Designer Tips and Tricks

[AwesomeJRFD]

Better Wind sort of

Courtesy of JSlayerXero:

If you want wind in a single area:
Wind will be contained to inside the trigger.

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llitem:6;0;0;640;320;1;1;movechar,this,-4,0,0,0,0,0

Edited by me:

If you want wind in a whole level (limited by level transitions):
Make sure to activate "wind" first.

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llitem:6:wind;0;0;16;16;0;1;movechar,this,-4,0,0,0,0,0:sleep,1:goto,0

Courtesy of JSlayerXero:

Windshield:
Place this in a "whole level" wind area to stop the wind while the player is inside it.

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llitem:6;0;0;64;64;1;1;stoptrigger,wind:invis_wait:activate,wind

[AwesomeJRFD]

Use Items as the Player's Sprite

This requires my Player Coordinates to be implemented into your level already.

Also, it only works well on single-color backgrounds, unless somebody finds a way to make the player invisible.

Instructions: show

Step 1:
After you've set up the Player Coordinates, completely cover the player with an item in the "Mid Front Items" layer. Tag it "player". Make sure it is completely the same color of the background you will be using. In this example, that color is black.

The player is behind that black square.

Step 2:
Find the item(s) you want to use as the sprite. Tag them "player". Put them right over the actual player, while remaining in the "Mid Front Items" layer. In this example, we will be using a tree.


Step 3:
Change the background to the appropriate color, then test the level. The sprite should now move with the player.

Congratulations. You are now a tree. :3The next few steps will focus on changing the direction of the sprite based on the direction the player is facing. You can skip them if you don't care about that.

Step 4:
Now that you have your sprite moving with the player, we'll focus on changing the direction of the sprite.

[CedarBranch]

Use Items as the Player's Sprite

This requires my Player Coordinates to be implemented into your level already.

Also, it only works well on single-color backgrounds, unless somebody finds a way to make the player invisible.

Instructions: show

Step 1:
After you've set up the Player Coordinates, completely cover the player with an item in the "Mid Front Items" layer. Tag it "player". Make sure it is completely the same color of the background you will be using. In this example, that color is black.

The player is behind that black square.

Step 2:
Find the item(s) you want to use as the sprite. Tag them "player". Put them right over the actual player, while remaining in the "Mid Front Items" layer. In this example, we will be using a tree.


Step 3:
Change the background to the appropriate color, then test the level. The sprite should now move with the player.

Congratulations. You are now a tree. :3The next few steps will focus on changing the direction of the sprite based on the direction the player is facing. You can skip them if you don't care about that.

Step 4:
Now that you have your sprite moving with the player, we'll focus on changing the direction of the sprite.

OH MY GOD.
THIS IS GOLD.

8/30/2013 9:34pm EDIT: ... >_>

[AwesomeJRFD]

Gravity Strength Control/Jump Height Sort of

Paste this into your level:

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llitem:6:changeGravity;-16;1600;16;16;0;1;movechar,this,0,0,0,-0.2,0,0:sleep,1:goto,0

Changing the "-0.2" in "Move Character" will control the strength of gravity.
Negative numbers will let you jump higher.

• Anything lower than -0.4 will make you fly upwards infinitely.
• Anything higher than 4.5 will cause the player to be pushed into the ground.
• Anywhere in the 4.6 to 5.0 range will make the character do somersaults while walking.
• Anything higher than 5.0, and you get earthquakes.

Use Activate "changeGravity" to change the gravity, and use Stop "changeGravity" to reset the gravity.

[Raz]

jeezus let other people discover stuff too, m8. :c

[AwesomeJRFD]

Kill the Player Instantly

Paste this into a trigger:

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lltrigger:movechar,this,0,9999,0,-20,1,1

jeezus let other people discover stuff too, m8. :c

Go ahead. I'm not stopping you.

[Raz]

stop

[AwesomeJRFD]

stop

No. Why should I? I'm not hurting anyone, nor am I preventing anyone from doing anything. Please explain why I should stop.

[Zunar]

I'm more interested in how you're finding all this stuff so quickly. Are you messing around on the LD like all day, trying completely random stuff until you figure out something cool?

[KABOOM]

Skippable Text Intro

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25x50~.1175aa75~~~~0;505;1506;0;0;0|6:begin;471;1441;64;64;0;1;subtitle,0,Blah%2C%20blah...,50:sleep,90:subtitle,0,Mumble%2C%20mumble...,50:sleep,90:subtitle,0,Exposition%2C%20exposition...,50:sleep,90:subtitle,0,Talk%2C%20talk...,50:sleep,90:subtitle,0,Monologue%2C%20monologue...,50:sleep,90:goto,0|6:begin;471;1434;64;64;0;1;subtitle,1,Press%20Z%20at%20any%20time%20to%20skip%20this%20opening.,50:invis_wait:subtitle_off|7:begin;500;1453;100,100,100,0;1;7;all;0;0;5;300;0;100;0;90;30;0;3;3;5;5;5;5;30;30;128;128;0;0;0;0;3;10;10;30;0;1;1;-;0;4;64;5;0;0;1000;3;0;1;1;;2|50:begin;458;1501;0;100,100,100,0;1;1;1;move,begin,0,9999,0,0:stoptrigger,begin|7:begin;486;1472;100,100,100,0;1;2;all;90;0;5;300;0;100;0;90;30;0;3;3;5;5;5;5;30;30;128;128;0;0;0;0;3;10;10;30;0;1;1;-;0;4;64;5;0;0;1000;3;0;1;1;;2|7:begin;437;1480;100,100,100,0;1;2;all;90;0;5;300;0;100;0;90;30;0;3;3;5;5;5;5;30;30;128;128;0;0;0;0;3;10;10;30;0;1;1;-;0;4;64;5;0;0;1000;3;0;1;1;;2|7:begin;522;1479;100,100,100,0;1;2;all;90;0;5;300;0;100;0;90;30;0;3;3;5;5;5;5;30;30;128;128;0;0;0;0;3;10;10;30;0;1;1;-;0;4;64;5;0;0;1000;3;0;1;1;;2|2;177;1507|7:begin;563;1481;100,100,100,0;1;2;all;90;0;5;300;0;100;0;90;30;0;3;3;5;5;5;5;30;30;128;128;0;0;0;0;3;10;10;30;0;1;1;-;0;4;64;5;0;0;1000;3;0;1;1;;2|50:begin;540;1506;0;100,100,100,0;1;1;1;move,begin,0,9999,0,0:stoptrigger,begin~~Skipping%20Text%20test~~1~1;0;0~0~0;0~0;0;3~1365274366~0.3

The invisible voice will keep talking forever, and you can't move while he's talking! What do you do? Press Z to skip, of course! Uses many invisible items.