I just finished the first draft of a tiny project to help beginners better grasp the concepts behind Defold.
I’ve studied the official Side Scroller Tutorial and I’ve written a document where I try to recreate it from scratch in excruciatingly detailed explanations.
There still might be typos here and there, and I’m not finished with screenshots.
I’d really like your feedback about this. Proofreading would gladly be much appreciated since I’m not a native english speaker.
Here is the link: [EDIT] That link points to the first draft of the project. It is now outdated. side scroller tutorial deconstructed
I followed it from start to finish and I had to adjust some parts but now it’s fully functional.
Some screenshots are yet to be made and I have to add explanations on complex parts (like scripts).
Any thoughts?
Thank you for the kind words. In fact, I was hoping it could somehow be integrated to the tutorial section. However, it may still have rough edges to fix.
Well, it’s not completely finished yet…
Actually, that would be a great idea to add a community tutorial section and encourage users to submit new tutorials. I’m not sure that putting it directly inside Defold would be a good move. Maybe a section on the manual > tutorial part of the site would be more appropriate. I don’t know.
Allright, I plan to convert this tutorial into an asset to put in the Assets portal on Defold site.
I titled this Side Scroller tutorial deconstructed but I think Side Scroller tutorial from scratch or Recreate the Side Scroller tutorial from zero would make better sense. I’m not sure about this. What do you think?
OK, this is a major update! I really have worked hard on this today. I’m still not finished (I’ve arrived at the part about particles and some script’s codes aren’t explained in detail) but I’ve made big improvements.
As suggested by @britzl, I created a new repository for the project.
I added much more screenshots.
Everything is under a full project with the README.md file as the tutorial in order to be able to open it inside Defold.
I added much more explanations for beginners to better understand the underlying process.
I’ve started an asset page on the Assets portal to host the project when finished.
To better compare as the official tutorials, the assets are now in raw format under an assets folder and the tutorial screenshots under a doc folder.
The provided project is simply a raw empty project template. Everything except importing assets and creating the project is to be done by the user.
Even if it’s not finished yet, I’m pretty happy with it. I’ve followed it twice now to check errors, typos, or wrong explanations. This is getting insane! I’ll really need some proof readers to check what I could not spot.
Thanks for everyone who supported this so far. It’s been a major motivation to me.
Hello,
Nice and massive work.
I also like the french documentation on your github. It’s very helpfull.
I have to learn how the factories work. (critical part for me)
David could promote your work on GC.
doumdoum
Hi @doumdoum!
Thank you for your kind words.
I sent you a private message about David because I think it is a private matter.
If you have questions about factories, feel free to ask on the forum. Everyone here is awesome: