[PSP] Tutorial Spotlight

[jeffcu28•]

Many helpful tips, tricks, and other tactics drift along this vast ocean of information. Rather than pillage through the bottomless depths of this forum, we've piled all the best tutorials in this here treasure chest for you! We're always open to more loot, so nominate a tutorial if you think it should be added.


General Advice

• Into The World of Thoughts and Creativity: A Member's Review/Guide/Advice
  
  • A valuable resource for newcomers and existing members alike, this ultimate guide starts with the history of the game and ends with you making history!
  
  
• Guide and Tips to Creating on PSP
  
  • An in-depth guide that explores the multiple dimensions of creating a level from inspiration to realization and everything in between.
  
  
• Tips for Creating
  
  • Learn how to get inspired, take a bold approach to design, and stay motivated from a creator guru.
  
  
• SeekingTruth86's Paranoid Guide to Avoiding Level/Profile Corruption
  
  • What could be better than saving your corrupt profile from a backup? Preventing it from happening in the first place of course! Seek the truth to avoiding corruption in this handy guide.
  
  
• The corrupt profile thread (Back up your data NOW!)
  
  • You probably have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than completing a level without experiencing any problems. Learn how to recover a corrupt profile and avoid pain later on by taking the time to backup your game data periodically. Backing up is your lightning rod!
  
  

The Creation Process

• How NOT to create a level
  
  • Don't read this guide [/sarcasm]. It's so much easier entering create mode with absolutely no idea on how to avoid common mistakes.
  
  
• How to share levels: The Magic Crater Method
  
  • Thought collaborative levels were only for the PS3? Well you thought wrong! If you want to joint create or share levels to beta without publishing online, this guide is for you.
  
  
• Environment Tutorial
  
  • Learn how to effectively use layers, materials, stickers, and sounds to add stunning visuals and an immersive atmosphere to your level.
  
  
• Waterfall Tutorial
  
  • Nothing chimes mother nature quite like a classic waterfall. Create majestic and serene water features, in more ways than one!
  
  
• How to: Make an automatic door
  
  • Ever wondered how to make those automatic doors you see on the entrance of grocery stores? Well we don't have a tutorial for that, but here's one for create mode.
  
  
• How to: Corner edit around a scoreboard
  
  • Scoreboard looking naked? Dress it up with this detailed guide that will help you frame almost anything!
  
  
• How to Make Walking Objects and Vehicles
  
  • Ready for advanced mechanics are we? Follow this comprehensive manual to help you experiment with and build sophisticated mechanisms of your own.
  
  
• How to make a Basic Boss Battle
  
  • Having trouble with a boss at work? Well now you can make a replica of your boss on the PSP and then battle it. Sound complicated? This tutorial provides diagrams so you can share the fun with others quicker.
  
  
• Tips for dealing with an overheated level w/ starter template
  
  • Head overheating from thermo problems? Learn how to cool both your head and thermo with these wise suggestions from an experienced creator.
  
  

Publishing and Onwards

• Level Promotion Tactics for the PSP
  
  • From visual presentation and verbal appeal to forum etiquette and virtual venues, this tutorial will help you get the maximum amount of plays for your level.
  
  
  
  

[amazingflyingpoo]

This is excellent stuff Jeff! It's a perfect package for any creator looking for some tips. So when are we holding this seminar, and how long can my power-point presentation be?

[Taffey]

Great stuff jc! Thanks for putting this together.

So when are we holding this seminar, and how long can my power-point presentation be?

Hmm, a seminar... That actually would be pretty cool.

[Arrestor]

Oh yeah! I am the teacher here! I will come up with the necessary didactic!

[CyberSora]

This is excellent stuff Jeff! It's a perfect package for any creator looking for some tips. So when are we holding this seminar, and how long can my power-point presentation be?

Great stuff jc! Thanks for putting this together.


Hmm, a seminar... That actually would be pretty cool.

Oh yeah! I am the teacher here! I will come up with the necessary didactic!

WOOT! You know you got a hit when fancy words are included!

My word today is perennial, for the hope that this thread doesn't go unnoticed and that it will last for a very long time.

[fatcat1413]

woot a great thread that could help me and other fellow creators world wide!

[CyberSora]

Or at least those with internet.

[amazingflyingpoo]

WOOT! You know you got a hit when fancy words are included!

My word today is perennial, for the hope that this thread doesn't go unnoticed and that it will last for a very long time.

Random word of the day FTW!!!

[CyberSora]

It's not so random! You know what's random, this!



This is not the chicken thread! That's why it's random!

[Alismuffin]

i made a few tutorials a while ago under my old PSN: unitedstates12

i dunno if theyd be useful or relevant, but thanks for all the other stuff u posted!

[TheNerd]

i made a few tutorials a while ago under my old PSN: unitedstates12

i dunno if theyd be useful or relevant, but thanks for all the other stuff u posted!

Wait a minute you're unitedstates12? *gasp* I loved your Sandcastle level.

[Alismuffin]

yea i am! omg! i spent so long making that wen i was on vacation at a beach. im glad someone liked it

[jeffcu28•]

Taffey's automatic door tutorial added.

[jeffcu28•]

Ali's Environment Tutorial added.

[CyberSora]

Why does Taffey's How NOT to create a level thread description say "Don't read this guide."! That's practically telling the person to avoid it's lectures of awesomeness!

(Yes I know it's sarcasm, but I forgot about the thread's sarcasm for a second and actually thought it told me to avoid it. I feel if this was a new member reading the description, they might take it seriously! All I'm asking is you at least put a side-note saying "sarcastic" or something.)