Meeting 9

LVL2

 

Work session

You will have a progress presentation on Friday

 

LVL1

 

Twine storygame viewings

It's ok if yours isn't done yet — we can look at it later. But after these viewings, we'll start learning the Construct 3 game engine.

 

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Construct 3

An example:
Hugo Merchan, Castle of Squirrels

Scirra website

 

Getting access to Construct 3:

1. Go to editor.construct.net
2. Click Free Edition (top right corner)
3. Select Enter Access Code

 

Layout: design view for adding/positioning objects

Objects: programmatic "things" that can be manipulated by code

Objects in Construct 3:

• the game itself (system object)
• programmatic capabilities (such as mouse access, keyboard access, etc.)
• background (tiles)
• images (sprites)

Behaviors: capabilities added to objects

 

Crash course demo

Download game assets: crash-course-img.zip

This demo is also available on video on the Construct video tutorials page.