Interested in game development?

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Yoorah wrote on 2011-07-14 23:21

A new toolset package named StencylWorks came out not long ago, allowing you to easily create games that run on Adobe's Flash platform. Apparently you can also make games for iOS with it. It was created by some MIT guys, and a few fellow game devs have told me good things about it, so I thought I'd share!

Clicky: http://www.stencyl.com/stencylworks/overview/

I'm not a huge fan of the Flash runtime and I have not tried this software personally, but I hear it's a good choice for the beginner. Flash also has plenty of advantages. All in all, if you've never had any game dev experience before, this could be a good place for you to start. :3

[video=youtube;SNhdHTof4to]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNhdHTof4to[/video]
Kingofrunes wrote on 2011-07-15 00:01

Flash tends to get easily bogged down and slow if you have too much graphics and stuff in your library you are trying to work with. Ran into that problem countless times when creating Mabinogi Touhou: NPC Payback. There's also the mess you can end up with if you don't design properly :/

If I ever get enough energy/resolve to actually program another flash game I'll have to keep this tool in mind.
Yoorah wrote on 2011-07-15 00:53

Flash only bogs down easily if you're doing it wrong. :P In general, its performance is pretty decent. Especially with the new HWA builds.

Added a video to the first post. :3
Sleeperdial wrote on 2011-07-15 00:57

I'd like to start doing flash. I honestly have no idea what exactly flash is or how it works or even whats required. I am the pure holy form of the flash nooblet.
Yoorah wrote on 2011-07-15 01:12

Well, this doesn't really teach you Flash, unless StencylWorks allows for custom Flash code.. I didn't check. StencylWorks builds stuff that utilizes the Flash platform as the underlying engine.

[Game Design] <----> [StencylWorks] ----> [Adobe Flash] ----> [Windows/Mac/Android/etc]
You only learn [StencylWorks], which enables you to do [Game Design]. The rest of the system is taken care for you.
Moppy wrote on 2011-07-15 01:59

>.>

I wish this existed a few years ago. I know AS3 now, so I don't really need this.
Kingofrunes wrote on 2011-07-15 02:51

Quote from Yoorah;512671:
Flash only bogs down easily if you're doing it wrong. :P In general, its performance is pretty decent. Especially with the new HWA builds.

Added a video to the first post. :3

I'm more of a web developer myself. I was never very good with graphics or game design so I would imagine I was doing it quite a bit wrong.
Mjoshua wrote on 2011-07-15 03:02

Seems pretty cool and simple. I'll give it a try.