Before you ask a question ...

[Parasyte]

We get a lot of questions on this forum. Unfortunately, we get more questions than we see people sharing how they are using melonJS; Very few project announcements, screenshots, show-and-tell, etc. I want to change that. This forum is a good resource for getting help, but it is not a substitute for reading the documentation, reading the FAQ, reading the wiki, reading the source code, following tutorials, or copy-pasting code from the example projects.

In an effort to reduce the kinds of questions that are already answered in any of the resources described above, I'm going to keep this topic pinned to provide a list of resources for you to read through before you ask, whatever your question may be. In most cases, and answer already lies in one of these pages. That said, there are a few classes of questions that cannot be answered anywhere except on the forum. Those are the kinds of questions I would like to see more often. Some examples are design patterns, framework suggestions, and integration questions.

Just keep in mind that we aren't here to write your game for you. We are here to make games and see the games that others are making. As we continue to grow as a community, I'd like to ask the moderators to begin locking threads that are asking "bad questions" (whose lazy askers clearly didn't do any research into their issue) and for community members to report such threads.

Here's what you need to know:

• How to Ask Questions the Smart Way
• Read the Fantastic Manual
• Check the FAQ
• Search through the Wiki
• Search through our former/old forum posts (tons of messages there with useful information)
• Search through existing forum posts (There's a search bar at the top of this page!)
• Follow the tutorials
  • Platformer tutorial
  • Space Invaders tutorial
• Check out the examples and the examples source code
• Upgrading code to a newer version of melonJS? There's a very detailed Upgrade Guide for that.
• Need some implementation ideas, or wondering "can melonJS do so-and-so?" The answer is YES! melonJS can do everything! And we have a huge list of games made with melonJS to prove it.
• Think you found a bug? Uncaught exception or something worse? Learn how to debug it. Is it definitely a bug? Search for known bugs or file a ticket.
• And finally, when all else fails, melonJS is open source! Don't be afraid to dive in and find out how things work (or how they break!)

Now that that's out of the way, let's make some games!

[nicodinh]

• Space Invaders tutorial : the link points to the wrong page

[obiot]

Good catch! Thanks