It’s best to work through it and discover where everything is by usage. Everything you’ll need to populate and adjust your level is located here. Your screen should look like a blank canvas. We’ll be replacing it with an image later on. Click on the dotted box in the center of your screen to create a new scene. Let’s start with our first and only level (you can add more later).Each level has their own scenes and so forth. So your title screen counts as one screen.
Much like a movie you have one scene per area of action or level. In Stencyl, the level or world is called a scene. It’s particularly a good idea to set up your game’s environment before diving into the good stuff. Choose “ blank game” from the web tab at the bottom of the list.Īfter creating a new game, you’ll be taken to essentially an empty screen.Create a new game by clicking the dashed border box or by going to File > Create New > Game.Today, we’ll be creating a micro-platformer from scratch! This time, it’s Peach that’s going to save Mario! In case you didn’t know: a platformer is a game where the player has to typically jump over obstacles to advance forwards. There are also lots of super useful resources in the StencylForge to download for free! Create a New Game
Whenever you get stuck don’t hesitate to check Stencyl’s active community for suggestions and answers to questions. We’ll go over the concepts briefly in this tutorial.
#Stencyl backgrounds how to
There’s no need to learn how to code but it makes things easier if you understand at a high level what the concept of an “if” or “loop” is. Stencyl is a free, visual game-making tool where you’re literally snapping logic blocks together. !!!! First, download these workshop assets.