{"id":1254,"date":"2009-01-01T08:05:12","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T12:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:23:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T12:23:33","slug":"tutorial-create-a-game-like-winter-bells-in-as2-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/flash\/tutorial-create-a-game-like-winter-bells-in-as2-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial: Create a Game Like Winter Bells in AS2 – Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Basic Character Programming<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Programming the “Bells”<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Level Creation<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Scoring<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Finishing Touches<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    Step 5: Finishing Touches<\/h3>\n

    This part of tutorial is where we add some bug fixes and special effects. Let’s get started.<\/p>\n

    The first bug fix that we have to make is one related to jumping. I probably should have noticed this beforehand but with our current code, you can continue clicking and jumping even while you’re in the air. This is definitely not what we want. Fortunately, this is easy to fix. Just take the mcBg<\/tt>‘s onRelease<\/tt> function and change it to this:<\/p>\n

    \nmcBg.onRelease = function(){\/\/if the user clicks\n\tif(!mainJumping){\n\t\tmainJumping = true;\/\/then we can start jumping\n\t\tjumpSpeed = jumpSpeedLimit*-1;\/\/change the jumpSpeed so that we can begin jumping\n\t}\n}\n<\/pre>\n
    The next bug we need to fix occurs after the mcFinalStats<\/tt> is shown on the screen. Whenever you click anywhere, mcMain<\/tt> can still jump. When it lands, another mcFinalStats<\/tt> is created. We can fix this no problem. Add an && !gameOver<\/tt> to the if statement in the mcBg<\/tt>‘s click function. That’s all we need.<\/p>\n
    The next thing we need to fix really isn’t a bug. In my opinion, mcMain<\/tt> doesn’t jump high enough. Simply make him jump just a little bit higher by changing the mainJump()<\/tt> function to this:<\/p>\n
    \nfunction mainJump():Void{\n\tif(mainJumping) {\/\/if jumping has been initiated\n\t\tif(jumpSpeed < 0){\/\/if the guy is still going up\n\t\t\tjumpSpeed *= 1 - jumpSpeedLimit\/133;\/\/decrease jumpSpeed slightly\n\t\t\tif(jumpSpeed > -jumpSpeedLimit*.1){\/\/if jumpSpeed is small enough\n\t\t\t\tjumpSpeed *= -1;\/\/then begin to go down\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t\tif(jumpSpeed > 0 && jumpSpeed <= jumpSpeedLimit){\/\/if main is going down\n\t\t\tjumpSpeed *= 1 + jumpSpeedLimit\/133;\/\/incrase the falling speed\n\t\t}\n\t\tmcMain._y += jumpSpeed;\/\/finally, apply jumpSpeed to mcMain\n\t\t\/\/if main hits the floor, then stop jumping\n\t\tif(mcMain._y >= Stage.height - mcMain._height && totalHeight <= 0){\n\t\t\tmainJumping = false;\n\t\t\tmcMain._y = 387.5;\n\t\t\tif(startedJumping){\/\/if the main has begun jumping\n\t\t\t\tgameOver = true;\/\/then finish the game\n\t\t\t\tshowFinalStats();\/\/and show the poor kid their stats\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t\t\n\t\ttotalHeight -= jumpSpeed;\/\/add to the total height (jumpSpeed will be negative)\n\t}\n\tif(mcMain._y > 387.5){\n\t\tmcMain._y = 387.5;\n\t}\n}\n<\/pre>\n
    I just changed the two 120’s to 133’s. That’ll make jumping a bit better.<\/p>\n
    Now, we can add some special effects. The first one, of course, is going to be a background. First, define a variable called totalBgShapes<\/tt> at the top and set it to 0. Then, add this code to the main onEnterFrame()<\/tt> function:<\/p>\n
    \n\/\/creating background particles\nbellHolder.createEmptyMovieClip(\"bg\"+totalBgShapes, bellHolder.getNextHighestDepth());\nbellHolder[\"bg\"+totalBgShapes].beginFill(0x333333); \/\/this just determines the shape's color\nbellHolder[\"bg\"+totalBgShapes]._x = int(Math.random()*550);\nbellHolder[\"bg\"+totalBgShapes]._y = bellTop;\n\/\/creating 4 random points to make a random shape\nbellHolder[\"bg\"+totalBgShapes].lineTo(int(Math.random()*5), int(Math.random()*5));\nbellHolder[\"bg\"+totalBgShapes].lineTo(int(Math.random()*5), int(Math.random()*5));\nbellHolder[\"bg\"+totalBgShapes].lineTo(int(Math.random()*5), int(Math.random()*5));\nellHolder[\"bg\"+totalBgShapes].lineTo(int(Math.random()*5), int(Math.random()*5));\nbellHolder[\"bg\"+totalBgShapes].endFill();\/\/finishes up the shape\n\nbellHolder[\"bg\"+totalBgShapes].onEnterFrame = function(){\/\/giving it some actions\n\tthis._y += 2;\n}\n\t\ntotalBgShapes ++;\n<\/pre>\n
    Now, we notice that the background is actually in front of the main character. Do not fret, simply add this code to the bottom of everything:<\/p>\n
    \nmcMain.swapDepths(10);\/\/making it in front of everyone\n<\/pre>\n
    Well, I guess that pretty much finished up everything. I hoped you learned much from my tutorial!<\/p>\n
    The Final Product<\/h4>\n
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    Source .fla File<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    Basic Character Programming Programming the “Bells” Level Creation Scoring Finishing Touches Step 5: Finishing Touches This part of tutorial is where we add some bug fixes and special effects. Let’s get started. The first bug fix that we have to make is one related to jumping. I probably should have noticed this beforehand but with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,7,4,6,68],"tags":[7,233,235,18,68,234,236,11,232],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1291,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions\/1291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}