Platform runners are a popular and fun game. They are also a blast to code as your creative ideas are easily placed in a game of your design.
Sound Files
Video Tutorials
1. Getting Started
2. Setting up the Player
3. Player Jump Time
4. Make Player Move
5. Go Widescreen
6. Adjust the Camera
8. Restart Game
9. Add Lava
10. Exploding Pieces
11. Add Score
12. Add Sounds
15. Power up Time Limits
16. Moving Bad.Guy
17. Add Coins
Playlist of All Combined Tutorials
The Great ISB Platform Video Game Contest
Build a platform runner game with the following elements. Final versions (with your permission) will be placed into a judging contest for all MS students. They will play and rank your game. How cool!
Getting Started
Requirements
- A startup level/scene. Where you introduce the game.
- A theme: Star wars, cookies, fast food, whatever!
- At least three different types of obstacles with consequences such as
- Return to beginning or go back 50% (your choice)
- Character dies
- Change size
- Or any ideas of your own
- Sounds (required)
- Music playing in game
- Jump
- Hit power up
- Hit obstacle
- Shooting?
- Death
- Other sounds of your own
- Score system
- Score moves between levels
- High score at end
- Three different power ups such as
- Size, color, score, speed, shoot, etc.
- Ideas of your own.
Optional Challenges. Can you make this happen?
- High score table
- Other great ideas you have
- Character moves backward
- Character is animated
- Lava is animated using something like particle effects
Resources
- Find all of Mr. Boll’s video tutorial here.
- Want to really push your game development? Check out Jamie Cross’ GameSalad tutorial page. Note, most of them are done using an older version, but you should be able to figure it out.
