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     New to programming and need some help getting started ? - Well, then our tutorial section will help kick start your programming adventure. If you're looking for more Source Code / Tutorials & Media ? - Then remember to visit the PlayBasic Resource board on our forums.



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Title IDE Lesson- How To Load & Run Examples No Pic
Category All,Beginner,I.D.E,Getting Started,Video
Author Kevin Picone
Date 01,Feb,2010
Description
     This video is aimed those new to PlayBasic IDE, and tries to give the user a quick overview of how to load and run one any of the included examples.

     Note: This is HD video, so it's best viewed in 720p in full screen.
Article Links Watch On YouTube




Title Object management (Character Life Cycles) No Pic
Category All,Arrays
Author Kevin Picone
Date 27,Nov,2009
Description      This tutorial introduces a concept of managing the life cycles of a many characters within our game. If we think about it, the characters in our games will generally have three main life states. They're Born, they live out their purpose and ultimately they die.

     So in this tutorial we're going to use a Typed Array to hold handle various game characters. The initially version starts out simple, and shows how we can presents characters in typed arrays, with each revision we progress the code until we've create create a frame work that can allow us to manage the life cycles of as many characters as need be.
Article Links Object management (Character Life Cycles)




Title How to Create a Ping Pong Game No Pic
Category All,Video,Beginner,Games
Author 08zacdeman08
Date 26,Aug,2009
Video




Title Tips On Making A Platform Game In PlayBasic No Pic
Category All,Games,Beginner
Author Tommy Haaks
Date 27,Oct,2008
Description This short tutorial takes the reader through the fundamentals of building a platform game in PlayBasic.
Article Links Tips On Making A Platform Game In PlayBasic




Title A Crash Course In Optimization No Pic
Category All,Advanced
Author Kevin Picone
Date 30,Jun,2008
Description Learn to get the best out of PlayBasic using various mirco and algorithmic optimization techniques.
Article Links A crash Course in optimzation




Title Game Programming For Beginners No Pic
Category All, Beginner,Getting Started,Variables,Arrays
Author TDK_Man , Kevin Picone
Date 20,Apr,2008
Description Learn basic game programming in this 10 part tutorial series for beginners. This series covers everything from Variables, Arrays, Program Structure, Loops, Functions through to various articles on game timing and logic.

Highly Recommended
Article Links Game Programming For Beginners Index




Title PlayBasic IDE - Getting Started Tutorial
Category All,Beginner,I.D.E,Getting Started
Author Kevin Picone
Date 29,Feb,2008
Description This tutorial (in the form of an FAQ) is to help people new to PlayBasic, find their way around the PlayBasic IDE (The editor) so they can start testing the included projects, or start experimenting with their own projects.
Article Links PlayBasic IDE - Getting Started Tutorial




Title Timer Based Movement
Category All,Timing
Author Kevin Picone
Date 20,May,2007
Description

    This tutorial demonstrates one possible solution (and pitfalls) to approximate 'consistent' movement and spawning rate in a game, regardless of computers physical frame rate.

Article Links Timer Based Movement




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