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Construct 2 Game Development by Example

You're reading from Construct 2 Game Development by Example Learn how to make games for multiple platforms with Construct 2.

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2014

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781849698061

Length 230 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Construct

Concepts

2D Game Development

Author (1):

John Bura

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with Construct 2 FREE CHAPTER

2. Inputs and Controls

3. Variables and Arrays

4. Game Mechanics

5. Making a Simple Shooter

6. Making a Tower Defense Game

7. Making a Puzzle Physics Game

8. Exporting Your Game

A. Where to Go from Here

Index

Other places to export your game

There are many more places you can export your game to. Remember that for every platform that you export to, there can be a completely different set of hardware and software that run it. An iPhone is very different from an Android device, and mobile devices are completely different from consoles.

Often, an HTML5 wrapper has to be used for an HTML5 game to run on the hardware.

Exporting to Chrome Web Store

The Chrome Web Store is Google's answer to the Mac App Store. The best part about Google is that it is very web friendly. In fact, Chrome is the best browser for HTML5 games. You can export a game to the Chrome Web Store where you can sell it or make it freely available.

In order to export to the Chrome Web Store, you need to perform the following steps:

Sign up for a Google Chrome Web Store account.
Export your game using the Google Chrome Web Store export in the same way as you exported your game for HTML5.
Create some promotional images for the game. They have...

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Authors (1)

John Bura

John Bura

John Bura has been programming games since 1997 and teaching since 2002. He is the owner of the game development studio Mammoth Interactive. This company produces games for Xbox 360, iPhone, iPad, Android, HTML5, ad-games, and others. Mammoth Interactive recently sold a game to Nickelodeon! He has been contracted by many companies to provide game design, audio, programming, level design, and project management. To this day, he has contributed to 40 commercial games. Several of the games he has produced have risen to number one in Apple's App Store. In his spare time, he likes playing ultimate frisbee, cycling, and working out.

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