Course Information
Course Overview
A hands-on guide to learning Construct 2 while building many complete video games from scratch. No experience necessary.
In this course, you will learn how to use Construct 2 through a hands-on program where we walk students through multiple real-world video games. You will learn all about the Construct 2 platform, the basics of creating a video game, and a complete walk-through. (Over 8 games as of today, more coming soon)
Leveraging exclusively video, students can take this course at their own pace and follow along with the free version of Construct 2. With over 8 hours of course material, we cover every aspect of building video games. All game assets are also available to download.
We developed this course specifically for elementary through high school students, with a focus on our in-person Gaming Bootcamp program that we run in Sioux Falls, SD.
Even if you have ZERO experience with Construct 2 or making video games, this course would be an excellent way to learn the basics and learn to love programing. This is an entry-level through advanced course.
Course Content
- 17 section(s)
- 149 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Overview of Construct 2
- Section 2 Construct3: Platform Game (NEW)
- Section 3 Maze Game using 8-Direction
- Section 4 How to Import Images (Construct2 & Construct3)
- Section 5 Blocks Game
- Section 6 Angry Birds-Like Game
- Section 7 Race Car Game
- Section 8 Exploding Presents
- Section 9 Creating Enemy AI with Pathfinding
- Section 10 Fungus Adventure Game
- Section 11 Balloon Pop Game (Touch Support for Tablets)
- Section 12 Don't Drown
- Section 13 Bunny Hop
- Section 14 Airplane Bomber
- Section 15 Tower Defense Game
- Section 16 Lava Cave Adventure
- Section 17 Conclusion!
What You’ll Learn
- Learn the Construct 2 platform while building multiple video games., Learn both Constrct 2 and Construct 3, Our course is for those who have no prior experience at all, we specifically designed it for kids in elementary through high-school. But everyone will benefit.
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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RRandy Rowley
Well thought out and easy to follow course. Instructor doesn't go into minute detail of creating every facet of the games. Rather, he gives you the skeletal structure of a fully functional game in each section and encourages YOU to customize it and make it your own. Personally, I like this style. I like the idea that I can build a library of templates for various types of games and not have to start from scratch every time. VERY helpful! Now that I've gone through the whole course, I need to backtrack a bit - the later games do go into greater detail and are more complicated. But he still doesn't go through every level and nuance - he always encourages you to build out your own ideas based on what you're learning.
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TTaton W
This course is a bit outdated (Uses Construct 2 in the walkthroughs). Didn't realize when I bought it. Good information but I think construct 2 is discontinued and I am looking for Construct 3 Courses.
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AAndy Crotty
Could do with a little updating for construct 3 (getting a bit dated but still works for the most part). With the free version of construct 3 you can only create 2 layers which means you cannot create a HUD (required 3 layers) in a couple of tutorials. Overall a good foundation for the basics of creating games in Construct. I would have loved to have seen some use of sound or some more complex behaviours in later lessons as the platform games became a little repetative (using pretty much the same behaviours). Glad i did it though it has helped build my confidence to try some more advanced tutorials.
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AAbbas Mehdi
It was a great course, no doubt about it. Like it was my first time learning and having so much fun using the Construct. Games of all sorts were covered as well as their functions. One thing to note that this course doesn't include the sound and audio functions used in Construct. Anyway, overall, a great course. Recommended!!