ASM Game Design

Erik Brown, erik.brown@asmprograms.org

Meeting 9

 

MC: Marko

Next Tuesday: Allen

 


LVL2

 

Progress Presentation, Thurs. 4/3

You will be presenting your game design progress. This is the Thursday after Spring Break.

 

 

LVL1

 

Showcase!

Let's view your accomplishments: Twine story-games, new graphics

 


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.