Build a Shoot-’Em-Up in Construct 2: Adding Polish
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Build a Shoot-’Em-Up in Construct 2: Adding Polish

Tutorial Details
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Platform Used: Construct 2
  • Estimated Completion Time: One hour
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Build a Space-Based Shoot-'Em-Up in Construct 2

In this tutorial screencast series, we’re building a frantic side-scrolling shoot-’em-up, complete with multiple levels, parallax scrolling, lots of enemies, power-ups, and even a boss battle. We’re using the free Construct 2 gamedev tool, meaning you don’t need any previous programming or game development knowledge. In this part, we’ll just add some polish to the game.


Play the Final Game Demo

Here’s what we’ll be working towards throughout the whole of this series:


The full game has power-ups, multiple levels and enemies, a parallax-scrolling background, and a big boss fight! The difficulty has been reduced to help show off the features in this demo, but of course you can make your game as easy or hard as you like.

In this part of the tutorial, we’ll just focus on adding some polish to the game.


Watch the Screencast

Polish


Watch in full screen at 720p (use the Cog icon) for best quality, or download the MP4.

In the next (and final) part of this series, we’ll finish off with a boss battle. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ to keep up to date!

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  • Farman

    is there a mac equivalent for this?

    • Kyatric

      I believe GameSalad is, but I’ve only used Construct2 so I can’t tell for sure if it’s exactly the same. I’ve heard it’s a “no code” tool too and I think it executes on Mac.
      I believe there are articles for GameSalad in the From Scratch section of gamedev tutsplus, try them out.

  • Rajeev

    Thank you! Great tutorial! :-)

    • Kyatric

      Thank you for the nice comment :D