MPAGD Beginners Guide 2/2

Bruce

Nov 22, 20202 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 9 - Setting the play window

We've just seen how MPAGD defaults to a square play area with game scores an other info down the right hand side. But this doesn't suit...

Bruce

Nov 22, 20201 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 8 - Our first build and play test.

From the File Menu we selected Build... OK, we're ready to test our progress, if everything's gone OK...this should happen. Note that...

Bruce

Nov 22, 20202 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 7 - Generating the Players Script

The Script Generator looks a little daunting at first, but it soon makes sense. Basically, in MPAGD the code behind the Player and your...

Bruce

Nov 22, 20201 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 6 - Keyboard Controls

This shouldn't take long... Click the buttons that you want to use in the game and once highlighted, hit the key that you want to use to...

Bruce

Nov 22, 20201 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 5 - The Sprite Positions Editor

It's important that for every screen of your game you have a starting position for your player sprite (as well as any enemies or other...

Bruce

Nov 22, 20201 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 4 - The Screen Editor

The Screen Editor lets you create and update the screens that will form the levels and map of your game. When we first create a game with...

Bruce

Nov 22, 20202 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 3 - The Block Editor

The Block editor is where you will create the 8px by 8px blocks that we will use to design the screens of our game

Bruce

Nov 22, 20202 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 2 - The Sprite Editor

From the Editor menu, select Sprites OK, so all sprites in MPAGD are 16 x 16 squares. In the top right of the editor are two colour...

Bruce

Nov 22, 20202 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 1 - Getting Started

I thought it might be useful to create an entire MPAGD game from scratch and blog about it. I doubt we'll end up with anything...

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