Comments for Stencyl Tutorial: First Game

I just calculated it out. Assuming you somehow pressed the "attach" button once every second, it would take over 158 years to hit it that many times. Have you tried my second tutorial? It goes over more advanced spawning methods (link is in the Updates section).

What it actually wants is proper grammar so I can understand what your problem is :P. You can use specific velocities instead of random ones if you want.

Did you remember to attach to scene? (See Max's comment before you :P).

You can make the enemies any size you want. It's your game (assuming that you are following along making your own game).

Common mistake ;). I now program primarily with events so I don't have to worry about that.

You would attach it to the scene you made earlier (if you didn't, make a scene and attach it to that one). In this tutorial, there is only one scene, so that is the one you attach it to.

I used Paint.NET, an excellent free program if you are using Windows (if on a Mac, I think Gimp also works well).

The original file was long lost. That said, I have kept it up-to-date in the Updates section... which has unfortunately been hidden since Kongregate updated their system :(. You can still read all of the changes there though (and find the links to my other tutorials, including for my 2.0-2.2 set).

I do have a tutorial on animations as part of my second tutorial set: http://www.kongregate.com/games/Abigayl/stencyl-2-0-tutorial-4-animations

Start to appear? Do you have an infinite loop going on (i.e. do every 0 seconds or a "while" loop where you didn't increment the index)?

You have to click on the actor palette option and then the motion sub-tab in the palette. Does that make sense (btw, it will likely look different than in the tutorial. Check the "news" section to see any differences.).

I believe that's covered in part 2 (might be part 3 though). You can find links for the rest of the tutorials (as well as notes as to what are the differences between what is shown and the current version of Stencyl) in the "News" section.

In the "News" section (which is unfortunately now hidden instead of easy to find), you can find all of my updates. One section covers the differences between this series and the latest Stencyl versions. The others are links to more tutorials, including a second set based on the current version, which directly covers how to make a platformer.

What do you mean "For Moving"?

Nothing should actually crash, so that is surprising. It is indeed based off of Stencyl 1.2 (and Stencyl is about to reach 3.0). That said, check the "Changes to Current Version" in the notes area... unfortunately with the reworking of the website (which I do not like), that is now hidden. It does go over the major changes though. Also, you can always check out the SECOND tutorial set, based off of the current version of Stencyl (again the links are in the now-hidden news section).

I get mixed reactions to the suggestion of music. In the end, music greatly increases the size of the game unless one loses quality (at least I don't know how to do it), so for the sake of size (and hence loading time), I keep music out.

Don't forget about the remaining 11 tutorials just waiting for you to check them out ;)

That's in Tutorial 2. At the bottom of the page is the "Developer Center" where you can click on "upload your game".

It was a very interesting tutorial to make because of that ;)

There are 12 in total for you learn from. :)

You're welcome :).

www.stencyl.com

Paint.NET (free program at getpaint.net that I highly recommend if you are using Windows (needs the .NET framework to work)).

Ilolamai (on DeviantArt). He's an amazing artist! :)

The Settings is a button at the top of Stencyl (it looks like a light switch).

You're welcome :)

Something inside of Stencyl likely became corrupted. If you haven't done much in Stencyl yet, try doing a complete uninstall, re-download Stencyl, and re-install it. If you have files that you wish to save (or if that does not fix the issue), then I would suggest going to the Stencyl forums and posting in "Ask A Question", adding in the zip file and anything else you can find. I am not good personally with issues involving Stencyl itself.

Thanks :)

Thanks :). Be sure to read the the news section for the updates to the current version.

Add Event -> "When Updating". Don't ask me why they don't just call it "always"...

In 2.x, Stencyl got rid of the old collision codes. Now you need to add event -> Collisions. Generally you will want "with actor of type". (BTW, be sure to check my "Notes" section between this comment section and the tutorial for a list of the major changes to 2.x).

It's Paint.NET, a MUCH better (still free) version of "Paint" (but only for Windows). It's comparable to GIMP.

Never ask a lady how much they weigh...

Aye, now need to use "add event"... and I don't know why they call it both "when updating" and "always" instead of just "always" all the time...

Aye, tis in the Settings at the top (see the notes on differences to current version for other changes too).

I've heard Stencyl compared a lot to Scratch since they both sound like they have similar building-block-style programming. I have never tried it myself, but from what I have heard, it trades off power for simplicity.

Thank you :)

Having java installed does help ;). I'm surprised that the tutorial ran without it...

Are you sure you attached the actor behavior to the enemies?

Glad to help :)

Don't worry about that. Sometimes, a behavior will have attributes that you can configure directly from the actor itself; none of my behaviors take advantage of that.

It's Paint.NET, which you can download for free from getpaint.net

You're welcome :)