Using the downloaded game files

When starting a practical activity in the book, we can either continue in Stencyl, using our progress from the previous tutorial or, if we are coming back to the book after a break, we can load the last version of the game that we saved at the end of the previous session.

If we want to start afresh at the beginning of a practical activity, we can import the appropriate downloaded game file into Stencyl, so we know that we are starting at the right point in the game development process!

Before each practical activity, there will be a note advising which Stencyl game file should be imported prior to starting the exercise, but it's not necessary to use the import files if we are following the tutorials consecutively.

It's very easy to import a Stencyl game file—just load up Stencyl and, on the main menu, go to File | Import Game…, then double-click the relevant file.