Is it possible without scripting?

[Norway]

Hello.

I just bought the developer version some weeks ago, and having a blast with it. Done some tutorials, and read some of the books.

I am now trying to make my first game, and i am SO impressed how much i can acomplish by myself without knowing ANY type of scipting language. All because i was so lucky to stumble across MMF.

What i try to make is a "Hidden Object" game, like: "Hide and Secret". Explained simple - player need to find items/objects showed on a list that is hidden in a picture.


When player click on correct item, that show on my list:
*Object get moved infront of all other layers = Done
*Object size is incresed = Done (Thanks Ketchup for help on this)
*Object move to another place on the screen = Done
*Items gets strikeout on item list = Done
*Object destoyed when reaching correct spot on screen = Done

What I havent figuered out, is how to get a glowing effect around the object, when player click it. I am not even sure its possible to do this in MMF, without knowing any type of scripting.

What i want, is a sort of glowing/sparkling effect that show all around the object. That it follow all the way around the border of the object, so it would be different for every object in the game. Lets say if I make an animation that fit my "banana" object, it wouldnt fit my "apple" object...... And with 50+ objects it would be very very hard to make one animation for each and every object in the game.

Is there a way to make customised effects/animations, that would scale around any object size/shape?
If so what sort of program would i need to accomplish this?

I would be SO greatfull if anyone could point me in the correct direction. Not trying to make anyone do my job for me, just give me a tip to how it can be done, or where i should look.


Sorry for the long post, but it was hard to explain in just a few words, and my english grammar sucks to.

[willy]

I am pretty sure you would need overlay redux extension for this. I'm not that good with that object. Better someone else explain ot for you.

But with that object you can kinda draw things in runtime... I think... I think it would require some extreme math skills to pull off different fruit shapes, like bananas. Easiest would be round and square objects.

[maVado]

check out

http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=49108#Post49108

[Norway]

Nice!. I will check up both ways to do it, and try them out.


Thanks alot willy and maVado.


Edit: Seems i did a bad job trying to explain what i was looking for. *blush*
When I said i wanted the effect to follow around the boarders of the object - I ment that is shaped around it, not an effect/animasion that are "moving" around the object.

[Popcorn]

Maybe instead of making an object that shapes around another one, perhaps it's better to make the original object "shoot" glowing particle objects from its center (behind the object) in all directions, and then let them fade away or vanish just after they leave the object. This I believe could make a good glowing effect.

[Norway]

Thanks Popcorn.

I would love the glow effect to show as soon as they click correct object, and that the effect show until object is destroyed when finsihed with its path.

Maybe I can use maVado's idea, if i could get a big sparkle effect to run fast enough around the object (and continue to spin around object agein and agein).

Or maybe its possible that the "shoot" thingy Popcorn mentioned could be controlled enough, to fade not long after leaving object (since not all object are same size).

I am SO greatfull for all your tips guys, I really am.

Maybe I am just to narrow minded, to be able to see that there is lots of ways to accomplish my goal.
Its just that I have imagined it in my head how i wants it to look, and just cant get that image out of my head. hehe

You see I am making this game as a present to a 7 year old girl that i am Godmother for. She just love to sit next to her aunt, and "help" me find all the items in this type of games. Problem is she cant read english yet, so I wanted to make one for her with norvegian words. One that felt/looked like the other games, but that she could play alone.
Thats why i want to be a "copycat". hehe

[James]

Okay, the easiest way I can think of to do this is:

1) Insert two counter objects on the frame, naming them "X clicked" and "Y clicked"
2) Insert the following in the event editor:

User clicks on [object]
Set X clicked to X("[object]")
Set Y clicked to Y("[object]")
Create [object] at 0,0
Set [object] X position to X clicked
Set [object] Y position to Y clicked
Set [object] ink effect to [experiment with different ones]

It may not be exactly what you are looking for, though (I only scanned through your post quickly).

[Norway]

Thanks for tip Jam.

I must be stupid or blind i think, because i tryed to wrap my head around your example. All i got my banans to do, was to move posisions and they had a ink effect on them from start.

I must miss something, or totally misunderstand you. I bet its nothing wrong with your metode Jam, i am just to noob at this to manage to recreate it correct.
But thanks for trying to help this noob.

[James]

Well looking at that post now, it really doesn't make sense (I should have read it through before I posted it!) but the general idea was to duplicate the object and display it over the top with a different ink effect, or semi transpency. Really, don't listen to me

[Norway]

He he np Jam. I learned alot while trying to find out what you ment. So it was time well spent.