On the left hand side, there is a button to add an event. Click on the actors’ object tab and select the Events tab. With the actor selected, press the right arrow key, it should move forward and on pressing left it should move backward.
Next, we’ll add some behaviours to our actor. If all goes well, you should be able to see the game scene as shown below: Save your work and click on the Test Game button in the right upper corner of the screen. Click the Actor tab, select the Popeye image and place it on MyScene by clicking on the screen. Click it and you should see the Tiles and Actor tab. Towards the right side of the screen, you should see the Palette tab. Save your work and switch to the MyScene tab. Here is an image you can use to add the animation frame: An actor type has an animation, click to create one. Click on the create button to create a new Actor Type. In the left hand side menu, under Resources you can see Actor Types. Now, you can see two tabs, a dashboard tab and a MyScene tab. Name it MyScene and select a background color. You will now be prompted to create a scene for your game. Type a name for your game, for example HelloStencyl, leave the screen as default and click Create. You will be asked what kind of game to create, select Blank game. To create a game either click in the middle of the screen or on the green Create a New Game button in the top right hand side of the screen. You can download the final tutorial game from GitHub here. Let’s start by creating our first actor and defining it’s behaviour. When we develop a game, it will have a scene where things happens and actors who act their characters behaviours.
If all works well then you should see something like the below: Once the download is complete, navigate to the extracted folder and start stencyl: cd Stencyl You can download Stencyl from the official download page.
Stencyl code#
Although games can be created without coding, you can still write code if you want or need.
Stencyl license#
Stencyl is free for flash publishing and requires a license to publish on other platforms. Stencyl’s engine is developed using Haxe and based on OpenFL which explains its multi-platform support.
Stencyl how to#
During this tutorial, we’ll see how to add characters and scenes to a game and how to define their behaviours. In this tutorial, we’ll take a sneak peak into what Stencyl is all about. It provides a simple drag and drop interface that will get you creating ideas faster. Stencyl provides a platform for creating games on iOS, Android, Flash, Windows, Mac or Linux without writing a line of code. Developing a cool game generally requires advanced programming skills.
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