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Abigayl's Interactive Tutorials (Part 2)
by Joe (Updated on 2012-07-21)
Tutorial 2 - Attributes, Saving/Loading, Kongregate API
CHANGES TO CURRENT STENCYL VERSION:
- Game Center is now Dashboard
- No longer need to make Actor Behaviors; can use "Events" tab instead
- Now need to use "Add an Event" at the top left to make the headings
- If using events, do not need to "Attach to Actor" (still needed with Behaviors though)
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Part 2: Attributes, Saving/Loading, Kongregate API
Part 3: Advanced Controls, Spawning
Part 4: Mouse-based Shooting, Collisions and HP
Part 5: Music, Screen Boundaries, Backgrounds, Power-ups and More
Part 6: Virtually Lagless Actors
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Abigayl
Ant, that is an issue with the screen boundaries. While making the tutorials, I was searching for the best way to handle the boundaries but never found a "best" solution, so I included two different methods in tutorial 5.
BTW, if you want a quicker response, please feel free to send me a PM since those come directly to me instead of having to check the page.
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Ant, that is an issue with the screen boundaries. While making the tutorials, I was searching for the best way to handle the boundaries but never found a "best" solution, so I included two different methods in tutorial 5.
BTW, if you want a quicker response, please feel free to send me a PM since those come directly to me instead of having to check the page.
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Ant134
Abigayl, on your version of the game (the one playable in the browser) when the player's character leaves the screen the game restarts and it counts as if he/she died because the high score is updated. However, in my version when the player's character goes off the screen it just disappears and I cannot get the actor back on the scene no matter what I do. The score continues to rise and the enemies continue to spawn. Have I missed something from one of the two tutorials or have you added a little piece of code to yours? I'm very sorry if you have already had to answer this question. Thanks.
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Abigayl, on your version of the game (the one playable in the browser) when the player's character leaves the screen the game restarts and it counts as if he/she died because the high score is updated. However, in my version when the player's character goes off the screen it just disappears and I cannot get the actor back on the scene no matter what I do. The score continues to rise and the enemies continue to spawn. Have I missed something from one of the two tutorials or have you added a little piece of code to yours? I'm very sorry if you have already had to answer this question. Thanks.
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Abigayl
2b is correct. When testing with Kongregate coding already in your program, you will need to deactivate the codes (right-click and select activate/deactivate), both the initializer and the submission in order for the game to work properly. When you put it on Kongregate then, just re-activate the codes (same way).
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2b is correct. When testing with Kongregate coding already in your program, you will need to deactivate the codes (right-click and select activate/deactivate), both the initializer and the submission in order for the game to work properly. When you put it on Kongregate then, just re-activate the codes (same way).
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2b3o4o
Actually, the problem was, since you were testing the game offline, the game couldn't connect using the Konngregate API. Apparently this causes problems...
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Actually, the problem was, since you were testing the game offline, the game couldn't connect using the Konngregate API. Apparently this causes problems...
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Ugatuga
never mind I fiddled with it i put the score uploader inside the save instead of next to it and that seemed to solve the problem.
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never mind I fiddled with it i put the score uploader inside the save instead of next to it and that seemed to solve the problem.
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Ugatuga
Ok I actually had it working working just fine. Then I added the score and highscore tests I tried it out again and the collision works but doesnt restart the scene it only pushes the enemies around.
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Ok I actually had it working working just fine. Then I added the score and highscore tests I tried it out again and the collision works but doesnt restart the scene it only pushes the enemies around.
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Abigayl
Joa, it checks to see if the player hit an enemy. If the player did, then check the score to see if it is a new high score (and set the high score if it was). Then, save the game and submit the score to Kongregate. Finally, it resets the game.
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Joa, it checks to see if the player hit an enemy. If the player did, then check the score to see if it is a new high score (and set the high score if it was). Then, save the game and submit the score to Kongregate. Finally, it resets the game.
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