Platformer game tutorial series [ONGOING]

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Hey everybody, I’m sure you’re tired of me from my “From the Forum” posts, but if you’re interested in some more of my inane writing and interested in quickly prototyping a platformer game, I have a tutorial series on my website. I only have a few entries right now, but here is what we’re going to be covering in the installments to come:

  1. Character sprites (spritesheets, sequence setting, touch-related actions)
  2. Level objects (physical obstacles, placement and simple procedural generation)
  3. Enemy interaction (attack and collision)
  4. Inventory management (item collection and utilization)
  5. Sound effects (collision and timer based)
  6. Gameloops and stage completion (score increases, status effects and win conditions)
  7. File maintenance, modular coding and stage selection (title screen and level unlock)
  8. Monetization and social media (In-app purchases/ad support, Twitter/Facebook sharing)

Check it out at the link below, and let me know what you think!

Alex@Panc’s platformer tutorial

#2

Actually, I think the ‘From The Forums’ blogs are brilliant and not just because I get Kudos, but instead because I think it is important to keep folks reading the Forums and picking highlights to blog about is a great way to do that.

Cheers,

Ed

PS - I just checked out your site.  Very nice and I’m sure folks will find this interesting!

#3

Thanks Ed, I appreciate the praise. I’m trying to keep it simple enough to be accessible for novices but interesting enough for the pros. Will I be able to make everyone happy all of the time? We’ll see!

#4

nice work. I am sure this will make a lot of people happy :slight_smile:

#5

Actually, I think the ‘From The Forums’ blogs are brilliant and not just because I get Kudos, but instead because I think it is important to keep folks reading the Forums and picking highlights to blog about is a great way to do that.

Cheers,

Ed

PS - I just checked out your site.  Very nice and I’m sure folks will find this interesting!

#6

Thanks Ed, I appreciate the praise. I’m trying to keep it simple enough to be accessible for novices but interesting enough for the pros. Will I be able to make everyone happy all of the time? We’ll see!

#7

nice work. I am sure this will make a lot of people happy :slight_smile: