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Here you can find a list of tutorials & how to guides for Visionaire Studio by various members of the Visionaire Studio Team & its users.
Some of the tutorials might contain screenshots from previous versions of Visionaire Studio, but the described concepts are still working. This overview focuses on the tutorials that remain relevant and are included in this project.
If you have written/filmed your own Visionaire tutorial and would like to see it added to that list, please tell us on our Discord or in the forum.
Text / Image Tutorials
Ilios & Physics
| Tutorial Name | Level | By |
|---|---|---|
| Ilios scripting guide: first scripts, components and Box2D physics | Basic | Chris Tikkos (Dionous) |
| Platformer with Tiled and Box2D: spritesheets, Tiled map and collisions | Intermediate | Chris Tikkos (Dionous) |
Characters
| Tutorial Name | Level | By |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic character blinking for your characters | Basic | AFRLme |
| Dynamic footstep sounds | Basic | Lebostein |
| Lip Sync with "Rhubarb" in Visionaire Studio | Intermediate | AFRLme |
Scenes & Menus
| Tutorial Name | Level | By |
|---|---|---|
| Building a Save/Load Menu | Intermediate | Esmeralda (+ Einzelkämpfer) |
| Dynamic clouds (random scale, image & speed) | Advanced | AFRLme |
| Hotspot hightlighting using images or animations | Basic | AFRLme |
| How to create a scene within a scene | Intermediate | AFRLme |
| How to use the object mask plugin | Basic | AFRLme |
| Menu 101 - A guide to creating menus in Visionaire Studio | Basic | AFRLme |
Interfaces
| Tutorial Name | Level | By |
|---|---|---|
| Set up a verb coin interface with screen-centered inventory (MI3 style) | Intermediate | Einzelkämpfer |
Animation
| Tutorial Name | Level | By |
|---|---|---|
| Turn your regular animation into a pendulum animation with only 2 lines of Lua script | Basic | AFRLme |
Audio/Video
| Tutorial Name | Level | By |
|---|---|---|
| How to add a splash video | Basic | AFRLme |
Little Helpers
| Tutorial Name | Level | By |
|---|---|---|
| How to create a simple playtime counter using a value, display text & a few lines of Lua script | Intermediate | AFRLme |
SFX
| Tutorial Name | Level | By |
|---|---|---|
| A dynamic lighting effect using images | Intermediate | AFRLme |
General Developing
| Tutorial Name | Level | By |
|---|---|---|
| Sort out real-time log monitoring | Basic | AFRLme |
Video Tutorials
Sebastian's Video Tutorials
These tutorials are intended for Visionaire Studio 5.x. Most of them are in German. A YouTube Playlist is available.
| # | Der Hitchhiker's Guide zu Visionaire Studio 5 [DE] | The Hitchhiker's Guide to Visionaire Studio 5 [EN] |
|---|---|---|
| 00 | Vorstellung | |
| 01 | Projektplanung & Übersicht | |
| 02 | Mauszeiger, Schriftarten & Charaktere | |
| 03 | Erste Szene & Wegsysteme | |
| 04 | Charakterskalierung & Lightmaps | |
| 05 | Deponia / Baphomets Fluch 1-Click Interface | |
| 06 | Sam & Max Hit the Road Interface | |
| 07 | SCUMM Interface | |
| 08 | Verb Coin Interface | |
| 09 | Items | |
| 10 | Das klassische Inventar | |
| 11 | Das moderne Inventar | |
| 12 | Kommentargruppen | |
| 13 | Hotspot-Animationen | |
| 14 | Standard Dialog System | |
| 15 | Das Puzzle | |
| 16 | Spielstand Speichern & Laden | |
| 17 | Lua Crashkurs (1/2) | |
| 18 | Lua Crashkurs (2/2) | |
| 19 | Individuelles Drag & Drop | |
| 20 | Gamepad-integration | Gamepad Integration |
| 21 | Sprechblasen | Speechbubbles |
William Kruger's Video Tutorials
These tutorials are intended for Visionaire Studio 5.x.
Redspark's Video Tutorials
These tutorials are intended for Visionaire Studio 5.x.
| # | New Game Essentials |
|---|---|
| 01 | Visionaire Studio 5: Project Setup |
| # | First Person Perspective |
|---|---|
| 01 | First Person Perspective Part 1 |
| 02 | First Person Perspective Part 2 |
| 03 | First Person Perspective Part 3 |
| 04 | First Person Perspective Part 4 |
Javier Ventosa's Video Tutorials
These tutorials are intended for Visionaire Studio 5.x. The videos are in Spanish (English subtitles available).
| # | Sound implementation using the audio system [ES] |
|---|---|
| 01 | Visionaire Studio - Implementación de Audio (música y sfx) |
| 02 | Visionaire Studio - Implementación de Sync Container |