Hi! I hope all of you aren’t swamped with schoolwork yet, I know I am.
So after going through all the previous tutorials, Pong (One and two player), I had to think of a way to present tutorial three. Since I’m no video expert (Like Katrina, hers’ was awesome) I created a step by step PowerPoint that goes through and teaches you how to create the casual game “Arkanoid” on Multimedia Fusion Developer.
The PowerPoint is a step-by-step guide including images. If you are stuck on a part or you’re not sure what you’re supposed to do, take a look at the images. I’ve included arrows and highlights to help you. The arrows and highlighted parts usually show you what you should be changing/editing. Also, please be aware that this tutorial is dependent on the first two.
I’ve always made the PowerPoint into a video to post on my blog so you can get an idea of the tutorial. I know there’s a big fat watermark in the middle of the video, but the original PowerPoint can be downloaded through this link.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jecba0
I hope you all enjoy this tutorial. I also hope that this tutorial will help you easily create “Arkanoid”. (I got to tell you, the game can be pretty tough…to me at least). If you have any trouble downloading or if you don’t understand a certain part, please feel free to leave a comment or email me. I’ll try my best to help you. I also welcome any suggestions and constructive criticism.
Cheers.
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I just finished doing this tutorial, and wow, great job! I loved how you highlighted boxes and used arrows to indicate what we should be editing. This made the lesson really smooth and easy to follow when wording might have been confusing. I also liked how you offer the tutorial as a video, but also as the original power point. I much prefer the power point over the video. I can go at my own pace and do each step as I work with MMF2 in real time.
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this was a very well done tutorial. The highlighting, and the arrows really helped to assist the user when descriptions would be to long or confusing.
ReplyDeleteI managed to follow step by step, and felt the progression as i could really see the game develop under the tutorials guidance.
again, very well done.
nico
Mandy,
ReplyDeleteLoved the idea of using powerpoint, you stuck to what you know and made it easy on yourself and everyone following your tutorial because it was well done. I liked the arrows and highlighted sections which made the tutorial easy to follow. Similar to Andrew's tutorial I had done this tutorial a week ago, but forgot to post feedback on your blog. Your tutorial was the first tutorial where I didn't have to tinker much to get things working properly. I think it was a combination of your tutorial's effectiveness and I am getting used to this program. Anyway, your tutorial was very well done, and I hope to emulate certain aspects of what you did that worked in my own tutorial coming up on Feb. 10th. One thing I wasn't impressed with though, and it's my own fault but I'm posting it here and on my blog to warn and help others is that I didn't save my original tutorial 1. So when it came time to do your tutorial, I had to redo tutorial 1 because I had already turned it into a two player game. HAve to remember to save! HAve a good one, thanks for the smooth sailing tutorial.
Cheers,
Sean.
Thanks a lot for the details and graphics. I feel like a dummy doing these tutorials so the arrows and colorful explanations really really helped me. I love the idea of having a video although I totally understand how hard it could be to do it. So, awesome job with the powerpoint. I will keep looking at it as a reference for further tutorials. It was THAT helpful for me :) Excellent job!
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