Behaviours

Platformer

The platformer behaviour is useful for beginners and simple platformer games.

Enable Platformer Mode

The Enable Platformer Mode for an Actor event is a simplified call for the following events:

• Enable Movement for an Actor
• Enable Collisions for an Actor
• Set Actor Acceleration Y with the value of Gravity

During the actor pre-update if the behaviour is enabled the Set Actor Acceleration X with the value of 0.

Disable Platformer Mode

The Disable Platformer Mode for an Actor event is a simplified call for the following events:

• Disable Movement for an Actor
• Disable Collisions for an Actor
• Set Actor Acceleration Y with the value of 0

Simulate Control

The Actor Simulate Control Press event is a simplified call for the following events:

• If you Simulate to the Left it would be equivalent to Set Actor Acceleration X with the value of Acceleration * -1
• If you Simulate to the Right it would be equivalent to Set Actor Acceleration X with the value of Acceleration
• If you Simulate to the Jump it would be equivalent to Set Actor Velocity Y with the value of Gravity

Tile-Movement

The Actor Simulate Tile-based Movement event is a simplified call for the following set of events:

• If Button Pressed Left
  • Set Actor Direction with Direction: Left
  • If the Manage Animation is enabled
    • Set Actor Animation with an Animation Frame of 0
    • Resume Actor Animation
  • Actor Move Relative with X: -Tile and Y: 0
  • Stop Script
• If Button Pressed Right
  • Set Actor Direction with Direction: Right
  • If the Manage Animation is enabled
    • Set Actor Animation with an Animation Frame of 0
    • Resume Actor Animation
  • Actor Move Relative with X: Tile and Y: 0
  • Stop Script
• If Button Pressed Up
  • Set Actor Direction with Direction: Up
  • If the Manage Animation is enabled
    • Set Actor Animation with an Animation Frame of 0
    • Resume Actor Animation
  • Actor Move Relative with X: 0 and Y: -Tile
  • Stop Script
• If Button Pressed Down
  • Set Actor Direction with Direction: Down
  • If the Manage Animation is enabled
    • Set Actor Animation with an Animation Frame of 0
    • Resume Actor Animation
  • Actor Move Relative with X: 0 and Y: Tile
  • Stop Script

If the Auto-Interaction is enabled

• If Button Just Pressed Interact Button
  • Actor Interact

If the Manage Animation is enabled

• Pause Actor Animation
• Set Actor Animation Frame with an Animation Frame of 0

Animation PNG Setup

To work with the managed animation, you need to adjust the PNG like the attached PNG.