Time for action – downloading and installing Stencyl for Mac OS X

In this session, we're going to download and install Stencyl for Mac OS X.

1. Visit www.stencyl.com.

2. Click on the Download Now button on the home page.

3. Depending on which web browser you are using and how you have configured it, the latest Stencyl installation file will start to download automatically, or you may have to confirm that you accept the download and specify the download location.

4. When the installation file has downloaded, double-click on the stencyl.dmg file to automatically mount it and start the installation process.

5. When the application's files are ready to install, the following window will be displayed:

   

6. To complete the installation, click-and-hold on the Stencyl icon and drag it on top of the Applications icon. The Stencyl files will be copied into the Applications folder, and Stencyl is then ready to run!

What just happened?

We have just downloaded the latest version of Stencyl for Mac OS X, and the installation is now complete.

The stencyl.dmg file can now be unmounted and deleted; it's not needed anymore.

Note

When running Stencyl for the first time, we are asked to sign in. The signing in process is the same for all platforms and is detailed under the heading, Creating a Stencyl account, (after the Linux installation procedure in this chapter).

Linux

Stencyl should install on most recent versions of Linux, but Ubuntu distributions are recommended. For the following screenshots, Stencyl was installed and tested on Ubuntu Version 10.10.