ASM Advanced Game Design

Erik Brown
Miguel Cortez, Program Assistant

Tutorial videos

Installing Construct 2


 

Zipped files and folder directories

Game images for demos will be offered as zipped files. If you haven't unzipped files, then you should view this.



 

Crash course demo

You will create an 8-directional movement game. There is a lot of footage here because I'll be going over a lot of the basics of Construct 2.

Download game assets: crash-course-img.zip

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Platformer demo

This second tutorial will show you how to create a platformer game with multiple screens.

Download game assets: simple-platformer-img.zip

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Top-down shooter

Beginner's Guide to Construct 2 — a top-down shooter tutorial.

  1. Separate motion and aiming controls
  2. Spawning enemies, with health
  3. Score is kept on a HUD layer


top-down-shooter-images.zip


Here's a video version of the same tutorial:

 

Here are my notes:
C2_top-down-shooter_demo-notes.pdf

 



 

Sprite animations

These videos will cover spritesheets, and how to import and control animations in a Construct 2 game.

Download game assets: sprite-sheet-demo.zip

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Eventually, your Event Sheet will look something like this:

 

Walking simulator

This will show you how to do a few things:

  • Change your window size between layouts
  • Make invisible objects
  • Trigger a dialogue box
  • Create a locked door that needs a key
  • Add sounds


Download game assets: walking-simulator-img.zip

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