How to Make a Platformer Game [Part 1: Intro, sprites, movement & tile map]

Learn everything you need to make your own platformer video game with MakeCode Arcade.

In part 1, we learn about 2D sprites, controlling movement, tile maps, collision, jump physics, game over, camera following, conditional statements, event-based programming, and more.

00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Hardware
01:10 - Arcade homepage
01:30 - Editor overview
02:06 - Background color
02:18 - Create a cat sprite
03:18 - Move cat
03:30 - Tile editor
04:00 - Create a grass tile
04:50 - Walls & platform collision
05:25 - Gravity
05:55 - Coordinate system
06:20 - Constrain to X axis
06:58 - Rename variables
07:12 - Jumping
08:46 - Camera follow
09:09 - Expanded level
10:15 - Conditional statements & fixing infinite jump
11:09 - Lava & losing the game
13:27 - Portal & winning the game

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