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Learn to Make Games

Short lessons for everything the game editor can do — pick a topic below, or browse them all on the left.

Getting Started

A tour of the game editor — shapes, the code editor, and the cheat sheet.

Moving Your Shape

Arrow keys, positions, and remembering things between frames.

Looks

Changing a shape's color.

Bumping Into Things

Detecting when two shapes touch.

Working With Other Shapes

Reading and changing another shape from your own code.

Messages, Buttons & Restarting

Game Over screens, buttons, and starting over.

Showing Text on Screen

Health, score, and other on-screen text.