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Bump! What are the articles? I really want to do a one about the forums. We're half way through the month! DX HURRY!

BUMP!


LET'S DO SOMETHING PEOPLES!

okay. voting closes now.

I'll  post again when everything's in order.

Okay.

Pick a column, any column. 

whats the name?

Oh, and I can to some polite advertising for Scratchable if you want.

OldWheezerGeezer wrote:

iCode-747 wrote:

Okay.

Pick a column, any column. 

So we can pick any of them? then what was the point of voting? 

I think that we had to vote so we could decide which columns stay, and which go.

OldWheezerGeezer wrote:

gnk2200 wrote:

OldWheezerGeezer wrote:

So we can pick any of them? then what was the point of voting? 

I think that we had to vote so we could decide which columns stay, and which go.

but if we can pick any of the ones proposed, then what's the point of voting for which ones go and which ones stay if they could be picked anyway?

To say which ones we should keep and shouldn't keep.

I'll do one about the forums! 

Actually, I'm doing a column for advice and tips instead. I'm typing up now...

PLATFORMING THAT WORKS:

Yes, I'm a gamer (actually I'm a game-maker that has no idea why they call us gamers. Gamers are people who's sole purpose is to beat their high score on Black Ops or something.) So I'm going to teach you programming teniques because I like programming. (Dang, how do you spell that. Edit it iCode. Do all the work.) But I also want to do this because I'm sick of playing platformers that let you run through the walls. And I remember how much I wanted to be able to make a game that doesn't. So Ill teach a novice thing, not an expert one, today.

Now I don't make amazing games that should be on flash sites or whatever they are complimenting front page projects with now. But I can make a playable games, ones that take time to complete. But I suggest that if your someone that is searching for fame not to look here, because I won't give you any. Heck, even the most popular people on scratch can't give you fame. Scratch fame.

By now your getting bored of my stupid rambles, so I will start:

First make two variables, named gravity and acceleration, for the player. Make sure their for all sprites. Then make the background have a black ground or something like that, but this is going to be color coded so make it one color. Then add these scripts to the player sprite:



Walah! You have gravity. Try dragging the player around the screen to see what happens when you let go. Now, we are going to add moving with acceleration. Add these scripts, also to the player sprite:



So he moves around...But no jumping? Simply add this script to the very first script we made:



So now he moves...And he jumps...And we want to avoid the next part. Wall detection, everyone hates it, exept if you know it. I am going to use color sensing for this tutorial simply because I'm lazy and it's easier to teach. So duplicate the player sprite, and delete all of the scripts. In the paint editor, draw colored lines around the player duplicate like so:



Then delete the origional sprite so only the lines remain. Exit the paint editor and add these scripts:



And there you have it, a pretty decent platformer. It is a bit glitchy, but to make it glitch-free you have to get a bit more complicated. And for adding the levels and things: Your on your own. Have fun programming!

Last edited by RocksAndFire (2011-01-18 16:57:44)

werdna123 wrote:

I'll do one about the forums! 

Sorry, gnk2200 already decided he wanted to do that. Really sorry you already wrote something and that it won't be included. 

Everyone else: I will update the front again now.

RAF: I'm downloading the newest base off your test account, and I'll start compiling articles soon. Nice article. MUCH MUCH MUCH too long, though. It's a column, not a special. I'll make it a special for this month, I've been very vague about length, sorry. 

gnk: I'll update now. Also, please base your article off of werdna123's. She has a good start, just add to it. 

Last edited by iCode-747 (2011-01-19 02:01:06)

I will do just tips for now on, not full tutorials 

Im doing collab article each month