Stencyl Has Launched

Irock · May 31, 2011, 10:29:21 PM

Many moons ago, an unreleased game-creation application called StencylWorks caused a good deal of excitement in these forums, and even some controversy regarding its secretiveness. A lot of members became a part of the Stencyl community and were even invited to join the official Stencyl team. Throughout the years, Stencyl has undergone numerous overhauls and changes in direction, and even switched from being a Java game-creation toolset to being a Flash game-creation toolset.

Today, on the thirty-first of May, 2011, Stencyl has finally launched.

Stencyl is a free, multi-platform game-creation toolset that aims to allow anyone to create 2D Flash games easily, no coding required. And, iOS support is said to be on the way.

You can download and try out Stencyl today on Stencyl's website.

Zylos · May 31, 2011, 11:58:41 PM

About time! Game creation almost at its easiest.

Holkeye · June 01, 2011, 12:46:22 AM

I hear the hoofbeats of a million mario and megaman games.

Arrow · June 01, 2011, 01:14:41 AM

You shut your whore mouth. >8C

Cascading Dragon · June 01, 2011, 01:38:52 AM

Quote from: Holkami on June 01, 2011, 12:46:22 AM
I hear the hoofbeats of a million horrible mario and megaman games.

Fixed.
It'll probably be like RPG Maker, and have a few gems.

SirJackRex · June 01, 2011, 01:50:57 AM

Irock, do I need to create a new Stencyl account?

It's a shame I was never able to create much with Stencyl; it's such a great tool. Just when I got into it, 2011 rolled around and school and work overwhelmed me.

Dwarra? · June 01, 2011, 02:30:53 AM

Oh dear god Irock I couldn't even get through the first two pages of that thread.
Also I might actually check this out
[spoiler] For five minutes and then I'll forget about it and let it collect dust on my hard drive[/spoiler]

Irock · June 01, 2011, 02:32:19 AM

Quote from: Harry Burns on June 01, 2011, 01:50:57 AM
Irock, do I need to create a new Stencyl account?

Yeah.

pacdiggity · June 01, 2011, 08:04:30 AM

I agree.
Also, did anyone care when Enterbrain released IG Maker? I've heard it's shit. This is much better.

tSwitch · June 01, 2011, 02:34:41 PM

Honestly, it's nice to see it released.
It's a great alternative to IG Maker and Game Maker (better in most ways)

I hope it gets good support.

Arrow · June 01, 2011, 06:22:14 PM

so I looked up IG Maker and I saw an ad for this:

http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/product/material/samurai

I'm surprised I haven't seen this anywhere. Especially considering how often people ask for that sort of thing.

ahref · June 01, 2011, 08:42:11 PM

Excellent, Its gonna sit on my hard drive with lots of dust though

, hate being employed lol.

Around april i might pick it up and try something. Need to learn to draw before that though

Roph · June 02, 2011, 03:48:16 PM

Is it possible to just output a plain SWF? If so, you could just play the games directly on Android, since it supports flash.

Or I guess play them on the site, but it would be more awkward in a mobile browser

I still find it humourous that they were so self congratulatory and adamant they were something big, and then: Flash games.

Irock · June 02, 2011, 06:53:10 PM

Quote from: Roph on June 02, 2011, 03:48:16 PM
Is it possible to just output a plain SWF? If so, you could just play the games directly on Android, since it supports flash. Or I guess play them on the site, but it would be more awkward in a mobile browser

Yes, you can output to SWF.

Moss. · June 02, 2011, 10:23:29 PM

Quote from: Holkami on June 01, 2011, 12:46:22 AM
I hear the hoofbeats of a million mario and megaman games.

I hear the hoofbeats of a million people that want music "just like mario" and "just like megaman."

$_$

Irock · June 02, 2011, 10:30:28 PM

I think the amount of people who just want to make fangames has decreased drastically over the past few years. Like, why make a fangame when you could make an original game and possibly become an INDIE SUPERSTAR.

ahref · June 03, 2011, 12:04:37 AM

Quote from: Irock on June 02, 2011, 06:53:10 PM
Quote from: Roph on June 02, 2011, 03:48:16 PM
Is it possible to just output a plain SWF? If so, you could just play the games directly on Android, since it supports flash. Or I guess play them on the site, but it would be more awkward in a mobile browser
Yes, you can output to SWF.

Like can i output to .swf and not ever send it to stencyl.com, the games section of their site combined with their "EMBED THIS" stuff is concerning, slightly.

Irock · June 03, 2011, 02:30:21 AM

Quote from: ahref on June 03, 2011, 12:04:37 AM
Quote from: Irock on June 02, 2011, 06:53:10 PM
Quote from: Roph on June 02, 2011, 03:48:16 PM
Is it possible to just output a plain SWF? If so, you could just play the games directly on Android, since it supports flash. Or I guess play them on the site, but it would be more awkward in a mobile browser
Yes, you can output to SWF.

Like can i output to .swf and not ever send it to stencyl.com, the games section of their site combined with their "EMBED THIS" stuff is concerning, slightly.

Yeah, you just go to Publish > Export game as > SWF

ahref · June 03, 2011, 05:25:03 PM

Cool, ive just seen way to many stupid test projects on the website

Irock · June 03, 2011, 08:45:59 PM

Hahaha, yeah the starting tutorial tells you to publish your game at the end. That's probably going to be changed.

Moss. · June 04, 2011, 12:07:45 AM

Quote from: Irock on June 02, 2011, 10:30:28 PM
I think the amount of people who just want to make fangames has decreased drastically over the past few years. Like, why make a fangame when you could make an original game and possibly become an INDIE SUPERSTAR.

And those people still need music!

$_$

pacdiggity · June 04, 2011, 02:40:43 AM

You whore Arlen.