Learning Construct 2 -- Table of Contents -- Learning Construct 2 -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why subscribe? -- Free access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Downloading and Understanding Construct 2 -- About Construct 2 -- Downloading Construct 2 -- Walking through the installation of Construct 2 -- Navigating through Construct 2 -- Creating game objects -- Adding layers -- Sorting the z-order -- Layer properties -- Saving your project -- What is an event system? -- Reading an event system -- Writing events -- Creating a variable -- Using a license -- Summary -- 2. Creating Your First Game Design -- Defining a game -- Making your own challenges in a game -- Rewarding your players -- Ending the loop -- Examples of games for Construct 2 -- Drawing the flow of the game -- Making game mechanics -- Creating game rules -- Main game phases -- Understanding the fun factor -- More references for game design -- Game-design template -- Game-design books -- Summary -- 3. Creating Diverse Player Experiences with a Flappy Bird Clone -- How Flappy Bird works -- Understanding random generation -- Flappy Bird game design -- Making our own Flappy Bird game -- Adding the layers -- Adding a Sprite object -- Using image points -- Setting the collision polygon -- Enabling the plane to fall and collide -- Making it tap to flap -- Using instance variables -- Using the timer behavior -- Stopping the rotation -- Learning random generation -- Making the ground scroll -- Picking objects for actions.

Creating random obstacles -- Adding collectibles -- Completing our code -- Summary -- 4. Making a Breakout Clone -- Creating the design -- Designing the reward system -- Setting up our layout -- Using a tiled background object -- Moving the paddle in only two directions -- Making the ball bounce -- Adding the blocks -- Destroying the blocks -- Setting up the power up blocks -- Writing an expression -- Understanding constant variables -- Adding sub-events -- Changing a game object's state -- Adding more states -- Ending a game -- Losing by time -- Losing by life -- Calculating the score -- Comparing an expression -- Killing the bug -- Summary -- 5. Making a Platformer Game -- Preparing the level -- Setting up the character -- Moving the character -- Changing the animations -- Making the camera follow the player -- Jumping through platforms -- Moving to another level -- Hitting the coin box -- Learning about physics -- Forces, impulses, torques, and joints -- Adding a puzzle element -- Moving our character with the Physics behavior -- Changing the properties of the rock -- Selecting an object via its UID -- Joining two objects -- Types of physics engines in Construct 2 -- Summary -- 6. Creating a Space-shooter Game -- Setting the stage -- Scrolling the stage -- Creating the enemy -- Deleting offscreen objects -- Making the player shoot at enemies -- Adding the particle effects -- Storing data in Construct 2 -- Getting to know arrays -- Understanding the elements of an array -- One-dimensional and multidimensional arrays -- Storing data in a dictionary -- Comparison between arrays and dictionaries -- Using arrays in your game -- Inserting data into a dictionary -- Retrieving the value in an array and dictionary -- Storing data in the player's machine -- Using WebStorage to store data -- Making the leaderboard -- Understanding looping.

Using a loop in our leaderboard -- Summary -- 7. Making a Battle Tank Game -- Setting up the layout -- Using a container -- Pinning an object to another object -- Moving the units -- Adding obstacles -- Making custom obstacles for the units -- Creating enemies -- Making the turrets shoot -- Navigating through the level -- Adding music and sound effects -- Choosing the right file -- Playing the sound -- Making enemies smarter -- Enabling enemy patrolling -- Creating a scout type of enemy -- Additional reading -- Summary -- 8. Debugging Your Game -- Bugs and their types -- Solving a runtime bug -- Picking the right object -- Picking in sub-events -- Picking unreferenced objects -- Using Construct 2's debugging tool -- Using the inspector -- Watching the properties values -- Profiling the CPU -- Reading the profiler -- Performance summary -- Using breakpoints -- Different levels of bug importance -- Summary -- 9. Mastering the Best Practices -- Applying common best practices -- Backing up data regularly -- Testing your game on multiple browsers -- Supporting devices with touchscreen -- Using the right file format -- Security -- Using technical best practices -- Optimizing for mobile platforms -- Knowing the cause of poor performance -- Listing the common optimization misconceptions -- Zeroing in on a frames per second rate -- Understanding which part of the game to optimize -- Previewing over Wi-Fi -- Using your memory wisely -- Avoid using large image files -- Doing it the right way -- Construct 2 - texture loading -- Mobile limitations -- Summary -- 10. Publishing Your Game -- Exporting to the Web -- Exporting as an HTML5 game -- Uploading games to your Dropbox -- Requirements for the Scirra Arcade -- Publishing for Scirra's Arcade -- Changing the icons used -- Publishing to desktop -- Exporting using node-webkit -- Publishing as an Open Web App.

Exporting a packaged app -- Exporting a hosted app -- Submitting to the Firefox marketplace -- Publishing to mobile platforms -- Preparing your PhoneGap game -- Uploading to PhoneGap -- Summary -- Index.