Build a Shoot-’Em-Up in Construct 2: Blowing Up the Enemies

In this tutorial screencast series, we’re building a frantic side-scrolling shoot-’em-up, complete with multiple levels, parallax scrolling, lots of enemies, power-ups, and even a boss battle. We’re using the free Construct 2 gamedev tool, meaning you don’t need any previous programming or game development knowledge. In this part, we’ll make it possible to blow up the enemies!

Play the Final Game Demo

Here’s what we’ll be working towards throughout the whole of this series:

Click to play the final game

The full game has power-ups, multiple levels and enemies, a parallax-scrolling background, and a big boss fight! The difficulty has been reduced to help show off the features in this demo, but of course you can make your game as easy or hard as you like.

In this part of the tutorial, we’ll make it possible to blow up the enemies! We’ll also improve the interface.

Watch the Screencasts

Enemy Destruction

The Interface

In the next part of this series, we’ll polish the game. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ to keep up to date!