Torque Game Builder Genre Specific Tutorials

Outdated Genre Tutorials

The following tutorials were written in a previous version of TGB and may no longer work correctly with the current TGB release. It is not recommended that beginner users attempt them. As a community based wiki, please consider taking the time to update these tutorials so they can be readded to the top list!

Basic Platformer Mechanics

Basic Shooter Tutorial (from SDK)

Tetris Style Game

Overview

Building Levels Using Tile Maps

Scripting Basic Movement

Setting up a Scrolling Camera System

Creating Animations for Your Character

Adding Enemies and Basic AI

Implementing Winning and Losing Conditions

Building the User Interface

Additional Topics

Asteroids: Overview

Asteroids: Adding the Player

Overview, Planning, and Design

Creating The World (utilizing Tile Maps)

Mouse Selections and Selecting Objects

Setting up a Unit Creation System and Moving New Units

Creating Scripted Actions/Behaviors

Setting up Basic GUI Interactions In-Game

Setting up the Camera System to Scroll with The Mouse

Setting Conditions for Winning and Losing

Creating a Basic Interface GUI

Missing Genre Tutorials

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Moving Along a Tile Map, Tile by Tile