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- Endless up runnerA game where the player have to jump on platforms and avoid falling down as the screen goes up. With special objects (spring, rocks), score and Game Over handling!
- GeodashA fast paced game where you must jump and avoid obstacles.
- Space invadersA Space Invaders-like game, where you have a turret and shoot on enemies coming from the sky.
- Zombie laserSimple game where the player must use his laser powered gun to destroy zombies running at him.
- RhythmBasic example of how to create a music game like Dance Dance Revolution or Friday Night Funkin.
- Tetris demoA complete demo of a Tetris game, with all the concepts of modern Tetris such as SRS (Super Rotation System) and ghost piece, with high scores, music, sound effects.
- Advanced shape based painterShow how to use Shape Painter objects to create a simple drawing app.
- Animation speed scaleChange the speed of the animation of an object according to its movement speed.
- Basic AI using PathfindingShow how to use pathfinding to make enemies chase the player.
- Bitmap textA few examples of Bitmap Text usage and their features (wrapping, tint color...).
- Bbtext object demoThis shows how to change the bbcode text of a BBText object displayed on the screen.
- Board walk with raycastExample showing how to walk on a tile-based arbitrary board using the Raycast condition.
- Center object within anotherHow to put an object on the center of another
- Change sprite colorLearn how to change the color of a Sprite object - useful to achieve effects like invincibility with a blue tint or taking damage with a red effect.
- Count down timerShow how to use a variable as a timer and display it on screen like a bomb count down timer.
- Character selectionExample showing how to remember the character selected by the player and use it in other scenes.
- Create random objectShow how to create a object randomly picked in a list.
- Custom mouse pointerLearn how to replace the mouse cursor by a custom image.
- Keyboard Input CustomizationThis explains how to remember the last key that was pressed and customize the inputs of your game.
- Dialogue tree simple demoShows how to set up a dialogue with a character, like in a RPG game, including multiple choices.
- Drag camera with mouseThis shows how to allow the user to move on a map with the mouse.
- Filesystem create directoryShow how to ask the user for a folder name and create it on the disk.
- Find diagonalsShow how to delete objects that are located at the diagonals of the click of the player in a board game.
- Forward cameraA platformer camera that leans toward the direction the player is looking at. Useful to give more visibility to the player when running through a level.
- Health barThe platform example game adapted to add a health bar to the player, that is decreased when the player touches an enemy.
- Infinitely scrolling top down backgroundShows how to make an infinitely scrolling top down background by changing camera position.
- Javascript blocks in platformerThis shows how to reproduce the Platformer example using JavaScript code instead of events.
- Menu with tweensShows how to use the tween behavior to animate a game main menu.
- Facebook instant gameLearn how to use the various Facebook Instant Games APIs to get information about the player, share their scores and have a leaderboard!
- Move object with forcesThis shows how to use the forces built in GDevelop to move an object.
- Move object with mouse jointShow how to use physics engine to move an object around with the mouse and realistic movements.
- Multi language menuShow how to translate a menu (titles, buttons) in multiple languages and add an option for the player to choose the language.
- Multiplayer platformer with gamepadsExample showing how to use the Gamepads extension to read the state of gamepads (or controllers), for 2 players.
- Objects timersExample showing various usage of objects timers (timers that are stored into instances of objects on the scene, as opposed to scene timers which are stored by the scene).
- Open url in browserThis shows how to open a website on the system default browser.
- Particles explosionsCreate explosion effects with the particles engine.
- Object gravityUse the physics engine to simulate an object moving on a small planet.
- Particles various effectsCreate various effects with the particles engine.
- PathfindingThis show how to have an object moving from its position to another automatically avoiding obstacles.
- Pathfinding basicsSimpler example showing how to get started with Pathfinding, to have an object automatically find its way around obstacles.
- PhysicsExample showing various capabilities of the physics engine integrated to GDevelop.
- Physics joints demoA demo of all the joints that can be created using the Physics engine.
- Plane and cloudsShow how to randomly generate clouds to create an infinite sky.
- Platformer aiThis example shows how to make AI for a platformer
- Physics joints settings demoA demo of all the joints, and the way they can be customized, using the Physics engine.
- Platformer double jumpThe Platformer example modified to allow the player to do a double jump.
- Play music on mobileThis show how to properly launch a music on a game on mobile.
- Platformer room cameraThis example shows hows to move camera in between rooms using tweens.
- RagdollExample of creating a ragdoll with physics joints.
- RainShow how to simulate a rain effect by creating several objects.
- Random color pickerThis shows how to create a grid with random color, and let the player choose one.
- Random number or string from a listShow how to get a random value (string or number) from a list of choices.
- Rotate toward positionShow how to rotate an object so that it looks toward a specified position on the scene.
- Rotate with keypressBasic example showing how to rotate an object.
- Shoot bullet in parabolaShow how to use various mathematical expressions to move an object following a parabola shape
- Shooting bullets explanationBasic example showing how to shoot bullets from one or multiple objects at the same time.
- Simple space shooterAn older, simple space shooter demo, made without any behaviors from extensions. Prefer taking a look at the Space Shooter starter to learn about useful behaviors and patterns for making your games.
- Text fade in outThis shows how to make a text fade in and out on the screen.
- Text to speechAdvanced example showing how to use JavaScript and HTML5 api to make a text read by your computer.
- Toggle music play soundExample showing how to play a music and add controls on the screen to pause it, change the volume or mute the sounds totally.
- Titan souls demoA demo of a top down game where you have to beat a boss that has multiple attacks.
- Top down adventure cameraA top down action adventure/action RPG style camera.
- Unlock itemsShow how to save the items unlocked by the user and load them later (when the game is launched again for example, or when starting a saved game).
- 3D Light PlaygroundA playground for GDevelop's 3D lights, with one scene per kind of light so each can be looked at on its own.
- Achievement systemImplements a simple achievement system.
- AdmobDemonstrate how to show ads from AdMob in your game: app open, banners, interstitials, reward videos and interstitials. Also useful to test that your AdMob account is working properly.
- Balloon smasherShow how to smash balloons with touch or cursor.
- Bomb the crateA basic bomberman like game, where the player can move on the map, drop bombs and destroy crates on the map.
- ButtonsLearn how to make buttons for the menus in your game.
- Cannon ball with physicsAn example showing how to launch a ball from a cannon when using the Physics engine.
- Change sprite animationLearn how to change the animation of a Sprite object (useful for animating almost all objects in your game: characters, enemies, items...)
- Coyote timeShows how to use the "Advanced jump" behavior to allow an object to jump shortly after it left a platform (to reduce player frustration in platform games).
- Device orientation ballgameExample showing how to use the device sensors to move a ball in a maze.
- Device orientation compassThis shows how to use the device sensors to create a compass like app.
- Device vibrationShow how to make the device vibrate.
- Flappy birdA clone of the challenging and popular Flappy Bird game, where you control a bird which has to avoid pipes.
- Firebase exampleA twitter-like social network called "Not Twitter" using Firestore, and showcase of some other features of Firebase.
- Firing patternsShow how to fire bullets with different patterns.
- Gamepad testerAllow to check if a gamepad works correctly with the extension.
- Infinite scrolling backgroundLearn two different ways to create a background that is scrolling infinitely.
- Level selection unlockShow how to save user progress and progressively unlock levels.
- LightsExample showing the usage of multiple light objects, setting other objects as light obstacles and using a slight blur effect to soften shadows.
- Magnet2 scenes showing examples of how to use a magnetic attraction effect. One with a ball attracted by a magnet, one with a player who attracts coins.
- Layer effectsAn example showing all the layer effects available in GDevelop.
- Menu with functions and text effectsHow to implement the same menu across multiple scenes using functions and text effects for hover/active states.
- Mouse pointer lockShow how to use the "Mouse pointer lock" extension.
- MultitouchThis shows how to create multiple markers when the player touches the screen.
- P2P Networking DemoA showcase of some multiplayer/networking possibilities using the P2P extension.
- ParallaxShows how to have multiple layers with a parallax effect (where the background layers move slower than the foreground).
- Parallax scrollingAnother example showing how to have multiple layers with a parallax effect (where the background layers move slower than the foreground).
- Parse json from apiAdvanced example where JSON content is fetched from a website and information extracted from it.
- Raycast debug viewSimple example showing how raycast detects objects.
- Procedural generationAn example that shows the fundementals of creating a simple top down (2D) procedural generation system. Using the Noise and ExtendedMath extensions.
- Reset checkpointsThe example is a basic way to save and load checkpoints.
- Rectangular movementShow how to use the "Rectangular movement" extension.
- Rotate toward mouseShow how to rotate an object so that it looks toward the player cursor.
- Manual Save/Load DemoAdvanced example showing how to persist data and then reload them from storage (useful to store game progress, or save the state of some objects in a game).
- Shoot bulletsBasic example showing how to shoot bullets from an object.
- ScrollbarShow how to make a scroll view.
- Spatial soundA small game similar to the Lost Woods of The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, that uses spatial sound.
- Star seekerShow how to use the "Ellipse movement" extension to move a player in a snake-like game.
- Swipe mobileShow how to use the Swipe Detector extension, for touchscreen on mobile and PC.
- Stick objectsShow how to stick objects to others, so that they follow the position, rotation and even changes in size of the object they are stuck to.
- Tabbed menu with layersExample showing how to create a menu with multiple tabs.
- Take screenshotShow how to save a screenshot of the game on the disk (on Windows/macOS/Linux only).
- Text entry objectThis example shows how to use the Text Entry object to capture what is typed on the keyboard. It also illustrates how to open the virtual keyboard on mobile devices and capture/display what is typed using an extension.
- Type on text effectThis show how to create an effect where a text is progressively typed on the screen.
- Video playerAn example of a complete video player with controls to play/pause, change the volume, jump to a position in the video...
- AsteroidsAn adptation of the classic arcade game Asteroids with GDevelop.
- Drop collect items from storageShow how to make the player collect objects from boxes on the map.
- Keyboard practiceA simple game where the player must press the right keys on the keyboard as fast as possible.
- Level editorExample showing a basic level editor, where you can save and load positions of objects put on the scene during the game. Also shows how to use simple functions.
- Tilemaps with LDtk DemoShows examples of tile maps made with the LDtk (that can be downloaded on ldtk.io).
- Z depthExample where the player can move a character on a map, and the character is displayed behind or in front of other objects according to its position.
- Inventory systemLearn how to display an inventory, with object that can be added or removed, and how to persist it in storage.
- Platformer movesShow how to do wall jumps, double jumps, coyote jumps and dashes in platformer games using the "Advanced platformer movements" extension.
- 3d wall slidingA 3D first person platformer with wall sliding.
- Shadow clones testerShow how to use the shadow clone extension.
- Tween testAn example project that tests all Tween extension functionality.
- Dungeon generatorShows how to procedurally generate dungeons or cave composed of objects when a scene starts.
- Dynamic tile mapShow how to modify the content of a tile map during a game.
- Platformer with tilemapShows how to create a pixel-perfect platformer game with a Tilemap object for designing the level.
- Tilemaps with Tiled DemoShows different examples of Tilemaps made with the Tiled editor (that can be downloaded on mapeditor.org), including some with animations.
- Dialogue tree with yarnA platformer showing a simple interactive story with dialogues like in RPG games, using the Yarn dialogue tree extension.
- Betabox basics learning experienceExample level for teaching basic programming skills with extra features and assets.