@Paulo-Orsuli What you're describing is definitely possible.

You have your character sprite. You want to have multiple graphics (the copies) in your scene with the same sprite. Make sure the copies are semi-transparent (tap the color wheel and adjust the opacity).

Your copies shouldn't contain any logic from your character - the only logic for them to have is to follow the player. You can use a Frame Event and connect it to a Move to Object. For the first object, select the copy (itself) then select the player object for the second one so that the copies move to the player. Make the duration 0s. This makes your copies move to your character every frame, so it appears that they're following your player.

Then after Move to Object, you can connect a Move By and move the object a random offset. Make sure the duration is 0 for this too. This will give you that distinct effect you're going for.

@Franjipang The Modify Save File behavior will have a Delete All Keys option which is equivalent to resetting the entire save file (what you shown in the screenshot). The thing is you want to trigger it before loading save values, so you'd want to trigger it before going into the level. This could be done in the title screen so the data isn't reset every time you restart the level.

Hey everyone! Long time no see. 👀

I'm working on a project in hyperPad. Check it out!
https://www.hyperpad.com/projects/g8csd4nf

It's an open source project that will be able to edit YouTube videos in the far future! I've already used this to produce some content. ;)
Right now, this is more like a basic animation app- a proof of concept. If this gets enough support, I will consider making this into a full fledged app.

Features:

• Pan and pinch controls
• Insert audio and images on the timeline (text coming soon)
• Import your own assets (imported assets aren't saved)
• Copy, edit, splice and move tracks
• Automate properties over time with keyframes
• Real-time playback and scrubbing

Please note that this is a very early demo. There will be bugs, and there are a lot of unfinished features. Feel free to report bugs in the comments!

Check out this devlog for this project:

I noticed you have a "checkpoint" save key in your project. You don't need it if you're only saving player position. But if you want to find out what checkpoint the player is at, then it does make sense to have a "checkpoint" save key. Just make sure you use the Load from File behavior to retrieve the checkpoint, since it will be up to date.

@Franjipang You have all the right behaviors. You just want to make sure they are being triggered in the right order. First, you'd want to load all the values before you try using them.

I used a Behavior Bundle to ensure that behaviors are triggered in the right order (left to right). To simplify your logic, I made the player's position the default value for the Load from Save File behaviors. So on a fresh save file, it will just move the player to its original position. When these values are saved, it will use those saved values.

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@Presto-Games We're fixing this now. Sorry for the spam! 😅

@Ethan-D This is late but for those who still are interested in how you can achieve this, you can use transform behaviors (the cyan behaviors) such as Move By, Scale To, and Rotate to Angle.

You can use a combination of these behaviors to make your logo move, scale, and rotate.

You can also fade its opacity by using Set Color. For a simple fade in effect, you can set the object's opacity to be 0% so that it is completely transparent. Then in the behaviors, you can place a Set Color behavior to make it change to white with full opacity over time.

A lot of this is knowing how the behavior system works, so I recommend watching YouTube videos from the hyperPad YouTube channel to get a grasp on it. You'll be able to customize exactly how your logo animates by using transform behaviors and some other behaviors.

@Anathematika Welcome to hyperPad. :)

As actually mentioned, you can use Collision Event to trigger behaviors when colliding with another object. So when your player collides with a gun, you can trigger logic to:

• Remove the gun from the scene
• Make your player hold a weapon (could be a simple sprite change).
• And enable the ability for the player to shoot.

Of course, if you want more customization than what is provided, you are free to use any other behaviors than the preset ones. For example, you can use the Raycast Test behavior if you want bullets to register instantly. Or you could have a graphic of the gun be attached to the player, then you can swap the graphic or change its visibility when the player switches weapons, unequips it, etc.

Pretty much everything you can do in a 2D game is possible in hyperPad. You'd have to break big tasks into smaller steps to achieve what you want. Feel free to ask for anything specific! 👌

@MoonSJ Make sure the objects don't have a gap at the time of attaching them. Also, in the Pivot Attach behavior, you can choose the anchor point - use this to define where the "joint" will be. The screenshot below shows me selecting an object and then moving the anchor point to where the attachment will roughly be. I also recommend turning off Attachments Collide so you don't get weird jiggly physics.

@KoresGames Hello, the update is live in the App Store now. Do let us know if there are still issues!

@Imxbox973 That's very strange... Can you tell us what iOS software version and what iPad model you are using so we can look into this further?

@autumnsworld Yes! You are referring to the Modify Save File and Load from Save File behaviors. You can persist values in between plays using those behaviors.

Modify Save File: Select a key (location) to save a value. You can also use this behavior to delete a key.

Load from Save File: Select the key to load that value. If the key does not exist, it will output the default value.

Let me know if you need more information.

@KoresGames We now have a beta: https://testflight.apple.com/join/2tOMSM6Z

Try it out when you can. :)

@KoresGames Sorry that you're experiencing this. ):

We're addressing all of these bugs in the very next update - we plan to do a public beta test pretty soon, so the community can get involved and we can get feedback to improve the app even more. Stay tuned!

A lot of these crashes are due to Apple deprecating a lot of things; we're working diligently to resolve all of these issues. Regarding the camera glitches, can you share some of your projects that were affected (if you still have them)?

@Ethan-D Yes, you could make a dancing line game, but it won't actually be 3D. hyperPad is only a 2D game engine, but you can fake 3D by using isometric graphics.

You'll have to take account of the z order of objects - objects with a higher z order will render over objects with a lower z order. For example, the floor could have 0 as the z order whereas the cube could have 1 as the z order; the cube will be on top of the ground. You can treat the z order as the vertical position in 3D space and it should do the trick.

@BuiltLord You can already do this.

You can select the Global UI layer on the right sidebar and from there you can drag graphics from the Asset Dock to add elements to the screen. You can program the elements to act as buttons.

@themerpygirl Awesome! Nice to see more projects like this come out. :)

@themerpygirl There's a bug with duplicated behaviors (fixed in the beta). Try placing down a Behavior Bundle and connect it to those two behaviors so both of them can trigger on start.

You can access the beta here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/2tOMSM6Z