Hints and Tips Videos

[Jonathan Cauldwell]

I've created a few hints and tips videos. Let me know if there are any subjects you want to be covered in future.

How to create a different time limit for each level

How to display text one letter at a time, typewriter-style

Writing simple sound and border effects

Spectrum machine gun sound effect

Converting a Spectrum AGD game to the CPC

Creating our own user particle effects

Creating time and energy bars

Adding MPAGD's extra features to old AGD games

Enabling Adventure Mode for CPC and Spectrum

Selecting Objects in the Player's Inventory

[Jonathan Cauldwell]

I've since amended the bubble routine shown in the videos, this is a much better version.

Put this code in any sprite event where a sprite is underwater.


GETRANDOM 10
IF RND = 1
   NEWPARTICLE 20
ENDIF


Then put this code at the end of one of your sprite events. If you don't want the bubbles going up to the top of the screen you can add a PARTICLEDECAY instruction and change the argument in NEWPARTICLE accordingly (you can always calculate how far up the screen your bubble needs to go based on the Y coordinate)


DEFINEPARTICLE

PARTICLEUP
PARTICLEUP
GETRANDOM 4
IF RND = 1
   PARTICLELEFT
ENDIF
IF RND = 2
   PARTICLERIGHT
ENDIF


[Jonathan Cauldwell]

Have added another two videos to the list. Going forward I will keep the initial post updated with any more that are created.

[nrasool]

Dear Jonathan

Please could you do a small video about the inventory system so newbies could understand.

Many thanks

[Jonathan Cauldwell]

Sept 17, 2020 9:31:23 GMT nrasool said:

Dear Jonathan

Please could you do a small video about the inventory system so newbies could understand.

Many thanks

Have made a short video and added it to the list.

[nrasool]

Sept 20, 2020 17:41:26 GMT Jonathan Cauldwell said:

Sept 17, 2020 9:31:23 GMT nrasool said:

Dear Jonathan

Please could you do a small video about the inventory system so newbies could understand.

Many thanks

Have made a short video and added it to the list.

Thanks, it was a good video! Appreciate it