Understanding testing versus publishing
One of the most amazing features of the free version of Stencyl is that it enables developers to develop games for and to test games on all the supported platforms listed as follows:
Flash (desktop Player and web browser)
HTML5 (web browser)
Microsoft Windows (desktop)
Mac OS X (desktop)
Linux (desktop)
iOS (iPhone / iPad / iPod touch)
Android (tablets / smartphones)
For more details about the supported versions of each of the above platforms, please refer to Chapter 1, Introduction, and for the very latest information, visit www.stencyl.com.
Before we learn how to use the mobile development tools available to us in Stencyl, it's important to understand the difference between testing and publishing games.
Testing games with the free version of Stencyl
When we develop a game in Stencyl, we not only design and create the game, but we also test it. During the development of our Monkey Run game, we were testing it using the desktop Flash Player application. When...
