Your first five minutes

Open Chocobreak, press Play, change one rule, and play again. By the end you will have seen how a NutHouse game is put together.

Chocobreak — NutHouse

Minute one: open it

1. On the Welcome screen, click the Chocobreak card. (Or press 🎮 Samples in the toolbar and click it there.)
2. The game opens in the Level tab. The dark box is the level. The paddle, the ball and the bricks are all objects in it.

Minute two: play it

1. Press ▶ Play level in the toolbar, or ⌘R.
2. Use the ← and → keys to move the paddle. Smash some bricks.
3. Press Esc to stop. Playing never changes your game, so try anything.

Minute three: read a rule

1. Click the Events tab. Each row is a rule. The chips on the left say when. The ticks across the row say what to do.
2. Find the row where the Ball collides with the Brick. Read along it: the Brick is destroyed, the Ball bounces, Player 1 gets points.

Minute four: change it

1. In that row, click the cell under ☺ Player 1. A little menu shows what Player 1 does.
2. Press ✎ next to Add to score. The settings dialog opens, with the number of points.
3. Change the number to 50 and press OK.

Minute five: play again

Press ⌘R. Every brick is now worth 50. You changed a game. Press Esc when you are done.

Ready for the full thing? The tutorial builds Chocobreak from an empty level in about 20 minutes: About the tutorial.