Defold Tutorial #7 - Levels and Lua Modules

DEFOLD TUTORIAL #7 - LEVELS AND LUA MODULES

This next Defold Introductory Tutorial is focused on the concept of a Game Level. This is an important feature that enables the game developer to have separate scenes for introductions, game instructions, progressive game levels, etc. Key features explained within this tutorial include:

1 - Game Levels using Collections – based on the manner in which Defold organizes game objects into collections….in this example, there will be a main level, a Level 1 and a Level 2.

2 - Collection Proxies – this mechanism enables the game developer to aggregate game objects across multiple levels, and use Lua Scripting to dynamically manage these collections.

3 - Defold Messaging – this new tutorial will explain how to use messaging to exchange key game control information between levels.

4 - Graphic User Interface – lastly, we’ll incorporate a unique GUI within each of the game levels, this will allow us to include control buttons which manage user requests to change between levels.

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DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES - I have placed a zipfile which contains the full set of project files on to a shared Google Drive folder. You can access it here:

Defold Tutorial Project Downloads

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XOQbzHt0Mg0fxAvYBN1ysNCPbxKvgImQ?usp=sharing

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A text version of this tutorial is also available at https://www.tactxstudios.com

Attribution: The images used within this tutorial are all free assets provided by the following sources: (1) background images are from www.clipartkid.com; (2) the Wizard and Ork are provided by www.craftpix.net; (3) the Monkey is provided by www.gameartguppy.com and (4) the Level Select Panel is from www.freepik.com. We thank these sites for providing these free graphic assets.

I hope you found this tutorial helpful -- please pass along any feedback in the comments below.

All the best - David