Unfortunately, not all computers run ".ccn" games well. A ".ccn" file must be run in Internet Explorer or Netscape with a program called Vitalize!, which is about 1 MB.
One way to avoid the ".exe" shortcoming is to save your game in a format called ".ccn." The free version of The Games Factory permits you to save in this format. There is no free "school" version for The Games Factory like there is for Klik & Play.
You get a long trial period, but it will eventually run out. You must pay approximately thirty dollars to garner the ability of saving your game as an ".exe".
The Games Factory incorporates all of the features of Klik & Play, plus side scrolling (side scrolling allows a camera to follow the main character), the ability to let a user save his or her progress, and other useful functions. The Games Factory is for the most part an upgraded version of Klik & Play.
The Games FactoryAfter learning how to use Klik & Play, you should try The Games Factory.
This is basically what Klik & Play is like. In the Storyboard Editor, you can view your levels, title screens, and messages, create a blank level, duplicate levels (so you do not have to make everything all over again), and pick which level you wish to edit. In the Level Editor, you could make your levels, create objects, give them animations, pick the way they move, and make duplicates. All of these conditions would be placed in the Event Editor. A more advanced event would be: Every 0.45 seconds cause an enemy to face in the direction of your character, set its speed to 10, shoot a fireball object at your character with a speed of 50, and play a non-looping sound. If an enemy collides with your main character, then subtract one life and restart the level. When an enemy object collides against a wall, make it bounce. Here are some examples: If it is the start of the level, then play a sound looping. Thereof, if this is the stuff you want in your game, Klik & Play is the right tool for you. Here are some of the features of Klik & Play: platform characters, jump-through platforms, solid platforms, ladders, secret walk-through platforms, backgrounds, bouncing enemies, enemies that follow paths, mouse and race car objects, characters that can only go in eight directions, text messages, question and answer objects, score and life bars, and timer objects. Lastly, you can only use 16-bit color with Klik & Play. If you want to make 3D games that run fast on your computer, you will probably end up paying money for the engine or learning a programming language such as C++. In addition, you cannot make 3D games with Klik & Play. Hence, you cannot make big levels like the ones in the Sonic and Mario platform games. This means that all your levels must be limited to the size of your monitor, because you cannot make a camera follow your character. One major function missing with Klik & Play is side scrolling. Before learning how to use Klik & Play, you may want to see its capabilities with two games that I created with it: Bug Adventure (1.91 MB) and Mario's Super World (197 KB). The standard version is exactly the same, except that it costs approximately ten dollars.
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