jun. 04, 2012

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Developer response from Abigayl

Couldn't what be used to navigate?

nhoojn

Jun. 04, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Oh sorry. I have messed at the "set x speed" , I just put "set x". lol

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Developer response from Abigayl

Learning how to program best generally comes from making mistakes and fixing them. I know I've made tons of them myself :). Glad you fixed it :)

nhoojn

Jun. 04, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) How to fix this? When I hold the left or right key, he just go a bit and stop moving, when I release the key, he come back to the starting x point.

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hayt777

Jun. 02, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) This is a fantastic set of tuts, and i'm hoping there will be plenty more for stencyl 2.0. thanks Abigayl!

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Developer response from Abigayl

There will be. I will be starting up part 2 shortly.

Abigayl

Jun. 01, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) I can't tell whether or not people like Joker's comment because of the "helping others" part or for asking for BGM. If you want BGM and don't mind the longer loading time (would increase the file size another about 20%), please rate this comment up so I know for sure. If you prefer to keep the loading time shorter, not caring about BGM, vote down. Thank you for your input!

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Marceyo

Jun. 01, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Hello Abigayl o/ I need a tutorial to how make a cutscene Urgency and rapidly! Thanks.

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Developer response from Abigayl

To make a basic cutscene is making characters that do their own thing (AI). To import a cutscene... well the Stencyl forums have some help there, just search the topic to find a whole list of posts on it.

LiuKangfatality

May. 31, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Would Be Awesome If You Did How To Do Door Transition.

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Developer response from Abigayl

Huh?

darkman102

May. 31, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) when i watch YouTube tutorial they cant help me and its hard to understand them but when i see your tutorial i find it easy thanks allot.

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Developer response from Abigayl

Glad to help :)

evev3

May. 30, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Epic tutorial *-*

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Developer response from Abigayl

Thanks I think ;)

2b3o4o

May. 29, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Once again, you've produced a masterful tutorial! I ended up changing the collision for the doorway so it looked a little nicer. Can't wait for part two!

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Developer response from Abigayl

Thanks. Just out of curiosity, what did you change about it? I might change it too if it looks better...

wfaulk

May. 29, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) I would just like to observe that this tutorial, which is, other than the last panel, a static slideshow, consumes 90% of the CPU on my Mac. In comparison, a YouTube video consumes about 60%.

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Developer response from Abigayl

Really? That's the first I've ever heard of that issue. I am testing it myself and while the memory does seem higher than other Kongregate items, it's not by a big difference and taking 0% CPU... Can you check to make sure it wasn't something else or give me a full bug report?

buckstalker2007

May. 29, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) OH OH OH you should use the theme music from Kingdom Hearts for your Background music ^_^

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Developer response from Abigayl

Which one? Sanctuary or Simple & Clean? Both are favorites of mine! ... And both are copyrighted of course :P

GM_Google

May. 29, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) This Is Interesting :D!

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Developer response from Abigayl

Try making a game with it then ;). BTW, interesting name yourself ;).

Benlaccro

May. 29, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Cool simple, un bon petit passe temps de créer des minis jeux ;) Bonne continuation, bye.

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Developer response from Abigayl

merci :)

fran159874

May. 28, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) this is great!!

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Developer response from Abigayl

:)

bmxfan

May. 27, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) just wondering, why put a tutorial on a game site?

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Developer response from Abigayl

There's an entire category on here for tutorials. In fact, what first inspired me to make them was Kongregate's own "Shootorials".

osterzone

May. 27, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) This is the first time I've seen every comment(so far) have a reply from the developer.

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Developer response from Abigayl

Take a look at my other tutorials/games then ;). Besides trolls and multi-posts, I answer nearly 100% of all comments. If you take the time to write a comment, then IMO, it deserves the time to read and reply :)

222jane

May. 26, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Thanks for making this, it has helped me a lot on Stencyl.

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Developer response from Abigayl

I'm glad to help :)

Youngril

May. 26, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) 38 cents off of Stencyl 2.0. Yes. Thank you for the tutorial on how to make free money. :P

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Developer response from Abigayl

um, your welcome ;). I hope you expanded on the ideas here.

Thorene

May. 26, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) I tried to do the same thing as you did. But it doesn't work the same for me and I don't know why

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Developer response from Abigayl

There will be some differences between the demo and your game (specifically going out of bounds). If it something other than that, please feel free to come to the livestream (livestream.com/poweredbyflowers) and ask directly what is going on and/or upload the game to Forge and let me see it for myself.

impof11

May. 26, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) thanks abi, youre very cool.

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Developer response from Abigayl

Thanks ;)

impof11

May. 26, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) i dont know how to go back XP (oops?) im sorry if im a bother of a species, I kinda dont know how to and missed a step which said how to... go back.... im sorry but everytime i click on instructions theres a bug which makes a gray box appear in the way, its similliar to where you spam chat so much in 1 message you break chat for a long time until it settles down again and ive been the victim of that alot due to spammers, but i dont know how to go back and literally have no instructions due to the adevrtisement box graying out everything so please help? im sorry if i bug you i really am!

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Developer response from Abigayl

You can hold shift & click/space/enter or use the menu tab/scrollbar along the bottom :)

zxcooden

May. 26, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) you can't get to the door you must click "+" to any one

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Developer response from Abigayl

You have to tap up repeatedly against the side.

eightbitben

May. 26, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) I love that you do this. Its encouraging to have a direction to point new users that have questions. I am so bad at giving stencyl advice, unless I have a visual reference to give (despite being quite familiar, and a member of the early pre-flash beta),

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Developer response from Abigayl

Thanks :)

nikoi

May. 25, 2012

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Developer response from Abigayl

It's not a game. It's a tutorial, and clearly labeled as such.

solarcloud7

May. 25, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) wow very nice abigayl! I'm very impressed with this and i'm going to download the free version and check it out! Thanks for the info!

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Developer response from Abigayl

Best of luck to you :). If you need help, you can always come to the livestream I run: livestream.com/poweredbyflowers

lomonx

May. 25, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) GUYS THE GAME IS HERE JUST KEEP CLICKING THE SCREEN TILL YOU GET TO 64/64 IT IS AMAZING! 5/5

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Developer response from Abigayl

Yep, every tutorial I make has a demo of the game at the end. I think it really helps for those following the tutorial to see what their game should have made (although I do have to adjust it slightly to make it work inside the tutorial). Thanks for the 5!

JokerJ061398

May. 25, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) I think it's great when members of Kongregate spend time and effort to help others, which you did very well with this tutorial. Nice detail, by the way. It just needs some BGM! ;) 5/5

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Developer response from Abigayl

Thanks for the 5! :) I would do some BG music, but I don't know what music is appropriate for a tutorial, and I figured not many would want it for a tutorial. If there is indeed an interest, will put it in.

solarcloud7

May. 25, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) Its too bad the software costs $99 for windows and $149 for iOS software. I like the fact that you can program Objective-C for iOS without owning a mac. That alone makes this software worth it. Only problem is 149 is quite a commitment.

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Developer response from Abigayl

Solar, Stencyl is FREE to use. The only thing is that Stencyl requires a mention on the preloader (either their splash screen or a little icon). The ENTIRE program can be used without any purchase. The only thing that the $99 does is allow you to get rid of the Stencyl labeling (and the $149 for the same thing for iOS games). All 13 of my programs before this one were made with the free version, netting $100 for charity!

zappy212

May. 25, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) What? Multiplied by a few 0's???!?!? Anything multiplied by 0 is 0! You're trying to steal my 18 cents!!!

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Developer response from Abigayl

I forgot to say "one and" :P

scnoobi

May. 25, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) aint a game it is a tutorial for new people(newbies:P)

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Developer response from Abigayl

That's why it says tutorial everywhere (and is listed as a tutorial) :P. I just wish it wouldn't go in the games sections so that people didn't confused thinking it's going to be a game...

leasierra

May. 25, 2012

Under rating threshold (show) 5/5 Thanks for the effort. New in Stencyl thanks to you!

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Developer response from Abigayl

I'm glad I could help :). Thanks for the 5!

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