Meeting 6

LVL2

 

Work session

First, have a LVL2 meeting and check in with everyone?
How is each person feeling about the plan from last week?
Is everyone clear on that plan?
Is the plan flexible enough for everyone?

Let's see a Progress Presentation on Friday, July 7.

 

LVL1

 

Your game designer websites
if you haven't done this already

Send me the following:

1. Designer name (it can be your real name, a gamer name, or an invented name)
2. Slogan/tagline
3. A graphic
4. A background color
5. A text color

* Use hex# codes for color.
** You can send me a background image instead of a color, if you prefer.

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Construct 3

Platformer customizations and showcase

 

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You can have a customized tutorial game on your website!

Export the game as an HTML5 game.

Directions: Publishing to the web

 

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Sprite animations

Construct 2 allows animations, but doesn't allow you to use regular GIF animations. Instead, it uses sprite sheets.

Let's start with a GIF: skeleton.gif

1. Download the GIF
2. Open it in Piskel — you'll see all the frames involved
3. Export it as a sprite sheet PNG

 

When you import it as a sprite sheet, you use the Animation frames bar instead of the image-loading icon in your Image editor window.

Construct 2: image and animations editor

Working with sprite sheets in Construct 2

Import Sprite Strip dialog

 

Sprite sheet with multiple animations

Download: sprite-sheet-demo.zip

Eventually, your Event Sheet will look something like this:

 

 

Game proposal

Completion time: approx. 1 week (5 meetings)

Write a proposal for an independent game you would like to build with Construct. Include a visual aid in your document — this can be a character sketch or a level design sketch.

The visual aid can be drawn on paper and photographed, or you can use digital tools like Piskel or Sketchpad

An example: Adriana