In which we use MPAGDs DATA, READ, COLOUR and CHR commands to make a great looking HUD for our games...super memory efficiently!

In which we write a seaside arcade grabbing machine mechanic... you know....for kids

Here's a building block mechanic you can use to add pushable crates your player can push and jump onto

The Map Editor is where we connect our screens together. When you first open it there will be just one screen, Screen 0: This is our...

Now that we've added a ladder to our game, created a sprite for our character when he goes up and down the ladder, and set the keys for...

So far, in our game, its pretty much a standard platform affair, with controls for left, right and jump. But what if we wanted to add...

I'm going to create a Bone, and Stinky Dog will try to collect them, each time he does, he'll score some points. To create the bone,...

We are going to need an enemy sprite...so head back to the sprite editor. Here's Stinky Dogs nemesis....Sideways Clive (no relation to...

We've just seen how MPAGD defaults to a square play area with game scores an other info down the right hand side. But this doesn't suit...

OK, we're ready to test our progress, if everything's gone OK...this should happen. Note that when the build is in progress, messages...

The Script Generator looks a little daunting at first, but it soon makes sense. Basically, in MPAGD the code behind the Player and your...

This shouldn't take long... Click the buttons that you want to use in the game and once highlighted, hit the key that you want to use to...

It's important that for every screen of your game you have a starting position for your player sprite (as well as any enemies or other...

The Screen Editor lets you create an update the screens that will form the levels and map of your game. When we first create a game with...

The Block editor is where you will create the 8px by 8px blocks that we will use to design the screens of our game

From the Editor menu, select Sprites OK, so all sprites in MPAGD are 16 x 16 squares. In the top right of the editor are two colour...

I thought it might be useful to create an entire MPAGD game from scratch and blog about it. I doubt we'll end up with anything...

We'll jazz up the stock 'HORIZONTAL PATROL' script and make it possible to stun the enemy if we jump on its head

Let's add a cannon that fires bouncy cannonballs...because we can.

Lets give the player a bonus item for defeating an enemy and flash a banner on screen when the bonus is collected