2D Wave Defense Game - GDevelop GameDev Tutorial

Create a wave defense game without coding, using GDevelop. In this beginner-friendly tutorial, we'll cover player movement, firing a bullet, enemy logic, and spawning the enemies. You will learn how to make a game in GDevelop, a no-code, open-source, free, and easy game engine.
✏️ Course developed by Wesley.
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🔗 Assets: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RYp6COMZK2THbz454bAuDWG-EFc4c--o
🔗 Finished Game: gdevelop.io/game-example/free/wave-defense-shooter
⭐️ Contents ⭐️
⌨️ (0:00:00) Basic Set Up
⌨️ (0:13:13) Game Polish
⌨️ (0:36:46) Menus And Settings
⌨️ (0:51:53) Leveling Up
⌨️ (1:10:09) Basic Enemies
⌨️ (1:26:07) Advanced Enemies
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[@HelperWesley]

Super excited to see this video go live, hopefully folks find it helpful. 👍

[@ashgtd]

You are amazing Wesley!

[@td0999]

Thanks!

[@FlorianRival]

GDevelop 😍 This tutorial is probably the easiest way to go from 0 to a working game, while fully understanding all aspect of game creation!

[@GDevelopApp]

We're really happy this video was posted. Hopefully it will help people create a game with Gdevelop! -Wesley

[@Ragdollshiba]

yooo

[@clementpasteau4539]

Great demonstration it is just that easy to get a full game 🎮

[@aanchaallllllll]

0:08: 🎮 Learn how to create a wave defense game without coding using GDevelop, a no-code open-source game engine. 8:06: 🎮 The video demonstrates how to improve the performance of a game by deleting bullets once they go off screen and adding health behavior to enemy sprites. 16:10: 👻 The video discusses adding depth to a game scene by making ghosts face towards the center point, and adding health bars to enemies using Sprite objects. 24:15: 🎮 The video discusses making changes to enemy animations and movement in a game. 31:39: 🔧 The video demonstrates how to adjust collision masks and fire bullets in a game. 40:29: 📹 The video demonstrates how to create a menu with buttons and settings in Construct 2. 48:27: ✨ The video demonstrates how to add a transition effect to a game scene. 58:08: 🎮 The video discusses setting up a maximum XP level and implementing a level up feature in a game. 1:06:58: 🎮 The video demonstrates how to level up instantly in a game by upgrading accuracy, fire rate, and power. 1:15:54: 🎮 The health of enemies in a game changes with each wave, increasing by one every three waves. 1:24:04: 🎮 The video demonstrates how to create different types of enemies in a game and make them unique. 1:33:03: 🕷 The video discusses making changes to the player's collision mask, using points to spawn the spider, and adding a shadow sprite object. 1:41:56: 🔧 The video discusses fixing bugs and adding mobile controls to a game. Recap by Tammy AI

[@lilytea3]

Just what time-starved folks like me need. Thank you Tammy AI!

[@ambition112]

Thanks for saving my time! amazing summary tool I love the time stamps!

[@ashishkumarsingh7023]

Just finished it, it's really a great video. Hats off to you guys

[@TBGM855]

I'm looking forward to starting this. I've always wanted to create games. Thank you for this!

[@Daveycrits]

Ah this'll be a fun project with the kiddo, thank you 🙌

[@HelperWesley]

Oh, that sounds awesome! I'm very jealous. My kid is still too young for that.

[@DavidAkinwande]

Nice tutorial, I know someone that'll need this

[@aubreymotshweneng8055]

The kids 😂😂

[@NaturesPallette]

Wow thank you very detailed and helpful!

[@bleepv2511]

4:00 i can't find the position setting, can you help

[@pramodjingade6581]

Thank you. Just the course to show my boy his dad can make games 😂

[@MarkieMark-vy7hg]

Bro, that is so cool! Make him a game he will always remember. That would be cool. Memorialize memory's in a game and only let him play it.

[@pramodjingade6581]

@@MarkieMark-vy7hg thanks 😊

[@pramodjingade6581]

@@MarkieMark-vy7hg hmm that’s a good idea 👍🏻

[@germanskena6537]

Thank you Beau for sharing this tutorial for developing a game with GDevelop. Remember for the future, IF YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY, look for a Ren'Py or another engine for developing Games like a Graphic Novel, and also for OLD ARCADE GAMES TOO!. Again, Thank you for all your efforts for teach us!

[@aeligos]

This is awesome.

[@ela.visuals]

damn bro this is epic keep it up buddy :D

[@DeavtheDev]

Had to put on 0.5 speed dear lord. A beginners tutorial going 500mph 😂

[@theNaKT]

That is amazing

[@Diamedi]

@46:54 If you don't have Write and Read Use Save a text & Load a text instead

[@Мирославузунов-д4с]

Amazing.

[@SponsoredbyPfizer]

1:18 this might be a simple interaction for you when you have probably done this thousands of times. Please slow down so I do not have to try and freeze frame/pause the video to get a chance to even read what the prompts are, you are clicking. Thank you for taking the time to offer this for free, just slow it down, I can’t see what’s happening half the time.

[@antojosu]

Thanks

[@thechickenbox123]

please for the love of god slow down when you make your tutorials. Half the time I need to run the video at .5x speed to actually see what buttons you're clicking. 41:53 - 42:01 is one of many examples. The worst part is it seems you sped it up in editing, which is baffling because why would you speed up a tutorial video... meant for people who have little to no experience with your engine at all...absolutely maddening.

[@LaurenLove-m8y]

What did you search up on google to find the floor?

[@soumadip_banerjee]

❤

[@alejandrocaputto5570]

🚀

can you do a c++ 2d game with sdl video ?

[@tea_otomo]

What a timing

[@rocky_Sullivan_69]

How can I download those images?

[@bleepv2511]

4:00 i can't find the position setting, can you help

[@Dreas_Redpumps]

Can this be used in a portfolio?

[@ivanyosifov2629]

Why speed up the video. Some of the actions are barely seen.

[@UnthinkableFairytales]

Play it at the speed you want?

[@ela.visuals]

BRUV JUST CHANGE THE PLAYBACK SPEED 💀

[@ivanyosifov2629]

@@ela.visuals I know that. But why rush everything? Why the stress? This guy recorded the video , sped it up and voiced it over. What happened with normal tutorials? Everyone is in a rush. That's crap

[@3polygons]

@@ivanyosifov2629 It's a free tutorial...

[@MarcosCodas]

@@ivanyosifov2629 retention is very difficult on KZbin for longer-format videos, which sadly reduces viewership. It's hard to strike a balance, but we're always trying to improve :) Thank you for your comment!

[@MuhammadUmair-hl7sw]

Too fast for learn

[@maazdev9000]

First viewer

[@ignitehope]

Any body played lf2?

[@shahnoormujawar6825]

First comment 😂❤

[@marcusclarkson5520]

Without coding? No thanks

[@giacomo1439]

Completely agree

[@marcusclarkson5520]

@relaxandstudywithmusic857 so? Dont learn programming and use gdevelop thats the most unefficiently thing

[@brush5532]

This would have been easier and better if u just coded it. Instead ur learning a framework that u can't use for anything but this very narrow subset of game development which is in and of itself a narrow aspect of the field of cs

[@MarcosCodas]

In what way is it narrow?

[@brush5532]

​@MarcosCodas this game is a sprite sheet and some collision boxes u don't need a game engine at all let alone one I've never heard of every setting he does can be done in a few lines of code, some of it u don't even need to do like that ghost thing where he looped over every ghost could have just been defined in an object or struct or something

[@brush5532]

And then u know how to code and u can get a job outside of game development or do other non game Dev related things

[@MarcosCodas]

@@brush5532 the health and bullet systems might be a bit more complicated, but sure, some people might be able to recreate it with code. Some people choose not to code because they don't want to, because they prefer to invest their time in design, or simply because of neurodiversity. I think there's enough out there for everyone. We've definitely seen enough success cases for no-code tools to make a case for them in any industry. The important thing is choice.

[@MrChadwickingtonz]

yes, the time is better spent in another open sourced engine such as godot. Same result, but via 'traditional' game dev methods which can be applied elsewhere, including more advanced 3d / complicated games.

[@anon-fz2bo]

open source: ✔️ no code: 🤮👎❌

[@josephjoseph2673]

no code with extensions saves time

[@user-wg9tr3cd1o]

Thanks for the tutorial