Make a Complete Game in Stencyl - Marathon Tutorial!!!

I sat down and made a complete game in #Stencyl - and recorded it from start to finish! It's a marathon tutorial, but I'm really proud of the result. Here you'll find a link to all the assets I used, and also the theme tune that I'm really proud of. Leave your comments below - I read them all!
#Game Sound Effects:
www.zapsplat.com/sound-effect-category/game-sounds/
freesound.org/
opengameart.org/content/library-of-game-sounds
Game Art #Design - one of the best websites around:
www.piskelapp.com/
All my assets in Piskel App - so you can copy and edit them!!!
www.piskelapp.com/user/4968699906752512/public
All the assets in Space Racer as Sprite Sheets:
drive.google.com/file/d/1AmSbs7P1NeSgf4qdhDtxGSh5nS1bSrNL/view?usp=sharing
Leave your comments below - as questions, give suggestions but most of all - have fun!
TIMECODE so that you don't have to watch the whole video everytime!
Intro: 0:01
Controlling the ship: 2:23
Shooting: 20:11
Shooting Correction: 22:15
Leaving the Screen: 28:00
Scoring: 43:00
Sounds: 52:10
Starting / End: 54:55

[@PleepusPlopus]

Thanks! This was actually really helpful!

[@techismad]

Glad it helped!

[@monicaurrutia4780]

You are a great teacher! Thank you! The lenght and detail were perfect!

[@smadahar]

Thank you for the kind words. I’m thinking about a flappy bird tutorial as well!

[@smadahar]

Thank you for the kind words. I’m thinking about a flappy bird tutorial as well!

[@notillustrated]

This was so fun and informative. You are a great teacher. Very clear!

[@nizanhorsefield]

I appreciate that it is has been over 1 yr since someone commented on this, but I stumbled upon this video after watching a few others about online game making. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this as it has given me the basic insight into what is needed to be able to create a POC for a project I am working on. The length and detail was perfect for me.

[@techismad]

Hey thanks for the comment. I've been working with Stencyl for so long, and this video took me a very long time to make. I've got into Godot game engine right now, because I think that's the future for (free) game engines

[@nizanhorsefield]

​@@techismad I've created a 2d game now, although having some issues with sound, but I am sure I'll sort that out. :) I'll give Godot a look, I'm also looking at Voxedit for 3D modelling and animation. Have you done much 3d work?

[@MuhammadHanif-pq7eo]

@@techismad I LOVE YOUR TEACHING STYLE BUT YOU DONT MAKE ANY STENCYL VIDEOS NOW! BTW THANKS FOR THAT

[@sashax2845]

WOW! Thank you! I've made my first game! that's cool that the lesson is in one video(i spent two days working on your lesson + my own content including music and asteroids). Baddies leaving screen decrease score by 1 ;). Have no words to tell how happy i am!

[@sashax2845]

and enemy's friendly fire was difficult but i did :))

[@techismad]

You made a whole game? I'm proud of you! I'm going to film my "Make Flappy Bird" in one hour video..... Not sure if I can make it in one hour, but I'll have a go. But good on you for completing your own game!

[@AarushPSingh]

Thanks a lot! This video was really helpful, I created my first game using Stencyl

[@techismad]

what style of game did you make?

[@AarushPSingh]

I made it almost like you made in the video and i name it Space Wars

[@marton_dobo]

I've just finished my game which was my homework, thanks to you!

[@techismad]

Did you make this space game, or something else?

[@marton_dobo]

@@techismad it's a parody, the hero is a hand sanitizer and the enemies are covid viruses

[@blackramcharger963]

Can you please make a video called: How to make a car move by itself? Thanks, Very much appreciated.

[@somerandomguy7375]

this was incredibly usefull thank you

[@techismad]

You're very welcome!

[@robertdavis3036]

THIS IS AMAZING.

[@techismad]

Appreciate the comment - did you try making the game yet?

[@robertdavis3036]

@@techismad I have! I'm at the point in the video where my actor tilts when flying left to right! Question: is it ok if I have yet to create my bad guys? Can I always create and then upload them into the game, later?

[@robertdavis3036]

@@techismad Also, I created a piskel of a different version of my character, that transforms into a helicopter that fires weapons. My idea was that the transformation only occurs on subsequent levels as the player gathers enough potions. Is it possible to have transformation occurr at the push of a button to transform and then to transform back to the character's normal state?

[@robertdavis3036]

@@techismad Hi! I found that I was able to add the baddies, afterwards!

[@aayusmanmallick]

Man please continue your lightworks tutorial. I'm eager for it

[@miraycalk4418]

Thank you :)

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@catslovestuff]

No more scratch for me XD

[@Ashvath1712]

sir how to open the start page . i only downloaded stencyl and it is in library in computer its showing Actor ,Behaviors i cant open the creating page sir please help me that is my wish to create a game

[@jibs7324]

In your Firing script. you only needed to set "if Space is Pressed", not "Down" and all that checking you did to make only one bullet fly at a time would be unnecessary

[@techismad]

That's a good point - I think somebody else told me this a while back. You're absolutely correct - you can use the "Pressed" rather than the "Down"

[@castorbryceblando434]

My lasers collide with my ship when shooting how can I fix this when shooting the laser pushes my ship to the side.

[@ChrisVideosGreek]

43:40 You forgot to say that Game Attributes can be also used in Global Custom Blocks.

[@techismad]

I did! I haven't used custom blocks much, but you make a good point

[@ChrisVideosGreek]

@@techismad You should use them! They are very useful if you want to use, big codes.

[@ChrisVideosGreek]

Please tell me what recorder do you use, because l have problems with mine.

[@techismad]

I use an app called Screenflow (I'm on a MacBook). I've heard OBS is really good

[@ChrisVideosGreek]

You know, 10568 build (4.0.3.) is avaiable now!!! community.stencyl.com/index.php/topic,60936.0.html

[@ciarabrittanysantos5705]

How'd you make your background bro?

[@deadlysmiles8191]

I've been having problems with the size and clarity of my actors, or characters. Is there a solution to my problem?

[@techismad]

There actually is. When you import frames into an Actor, you'll see a little option on the top bar that says Scale. If you have that set to x1 your animation will be the size you saved it as. If you do x2, it will half the size and so on.

[@deadlysmiles8191]

@@techismad oh thank you! Srry this is a late response. I appreciate the help!

[@Petarious]

Isn't there a way to kill everything that leaves the screen in one instruction?

[@Reploidx9]

You could try going to the actor Type you want to apply that "kill on exit" to, go to events and add a new event > (Enters of leaves the scene or screen) > Actor of type. Then set it so it says "When a [Actor type] [exits] the [scene]" Then add the "kill [Actor]" block (should become "kill [Self]" when you drag it over)

[@BlockMotion360]

Is there supposed to be a project file? Because the tutorial starts off with a pre-made project with actors already created, it skips past creating them.

[@techismad]

There's a link to all the assets in the description

[@Jay_RL.]

It says when I go to test the game that I need Xcode. What does that mean?

[@techismad]

you’re trying to test the game on Mac OS, which needs to install Xcode to work. Test it on HTML 5 and it will play in your browse.

[@Lonewolf-re2bj]

bro when i test my scene it shows check your logs and post it to forums pls help bro

[@techismad]

This has happened to me a few times. It can be because of a lot of things. Do me a favour - in the top right of Stencyl, above "Test Scene" and next to "Test Game" can you see what it says in little drop down menu. Mine says HTML 5

[@Lonewolf-re2bj]

@@techismad thanks bro

[@abhisheksrivastava23]

what was the name of the game

[@randomdudeontheinternet1904]

can we make a 2d shooting game

[@techismad]

Which style of 2D shooting game?

[@sashax2845]

@@techismad Crimson Land ^-^

[@adventureswithjacob9032]

I’m nine. Ok guys I am really nine so..... don’t hate

[@demo99772]

I did everything that you said in this video and it worked out well, but for the last step where it's "press s to start" (I put mine as press enter to start"), when I try to start the game, it says, Events for 'Start' Not enough arguments, expected clip:com.stencyl.models.Sound from scripts.SceneEvents_1 line: 79 columns: 3-14