Getting Started

As before, start by opening up GDevelop. If you're using the web-based editor, use this link editor.gdevelop-app.com.

Create a new Empty Game, add a scene, and name the scene Play. As before, there's nothing special about the scene name, so use whatever you want.

Open up the scene, and you should be greeted with the scene editor...

Project Properties

For this game, we'll be aiming for a retro pixel art aesthetics, to achieve that, we'll need to change a few settings. Open up the Project Properties window...

...and set...

These settings helps to preserve the jagged, pixelated look of the image. Without them, GDevelop will smooth jagged edges, making them look blurry.

Scenes

We'll start with just one scene for now, but eventually, we'll have 3 scenes in total:

Play Scene

This is where we will have the main gameplay. It will comprise of a large map with...

Start Scene

Just as in Dodge the Creep, we'll have a start screen for the game. Basically just a title and a clickable button to start the game.

Game Over Scene

We'll use this scene when the player loses. It'll just display a "game over" message and provide a button to restart the game.