May 20, 2012
Posted on May 20, 2012 in Hints and Tips | 10 comments
Interested in game design? This weekend, we feature a set of four interactive lectures: games that are about game design, by Pixelate.
Play the Games
Bub and Bob, two little 8-bit guys, will talk you through the basic concepts of video games. The games themselves are more like interactive tutorials, with smaller games interspersed throughout to help make certain points, and great bit tunes throughout.
Episode 1
Click to play.
The first episode deals with rules, interactivity, representation, and simulation in games.
Episode 2
Click to play.
The second episode is about motivating the player to stay in the game, and making sure they have fun.
Episode 3
Click to play.
The third episode looks at one of my favourite topics: learning in video games.
Episode 4
Click to play.
Finally, the fourth episode is about identification.
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May 20, 2012
Posted on May 20, 2012 in Hints and Tips | 10 comments
Interested in game design? This weekend, we feature a set of four interactive lectures: games that are about game design, by Pixelate.
Play the Games
Bub and Bob, two little 8-bit guys, will talk you through the basic concepts of video games. The games themselves are more like interactive tutorials, with smaller games interspersed throughout to help make certain points, and great bit tunes throughout.
Episode 1
Click to play.
The first episode deals with rules, interactivity, representation, and simulation in games.
Episode 2
Click to play.
The second episode is about motivating the player to stay in the game, and making sure they have fun.
Episode 3
Click to play.
The third episode looks at one of my favourite topics: learning in video games.
Episode 4
Click to play.
Finally, the fourth episode is about identification.
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May 17, 2012
Posted on May 17, 2012 in Hints and Tips | 10 comments
It can be tricky to sit down and practise new coding techniques, so here’s a fun exercise to encourage you to play with collision detection and reaction, as covered by Kah Shiu.
The Challenge
This breakout game is broken!
Oh sure, some of the basics are there; the paddle can be controlled by the left and right arrow keys, the ball moves, and all the objects are drawn to the stage correctly. But there’s barely any collision detection or reaction: the paddle can move off the sides of the screen, the ball doesn’t bounce off it, and the bricks might as well not be there at all.
All the code is available in this ZIP file. (It’s in FlashDevelop format, but it’ll be easy to use it in Flash Pro, FDT, Flash Builder, or whatever your IDE of choice is.)
Once you’ve familiarised yourself with it, use what Kah Shiu has taught in his Collision Detection and Reaction Session to fix the problems with the game.
You can make this as simple or as complicated as you like, depending on how comfortable you are with the concepts. For instance, you could add triangular bricks, or have multiple balls bouncing around at once.
Of course, you’re not restricted to my code or graphics; feel free to change anything you like!
If you come up with something neat, please send it in using this form or link to it in a comment below. I look forward to checking out what you come up with.
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May 9, 2012
Posted on May 9, 2012 in Hints and Tips | 10 comments
In this Premium tutorial, you’ll learn to use a physics engine to power a Bloons-style Flash game, in which a squirrel throws acorns at a grid of balloons to try to pop as many as possible.
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Let’s take a look at the result we will be working towards:
One of the most popular Flash games ever is Bloons, in which you play a monkey throwing darts to pop balloons. It’s spawned numerous sequels, even branching out into other genres like tower defense. This tutorial will show you how to create your own balloon popping game, using the QuickBox2D engine.
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If you’re not yet a Premium member, you can still read the first few steps for free.
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Apr 15, 2012
Posted on Apr 15, 2012 in Hints and Tips | 10 comments
In this Premium Flash tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a simple wordsearch with a neat “highlighter” interface, which is easy to modify with your own words and layout. It’s a neat diversion you could add to any website, or something you could extend to make into a full game.
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Let’s take a look at the result we will be working towards:
In this tutorial we’ll use a series of ActionScript classes to create a classic Alphabet Soup wordsearch game. The objective of the game is to highlight letters to form a word. You will be able to create your own alphabet soup and include your own words.
Read the Full Tutorial
Premium members can access the full tutorial right away!
If you’re not yet a Premium member, you can still read the first few steps for free.
Tuts+ Premium Membership
We run a Premium membership system which periodically gives members access to extra tutorials, like this one, from across the whole Tuts+ network. If you’re a Premium member, you can log in and read the tutorial. If you’re not a member, you can of course join today!
Also, don’t forget to follow @envatoactive on twitter, circle us on Google+, like us on Facebook, and grab the Activetuts+ RSS Feed to stay up to date with the latest tutorials and articles.
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