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What NutHouse is, how to install it, and your first game in five minutes.

  1. What NutHouse isA game maker for Mac where you draw sprites, build levels and write rules.
  2. Install NutHouse on your MacDownload the disk image, drag NutHouse to Applications, open it the first time.
  3. The Welcome screenLearn, start a new game, open a saved one, get back unsaved work, or play a sample.
  4. Your first five minutesOpen Chocobreak, press Play, change one rule, play again.
  5. Simple, Advanced and ExpertThree modes change how much NutHouse shows you. Nothing you make is ever hidden.
  6. Make a game from nothingNew game, one sprite, a movement, one rule, Play. Ten steps.
  7. Open and play a sample gameSeven finished games you can play, read and change.
  8. Where to go nextA map of this help centre: what to read once the tutorial is done.

Still stuck?

Try the Chocobreak tutorial, open a sample game and read its rules, or look at the questions people ask.