Adventurers of Renown™ - The Ruins of Able-Wyvern

Walk-Through Tutorial Series: The Ruins of Able-Wyvern™

Course Overview

1. Learning Objectives
2. Step-by-step lessons.
3. Course Administration
4. References:
5. Game Artwork & Resources:
6. IPart I: Concept & Design

1Lesson 1: The Game Design System™

1. “The Ruins of Able-Wyvern™” — “Elevator Speech”
2. 1.1Consistent Data Structure
3. 1.2Design Considerations
4. ”How to Succeed at Making One Game a Month”
5. ACTUALLY START THE DAMN GAME …
6. 1.3CMS, PWA, SWPA, or IGM?
7. “Single Web-Page Application” (SWPA) as defined by MDN!
8. 1.4FYI: Creating a CMS or PWA Version?
9. Quote from “MDN Web Docs”
10. 1.5“Replayability” — retaining “repeat customers”!
11. > Deeper Dive: Solving Poor Replayability
12. Expanding The “Replay Value” Of Games
13. 1.6Part I Summary
14. IIPart II: Production

2Lesson 2.2: Launching a C2 Game Project

1. 2.1About Your Project:
2. 2.2Project Settings:
3. 2.3Configuration Settings
4. 2.4Adding Game Phase Layouts
5. Layers inside a Layout
6. 2.5Game Project Organization
7. 2.6Comparing your code

3Lesson 2.3: Launching a C3 Game Project

1. 3.1About Your Project
2. 3.2Project Settings: Color Theme, Start-up & Display
3. 3.3C3 Advanced, Compatibility Settings, & Editor!
4. 3.4Adding Game Phase Layouts
5. Layers inside a Layout
6. 3.5Game Project Organization
7. 3.6Comparing your code
8. IIIPart III: Ubiquitous Recipes

4Lesson 3: Layouts & Artwork

1. 4.1Importing Artwork
2. From the Construct Manuals: How to avoid “JANK”
3. ”Worldwide Internet user demographics”
4. 4.2“Game Phase” Layouts
5. 4.3HUD & Text Feedback
6. How to increase your website’s readability by more than 50% — Serif vs Sans-Serif
7. Using Web Fonts inside a Text Object
8. 4.4User Keyboard Interfaces
9. 4.5RPG IGM Story
10. 4.6Comparing your code

5Lesson 4: Game Navigation

1. 5.1Inputs Controls — Gamepad, Keyboard, Mouse, & Touch
2. 5.2Game Mechanics Structure
3. 5.3Creating Game Mechanics “Events”
4. 5.4Creating Game Mechanics “Actions”
5. 5.5Finishing this Game’s Prototype
6. > Layout Transitions
7. 5.6Comparing your code

6Lesson 5: Game Loop Management

1. 6.1Pre-Combat Management
2. 6.2Game Mechanics — Data
3. 6.3How Combat Commands Work …
4. 6.4“Bull-et … in a China Shop”
5. > Using Angles in Construct
6. 6.5Comparing your code

7Lesson 6: The “Play” must go on!

1. 7.1Inspecting the Map Boundaries
2. 7.2Game Consolidation Options
3. > Option 6-1 Merge game projects OR
4. > Option 6-2 Linking both game projects OR
5. > Option 6-3 Insert using C3 iFrame
6. > Headless Game Design
7. 7.3ARRA v15 IGM Deployments
8. 7.43D IGM Practicum
9. 7.5Comparing your code

8Lesson 7: “Lost & Won” Scene(s)!

1. IVPart IV: Multi-Avatar Design

9Lesson 8: MMoRPG Design

1. Game Flow Phases for any Multi-Player Gaming Session!
2. 9.1MMoRPG Design Considerations
3. Animated Avatars (with “Download example”)
4. > Human Reaction Timing
5. (Quoted) “Reaction Time Statistics”
6. > FYI Network Infrastructures
7. > Deeper Dive: Testing MMoGs Locally
8. > WebSockets Utilized in Multi-Player Games
9. > Prevent cheating?
10. Local input prediction
11. 9.2“Multi-Players with Multiple Avatars” (MPMA)
12. 9.3Logon Layout
13. > “es_mmog_Logon” Dedicated Event Sheet
14. 9.4Signalling Group
15. > The Signalling Logic Sequence
16. > The Signalling Administration & Management
17. > “es_mmog_Signalling” Dedicated Event Sheet
18. 9.5“es_mmog_HOST” Dedicated Event Sheet
19. > “How does it work?”
20. > Deeper Dive: “HOST’s” Bandwidth Requirements
21. > Precision Guidelines
22. > “Authoritative Events”
23. > Authoritative Event — Allocate Monsters
24. > Authoritative Event — Allocate Treasures
25. > Authoritative Event — Character Controls
26. > Authoritative Event — Monster AI
27. > Peer management
28. > Peer management — On Peer Connected
29. > Peer management — Defeat Monsters
30. > Peer management — Health, Healing, Re-spawning?
31. > Peer management — Update Positions & Inputs
32. 9.6“es_mmog_PEER” Dedicated Event Sheet
33. > “Monster Defeated”
34. > “On Peer Created”
35. > “Prepare to Send Status”
36. > Input States
37. 9.7“es_mmog_Common” Dedicated Event Sheet
38. > “Message Logging” (Optional)
39. > “Animation States” (Optional)
40. > “Debug & Trouble Shooting” Reports (Optional)
41. 9.8Comparing your code
42. VPart V: Developer’s Guide

10Adding Unique Features

1. 10.1Construct3 Game Services
2. 10.2“Single-Player with Multi-Avatars” (SPMA) Team
3. 10.3“Play Again?”
4. > Reset Specific Global Variables.
5. 10.4Game Count-down Timers
6. 10.5How to Install Additional Combat Engines
7. 10.6Using “Families”
8. Performance Tips, for Families, Behaviors & Animations.
9. 10.7Choosing Supported Languages
10. > Internet Language Comparisons.
11. Content languages market position report.
12. > How To Integrate Languages?
13. > Organizing “Language.JSON” files

11Event Sheets Reviewed

1. 11.1Game Administration
2. > Rating “Cloud Saves”
3. > “es_gameConfig” — Gamer’s Configuration
4. 11.2CMS Event Sheets
5. > “es_Splash” — Splash Layout
6. Language Info & Selection Group
7. > “es_Menu” — Main Menu Layout
8. > “es_Credits” — Credits & Acknowledgments Layout
9. > Business Services
10. > “es_endScores” — Game Finished Layout
11. > “es_Tutorial” — Game Tutorial Layout
12. 11.3Gameplay Event Sheets
13. > “es_Chamber” — RPG Exploration Phase
14. > “es_ce2_SPSA” — Bonus Combat Engine #2
15. > “es_Entry Gate” — the “1st Person” gameplay!
16. > “es_Inventory” —Avatar’s Management Phase
17. 11.4“es_Common” Event Sheet
18. > Allocate Monsters Function
19. > Allocate Treasure Function
20. > Generate Avatar(s) — workshop exercise
21. > Generate Monster(s) Function
22. > HUD Administration Function
23. > Post Monsters Function
24. > Post Treasures Function
25. > Preparing HUD Text Function
26. > Room Administration Function
27. VIStarting Your Own Game Studio!

12Lesson 9: One “Template” to Rule them all …

13Lesson 10: Changing Perspectives

14Lesson 11: Capstone — Exchanging Artwork

1. 14.1Exchanging Backgrounds
2. 14.2Exchanging “Avatars” for “Troop Battalions”
3. 14.3Exchanging “Avatars” for “Small Teams”
4. 14.4“Battle of Helm’s Deep”!
5. 14.5Secret Agent
6. 14.6Goblin Raiders
7. 14.7Special Forces Patrols
8. 14.8WWII Bomber Squadrons
9. 14.9RPG Avatar Generator
10. 14.10The Death Star
11. VIIConclusion

15Workshop Certification Exams

1. 15.1Certification Examination
2. Quiz 1

16More Starter Kit Tutorials

1. 16.1Further Information
2. Appendix

“How to Start a WebSocket”

1. Testing Your Browser
2. Test sites:
3. WebSocket Protocol Handshake
4. > Deeper Dive: WebSocket API
5. Sample Source Code: Client-side WebSocket
6. >Step #1: Game index page
7. >Step #2: Generate Event handlers