EXERCISES IN GAME AUTHORING

In the "Intro to Games" segment, the various properties of games are discussed. The tutorials listed at right reference these principals.

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Basic Game Authoring in Director

   
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Legacy Files

These are the original files created for my game authoring class. I now teach the class in Flash. Some may have a use for these, so I continue to display them, but I dont support them.

WARNING! Don't copy and paste code from the browser; I believe that invisible characters are copied that will render Lingo scripts unusable. Write in code character by character!

  

Elementary Scoring: Director vs Flash

Here are side-by-side tutorials in Director and Flash for creating a simple Click-against-the-clock game. 		resource link

Simple Shooting Gallery

A simple exercise that uses the Paint Window, a custom mouse cursor, and castmember swapping within sprites on an event. 		resource link

Shooting Gallery 2

More refined shooting in an excercise that used keycodes, cases, and custom handlers.		 resource link

Collision Detection

Hard to think of a more important technique for active games. 		resource link

Shooting Gallery 3: Variables

A further refinement of shooting gallery skills, this exercise will focus on using variables, booleans and randomizers. 		resource link