There are two things going on in this one, really. One is the "creating" of a grid using attributes that are constrained to values that will fit on the screen. Make the grid cell size bigger and you can fit fewer rows on, etc. Once you've decided on the size of your grid, you can click anywhere within your grid area and an actor will be spawned in the grid position you clicked. https://www.copy.com/s/t:u4VK13ZUZ1qTbl0b;p:%2FSpawn%20on%20Grid.zip
Braydon_SFXMember, Sous Chef, Bowlboy SidekickPosts: 9,273
So I could be making this up lol, but I believe someone asked you to make a similar template to your "Follow Touch Path" template, but have the actor move on top of the mover. Meaning you do not have to tap the ball to make it follow the path.
So I started working on something like it, and it works decently, but I figured I would give it out and see how other people make it work. I tried interpolating, changing linear velocity and move to, but they all have there downsides in this case.
I didn't note this project, because it isn't complete, but if anybody wants to try and work off my template they are more than welcome to.
(I would make one of your cool gifs, but I don't know how lol)
@JasperzHD said:
Question: Are we allowed to upload these to the App Store (Obviously after changing some graphics and adding highscores etc)?
Everything here is completely free to use unless stated otherwise (though graphics and sounds are not free to use unless stated otherwise).
If you can make a game out of anything, great! Adapt and upload away!
My internet has been out for the past couple of weeks so I've had very limited ability to upload stuff, but now that it's back (fingers crossed), I'll have a few updates for this thread very soon! Just need to clear a bit of a backlog of other stuff to do first
@zweg25 said:
So I could be making this up lol, but I believe someone asked you to make a similar template to your "Follow Touch Path" template, but have the actor move on top of the mover. Meaning you do not have to tap the ball to make it follow the path.
If they asked it and I didn't respond, I didn't see it But I guess now I don't need to worry as you've taken care of things Thanks
(I would make one of your cool gifs, but I don't know how lol)
There are two options. I mostly use LICEcap as it's incredibly quick and easy to use. However, GIF Brewery is much more feature rich and powerful, so I have to dip into that on occasion. LICEcap is OSX/Windows, GIF Brewery is OSX only but I'm sure there will be similar tool for Windows.
There are some hidden goodies in the expression editor, one of which is the ability to compare two strings and calculate which is alphabetically earlier than the other using a simple > comparison. This demo shows it in action on a table with 10 words in it. It can definitely be massively speeded up by using custom loops instead of the built in GameSalad ones, but I went for the easy option here as the looping itself isn't the focus of this demo. The table cells are spawned automatically but there's no logic to handle larger numbers of them - it wouldn't be too difficult to add, if you had some need to. (If you only have a few items to compare, use the method in my bubble sort demo - it'll be the fastest way to do it.) https://www.copy.com/s/t:LxxDu7g3hs3RO09N;p:%2FAlphabetise.zip
I'm vaguely working on a bit of a drawing app, just to play around with some ideas. One thing I'm including is the ability to draw shapes. I thought I'd throw this aspect into a little demo of its own to share with everyone. Draw shapes quickly and easily. Shapes will expand as you drag, and if you hold down alt they'll be constrained to an even aspect ratio. Some of the maths can almost certainly be improved. https://www.copy.com/s/t:74XdmQiH2bC8oG0d;p:%2FShapes.zip
It'll still not be anywhere near the exposure that individual threads get, but I'll be posting updates there from now on and giving a heads up in this thread when I do.
Braydon_SFXMember, Sous Chef, Bowlboy SidekickPosts: 9,273
It'll still not be anywhere near the exposure that individual threads get, but I'll be posting updates there from now on and giving a heads up in this thread when I do.
It'll still not be anywhere near the exposure that individual threads get, but I'll be posting updates there from now on and giving a heads up in this thread when I do.
PhilipCCEncounter Bay, South AustraliaMemberPosts: 1,390
edited October 2014
@Armelline said:
Putting things in this thread feels like putting them into a black hole I once again request the mods re-evaluate this rule.
A black hole for sure. I only just found this thread this week!
All this great material is fantastic. The animated GIF demos are really cool.
Thank you. I just made your thread a bookmark so I won't miss out any longer.
PhilipCCEncounter Bay, South AustraliaMemberPosts: 1,390
@Armelline Making the website was a great idea. I usually read the Forum on my iPad away from my Mac, so if I see a tutorial, template or GS trick I like I don't download to the iPad. Then when I'm on my Mac, usually sometime later, I forget what I found or can't find it again. From now on I'll review your material from my iMac. Thanks for going to the trouble.
@PhilipCC Thanks! Always love to have encouraging feedback
❝ Pulsator ❞
Just a little snippet this time. A quick and easy pulsating effect. Control the amount of size change that occurs and the speed of the pulsating. Great for adding some motion to menus and game elements! (The gif isn't a perfect loop, they don't jump like that in the project.) https://www.copy.com/s/t:G89ZyuRfKqEWW8SN;p:%2FPulsator.zip
I've just been battling with Apple's new TestFlight system, so it seemed a good time to update TestFlighter to open Application Loader rather than the TestFlight app. This is an Automator action for Mac OS X that will take any iPhone .app file you drop onto it, prepare it for upload to Apple and launch Application Loader. This saves some time when preparing files for Apple's new TestFlight system! Just stick it on your Dock and drag and drop your game onto the icon.
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To keep things simple, strictly alphabetical based on the first word, unless that word is a definite article?
Brilliant! Nicely done!
Thanks!
Any chance a mod could update the first post with the Spawn on Grid? Plan to add a new thing tonight and don't want things getting too behind
very cool! thanks for sharing
So I could be making this up lol, but I believe someone asked you to make a similar template to your "Follow Touch Path" template, but have the actor move on top of the mover. Meaning you do not have to tap the ball to make it follow the path.
So I started working on something like it, and it works decently, but I figured I would give it out and see how other people make it work. I tried interpolating, changing linear velocity and move to, but they all have there downsides in this case.
I didn't note this project, because it isn't complete, but if anybody wants to try and work off my template they are more than welcome to.
(I would make one of your cool gifs, but I don't know how lol)
Really, really awesome stuff! Thank you
-- Thomas
Awesome stuff! Thanks for sharing.
Question: Are we allowed to upload these to the App Store (Obviously after changing some graphics and adding highscores etc)?
Everything here is completely free to use unless stated otherwise (though graphics and sounds are not free to use unless stated otherwise).
If you can make a game out of anything, great! Adapt and upload away!
My internet has been out for the past couple of weeks so I've had very limited ability to upload stuff, but now that it's back (fingers crossed), I'll have a few updates for this thread very soon! Just need to clear a bit of a backlog of other stuff to do first
If they asked it and I didn't respond, I didn't see it
But I guess now I don't need to worry as you've taken care of things 
Thanks 
There are two options. I mostly use LICEcap as it's incredibly quick and easy to use. However, GIF Brewery is much more feature rich and powerful, so I have to dip into that on occasion. LICEcap is OSX/Windows, GIF Brewery is OSX only but I'm sure there will be similar tool for Windows.
@Armelline
Wow! Thanks! Also can you have a look to see if you can give me a hand on this
http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/72764/coding-and-artwork-needed-for-new-app#latest
If a mod could please copy/paste.
Still think this rule means only a tiny handful of people see new things
Nice! I made something like that a while ago, too. Very handy ! Thanks for sharing!
Putting things in this thread feels like putting them into a black hole
I once again request the mods re-evaluate this rule.
Make a small website. Doesn't have to be too fancy but at least it'll all be there and we can use this post to see your updates.
I like this new one
Some really good bits in here
Thanks guys for the kind words!
I've followed @raycur09's advice and thrown together a little website.
http://www.armelline.com/
It'll still not be anywhere near the exposure that individual threads get, but I'll be posting updates there from now on and giving a heads up in this thread when I do.
Sweet! That's awesome!
Sweet little site mate, very clean and just love the previews
Loving the site, bookmarked!
Nice !!
Yup, I keep missing most of your demos, I need a new thread with a new title !
Thanks for the feedback guys!
A black hole for sure.
I only just found this thread this week!
All this great material is fantastic. The animated GIF demos are really cool.
Thank you. I just made your thread a bookmark so I won't miss out any longer.
@Armelline Making the website was a great idea. I usually read the Forum on my iPad away from my Mac, so if I see a tutorial, template or GS trick I like I don't download to the iPad. Then when I'm on my Mac, usually sometime later, I forget what I found or can't find it again. From now on I'll review your material from my iMac. Thanks for going to the trouble.
@PhilipCC Thanks! Always love to have encouraging feedback
And don't forget all my demos are on my website: http://www.armelline.com/
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