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Creating video games has traditionally been a long and complicated process, 
requiring years of experience and a vast array of skills. However, with the 
introduction of comprehensive game-development toolkits such as Stencyl, the 
fun has returned to the art of game-creation - anyone who has the desire to 
create their own video game can now do so with almost any desktop computer and 
a free software download from the Internet!

Learning Stencyl 3.x Game Development: Beginner's Guide will put you on the 
fast-track to learning the essentials of the powerful Stencyl game-development 
toolkit. You will develop a complete, ready-to-publish video game including 
in-game advertising, by following the clear, step-by-step tutorials, supported 
by numerous screenshots and practical examples.

This book will guide you through all the important steps required to develop 
and publish your video game. Starting with the installation and testing of the 
Stencyl toolkit, you will very quickly advance to the fun and exciting process 
of creating a playable game. The step-by-step tutorials will guide you from a 
blank screen, right through to giving your game that final polish and sharing 
it with the rest of the world.

Whilst developing your feature-complete video game, you will learn how to 
easily detect collisions in your game using Stencyl's built-in physics engine. 
You'll discover how to use the powerful animation tools included in Stencyl's 
toolkit, and you'll find out how to make your game shine with sounds and visual 
special effects. You will also discover how Stencyl makes it easy to utilize 
the touch-screen and accelerometer features of smartphones and tablet computers.

You will learn all the essential skills required to develop a video game from 
scratch - right through to publishing a game on the Internet and testing games  
on the most popular mobile devices.