Game Design

Use the {"func":"registerKeyTrigger"} code block and attach code to make the Actor move a certain way below it (e.g. {"func":"blockMotionPointDirection"}, {"func":"blockMotionMove"}).

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You can make any variable that has a check box to the left of it appear on the Stage by checking the box. This way, the user can see the variable’s value as it changes.

The {"func":"blockControlCloneActor"} code block will activate the code under {"func":"registerCloned"} in the specified Actor’s code. {"func":"blockControlDeleteActor"} will delete the clone when you’re done!

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Use the {"func":"blockMotionGoTo"} code block, and use the {"func":"valueOpRandom"} code block to determine the parameters.

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Add a platform, make it static, and put a {"func":"blockMotionMove"} and {"func":"blockControlWait"} block inside a forever loop. If you don’t want the platform to move off the edge, you will need to test if its x position is less than {"func":"valueSensingScreenLeft"} or greater than {"func":"valueSensingScreenRight"} inside the forever loop.

You can use ‘Add Scene’ under the Looks tab of the Stage to create several scenes or levels. Use the {"func":"registerBackgroundChange"} block in each actor to get notified when the level changes.

Add a variable, call it score, and add to it every time the user does something that earns points. Mark the check box next to the variable to make it show up on the screen.

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Use a list variable to keep track of players and their scores. To save this across game invocations, use a cloud variable.

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Create a shooter Actor and a bullet Actor. In the shooter’s code, send a message to the bullet when you want it to shoot (e.g. when the user presses the spacebar). Then in the bullet’s code, use the {"func":"blockMotionGoTo"} block and set the x and y values to be the location of the shooter. Below that, add a {"func":"blockMotionGlide"} block to make the bullet move. For more advanced shooting, you can use cloning to make copies of the bullet each time you shoot.

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You can use the {"func":"blockControlWaitUntil"} or {"func":"blockControlIf"} block, and pass in the {"func":"valueSensingTouchingSprite"} block as the parameter. Choose whatever Actor you want to detect a collision with as the parameter for the {"func":"valueSensingTouchingSprite"} block, or use ‘any’ to detect any collision. There are three different blocks that you can use here depending on your need: {"func":"valueSensingTouchingSprite"}, {"func":"valueSensingTouchingColor"} and {"func":"valueSensingSeeColor"}.

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In the coins’ code, detect a collision with your main Actor. Once a collision is detected, use the {"func":"blockLooksHide"} block so the coins disappear. Keep track of the score!

Click on the level editor button at the top of the screen. Drag and place actors and tiles from the level editor palette to get started.

Click on the level editor button at the top of the screen. Select the “top down” tab on the palette to the left of your screen. Drag and place actors and tiles from the level editor palette to get started.

Make sure you are in the “level editor” mode by clicking on the toggle button at the top of the screen. Once you are in level editor mode, click on the large “New Level” button near the bottom of your screen.

Double click on the stage and select the "Advanced" properties tab. Make sure the "Enable Tilemap" and "Enable Background Scroll" options are checked.

Double click on the stage and select the "Advanced" properties tab. The "World Size" section will let you enter how many tiles wide and high you want your world to be.

Double click on the stage and select the "Advanced" properties tab. Make sure the "Tile" option is checked.

Use the "set properties" block in the Platformer and Top Down Libraries. Replace the text with the number you want that value to be.

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Use the "become good guy" or "become bad guy" blocks in the Platformer or Top Down Libraries. Good guys will fight bad guys and vice versa.

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Attach a "when key pressed" event block with a "walk left" or "walk right" block from the Platformer Library. Type a number where it says "speed" in the block to determine how fast the character moves.

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Attach a "when key pressed" event block with a "move with key" block from the Top Down Library. Type a number where it says "speed" in the block to determine how fast the character moves.

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Attach an "attack" block from the Platformer Library to a "when key pressed" event block. The character will attack when the key in the event block is pressed.

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Attach an "attack" block from the Top Down Library to a "when key pressed" event block. The character will attack when the key in the event block is pressed.

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The Platformer and Top Down Libraries have "Automation" blocks that can be used to make characters attack each other. Use the "run attack" library blocks inside a "forever" loop to make characters fight.

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Attach the "set level" block to an event block. Set the value of the next level block to the name of the level you want it to go to.

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Tiles are active by default. To make them inactive, use the "set active" block with the name of the tile set you want to affect. Set the tile set to false if you want actors to pass through it.

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Try selecting an underwater background and setting the gravity to a low value. Then use the "fly" blocks instead of the "walk" blocks to make it look like your character is swimming through the water.

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Use the "set tile" block and place your character’s X-Y coordinates in the X and Y valuesof the tile. Setting the tile to "empty" will remove it. Setting any other kind of tile will make that type of tile appear in your character’s location.

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The Stage is active by default. Use the "set active" block to make the stage inaactive (set active to false). This will let actors pass outside the Stage boundaries.

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"Set Game Mode of Player" is a block that sets the Minecraft game mode, such as survival or creative, for a player.

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Mode: This is the game mode that will be set for the given player.

Player: This is the Minecraft player whose game mode will be set.

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