Building Games with Scrolling Game Development Kit 2

1 Introduction 1.1 This Book 1.2 The Author 1.3 The Software - Scrolling Game Development Kit 2 1.4 Accessing the Sample Code 2 The Basics 2.1 Getting Started 2.1.1 Requirements 2.1.2 Obtaining the software 2.1.3 Running SGDK2 2.1.4 Using online help 2.2 Creating the Sample Game 2.2.1 About the available samples 2.2.2 What's included in the sample 2.2.3 Building and running the sample 2.3 Creating a Simple Game 2.3.1 Drawing some simple graphics 2.3.2 Defining frames 2.3.3 Defining tiles 2.3.4 Defining tile shapes 2.3.5 Defining sprite appearance 2.3.6 Defining sprite behavior 2.3.7 Creating a map 2.3.8 Running the project 2.3.9 Recap 3 Creating an Adventure 3.1 Design a Huge World to Explore 3.1.1 Create a large map 3.1.2 Indoor and outdoor areas 3.1.3 Create secret passages 3.1.4 Doorways to hidden worlds 3.1.5 Creating an overworld 3.1.6 Create a mini-map 3.2 Side-scrolling Environments 3.2.1 Starting with a template 3.2.2 Design a basic side-scrolling environment 3.2.2.1Background 3.2.2.2Farground 3.2.2.3Main 3.2.2.4Foreground 3.2.3 Adding Gravity 3.2.4 Riding platforms 3.2.5 Jumping 3.2.6 Ladders 3.2.7 Conveyor Belts 3.3 Treasure Hunting 3.3.1 Taking inventory with counters 3.3.2 Adding inventory graphics 3.3.3 Displaying inventory 3.3.4 Picking up items 3.3.5 Using a key 3.3.6 Buying an item 3.4 Enemies and Obstacles 3.4.1 Life bar 3.4.2 Getting hurt 3.4.3 Invincibility 3.4.4 Dying 3.4.5 Re-spawning 3.4.6 Deadly spikes 3.4.7 Crushing boulders 3.5 Firepower 3.5.1 Shooting an arrow 3.5.2 Planting dynamite 3.5.3 Throwing bombs 3.5.4 Stomping on enemies 3.6 Power Up 3.6.1 Enhanced arrows 3.6.2 Temporary invincibility pickup 3.6.3 Super-bomb 3.6.4 High-jump boots 3.7 Storyline 3.7.1 Townspeople 3.7.2 Having a dialog 3.7.3 A little quest 3.8 Animating the Environment 3.8.1 Building a waterfall 3.8.2 Break-away floors 3.8.3 Restoring the environment 3.9 Cut Scenes 3.9.1 Switching off player control 3.9.2 Moving the camera with another character 3.9.3 The story of a hero's journey 3.10 Vehicles 3.10.1 Stepping into a vehicle 3.10.2 Stepping out of the vehicle 3.10.3 A hot air balloon ride 3.10.4 Automating the ride 4 Varieties of Game Mechanics 4.1 A Top-Down Driving Game 4.1.1 Drawing a car 4.1.2 Rotating the car 4.1.3 The car as your player 4.1.4 Steering the car 4.2 A Flying Game 4.2.1 Automatically scrolling 4.2.2 Waves of enemies 4.2.3 Enemy Fire 4.2.4 Shields Up! 4.2.5 Sound Effects