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Table of Contents

Basic Character Programming
Creating The Level
Programming the Level
Adding Level Elements
Adding Enemies
Goals and Level Completion
Finishing Touches

Step 7: Finishing Touches
As I’ve done with most of my previous tutorials, this “Finishing Touches” part of the tutorial will mostly be me telling you what to do, but not how to do it. Of course, if it’s new or [...]

Table of Contents

Basic Character Programming
Creating The Level
Programming the Level
Adding Level Elements
Adding Enemies
Goals and Level Completion
Finishing Touches

Step 6: Goals and Level Completion
Ok, now that we’ve added level components and enemies, we can finally make it possible to complete a level. In our game, we’re simply going to make an object that the player has to touch [...]

Table of Contents

Basic Character Programming
Creating The Level
Programming the Level
Adding Level Elements
Adding Enemies
Goals and Level Completion
Finishing Touches

Step 5: Adding Enemies
The next step in making our exciting platform game is to add some enemies! In order to do this, we’re first going to have to make an Enemy MovieClip. Mine is just going to be a red [...]

Table of Contents

Basic Character Programming
Creating The Level
Programming the Level
Adding Level Elements
Adding Enemies
Goals and Level Completion
Finishing Touches

Step 4: Adding Level Elements
In this lesson, we’re going to add elements to the level, like obstacles and ladders. Here’s a list of what we’re going to add:

Ladders
Bumpers
Trampolines

Adding Ladders
First on our list is to add ladders. Our ladders are going [...]

Table of Contents

Basic Character Programming
Creating The Level
Programming the Level
Adding Level Elements
Adding Enemies
Goals and Level Completion
Finishing Touches

Step 3: Programming the Level
Now that we’ve set up all of the blocks onto the stage, we can actually add some code to them. The first thing we’re going to do is to make it so the blocks are the [...]

Table of Contents

Basic Character Programming
Creating The Level
Programming the Level
Adding Level Elements
Adding Enemies
Goals and Level Completion
Finishing Touches

Step 2: Creating the Level
Now, we have to set up blocks on stage that will account for a level. We’ll use an array to accomplish this manly feat. We’re also going to create some other level variables. Place this code [...]

Table of Contents

Basic Character Programming
Creating The Level
Programming the Level
Adding Level Elements
Adding Enemies
Goals and Level Completion
Finishing Touches

Due to popular request, I’ve decided to make an AS2 version of my tutorial. For consistency, it will follow the same format as the AS3 version and will also use excerpts of the same text. Here we go.
Step 1: Basic [...]

Although psychology isn’t necessarily a skill, it is a subject that game developers should at least take a peek into. You may be thinking, “How is psychology going to help me make better games?” Well, I’ll tell you. First of all, we need to know first what psychology is.

What is Psychology?
The American Heritage College Dictionary [...]

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Table of Contents

Basic Character Programming
Creating The Level
Programming the Level
Adding Level Elements
Adding Enemies
Goals and Level Completion
Finishing Touches

Step 7: Finishing Touches
As I’ve done with most of my previous tutorials, this “Finishing Touches” part of the tutorial will mostly be me telling you what to do, but not how to do it. Of course, if it’s new or [...]