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Collection 1

1 Keep Instance In Room

This keeps the instance within the room’s boundary.

2 Line Of Sight

This example looks for a line of sight from enemy to player, without a crate between them.

3 Simple Level Complete Save System

To load and save whether player has completed a level.

4 Seeking Missile

This creates a missile that seeks out an enemy instance.

5 Draw Health As Bars

Draws Health As Separate Sections.

6 Ellipse Movement

This code will move in instance in an ellipse.

7 Draw Contents Of 2D Array

A simple method to draw data from an array.

8 Adaptable Engine Noise

This code changes te pitch of an engine noise based on its speed.

9 Drag-able Objects

Sometimes you may wish the player to be able to click and an instance around the room. Here is a simple solution.

10 Mini Map

This code draws a mini-map,

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11 Trail Effect

A simple script for drawing an image trail.

12 Change Image On Mouse Interaction

This example uses a sprite with 3 different subimages,0=no mouse, 1=mouse over and 2=mouse pressed.

13 Mouse Pointer Point Direction

Draws a sprite as pointer, pointing direction of target and slowly moves.

14 Power Up

A simple solution for managing a power up.

15 Push-able Block

A simple pushing system

16 Radar

A great adaptable radar system.

17 Random Word From A Text File

This example shows how to select a random word from a text file.

18 Real Time Clock Example

Draws the players local time according ro the system clock.

19 Score With Leading Zeros

A simple method of drawing a score with leading 0;s

20 Fading Moving Text

Creates moving fading text, great providing info to the player.

21 Cool Down System

A useful idea that limits how often a player can shoot / attack / or perform other actions.

22 Sliding Bar

A useful bit of code that allows a user to select a value.

23 Slowly Move

This slowly moves to a position, in this example to the mouse’s position.

24 Rising Smoke Effect

Create a rising and fading smoke effect. Requires a sprite of a smoke.

25 Typewriter Text Effect

Draws text, one character at a time.

26 Level Unlock System

The currently available levels is the value global.levels, ie a value of 2 would mean levels 1 and 2 unlocked.

27 Weapon Management

An example for storing info for multiple weapons.

28 Top Down Character Control

4 direction movement and sprite control.

29 Blood Effect Using Particles

Creates a blood effect using particles.

30 Draw Text Info With Background

A Simple script that can be used to draw info text for the player.

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31 Speed Boost

A simple system to allow a temporary increase of an instance’s max speed.

32 Projectile Curved Path

Makes a projectile follow a curved path to target.

33 Draw Power Bar With Image Background

A useful approach that draws power, health, boost etc,using an image as the background.

34 Create Muzzle Flash

This example shows how to create a muzzle flash for a rotating weapon.

35 Cloud Effect Using Filters & Effects

This example make use of the powerful filters and effects layer.

36 Missile Smoke Trail

A simple method using built in effects system to create smoke trail effect.

37 Selectable Stats

This allows the player to choose a player object with various stats.

38 Add Playing Cards & Shuffle

A simple method to shuffle a deck of playing cards.

39 Enemy Track Player’s Movement

Sometimes you may want an enemy to match the player’s movement. This example moves the enemy’s y position towards the player.

40 Tool Tip Pop Up

A useful bit of code that provides extra info to the player on mouse over.

41 Pop Up Wobbly Text

A simple text effect, great for using when a player collects a coin, showing the score the player gets.

42 Grow and Shrink Message Control

This example grows and shrinks an image.

43 Smoothly Move To Mouse Position

This moves smoothly to a position, in this example the mouse’s position.

44 Bounce Off Room Border

A simple effect, great for sprucing up a menu or pause screen.

45 Pause Music When Sound Effect Plays

This little method pauses the background music whilst an audio effect plays, great for adding atmosphere to your games.

46 Glitch Effect Text

Creates a shaking text effect.

47 Wobbly Text

This makes a cool text floating wobble effect.

48 Choose A Random Instance

This code chooses a random enemy instance.

49 Draw Mini Healthbar For Enemy

This is a simple method to draw a mini healthbar above an enemy instance.

50 Fade In And Out

This fades a sprite in and out.

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51 Rotating Text

A Simple method for rotating text.

52 Flashing Text

You can use this method to make text flash and glow, ideal for getting the attention of the player.

Note: Contains Flashing Images

53 Play Sound At Selected Volume

Sometimes you may wish to play a sound at a lower or higher volume.

54 Spawn Powerups Control System

An example system for providing the player with a bonus. Works on a percentage system, each with a chance of happening.

55 Move Crosshair To Mouse Position

At time you want a player crosshair to move towards the mouse’s position.

56 Checkpoint System

Sometimes you want the player to save it’s position at a level checkpoint.

57 Check If Instance Is In View

Sometimes you may want to check if an instance is in view, for example only allowing an enemy to shoot it’s projectile when within the current view.

58 Jump Through Platforms

Sometimes you may want to allow a player to be able to jump through a platform.

59 Random Level Music

Plays random music.

59 Random Level Music

60 Exploding Effect

If your sprite assets have several parts available here is a simple effect.

61 Draw Text With Border

Here is a simple script that draws text with a border. Great for sprucing up your GUI text.

62 Move Coin To Score Text

This creates a coin moving effect that moves it towards the HUD text for displaying score.

63 Tire Track Effects

Draws tyre tracks that fade away. Ideal for top down car or tank games.

64 Fireworks Display

A cool graphical effect, ideal for when a player completes a level.

65 Spawn Bullets From Double Weapon

This allows for spawning bullets in a double-barrelled weapon.

66 Sprite Drop Shadow

A simple method for creating a drop shadow effect.

67 Simple Top Down Collision

This code works well in top down games, for example a racing game.

68 Spawn Instance With Random Subimage

This example spawns an instance with a random subimage and vertical speed.

69 Sine Wave Based Movement

A sine wave can be used for a lot of effects, for example smoothly moving an instance up and down, as in this example.

70 Draw Player’s Speed On Dial

A simple way to visually show the player’s speed.

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71 Spawn Trees Border

A simple method of spawning a border of trees, suitable for a top-down vertical scrolling shooter.

72 One Button Controlled Movement

Allows you to add some accessibility to your games, by allow the player to move a crosshair around the room with a single button.

73 Plane Movement

A flexible movement system for a player plane in a side-scrolling shooter.

74 Player Power Up Creator

Sometimes you may wish for your player to work hard to earn a powerup. This example requires the player mash the mouse buttons to unlock an upgrade.

75 Coin Drop Bonus Effect

Creates a cool looking graphical effect.

76 Endless Levels

By using a static screen without views you can create an endless level by spawning instances off screen and for example moving them down.

77 Mini Healthbar With Segments

Draws a healthbar with segments.

78 Outline Shader

Creates a white border around an instance.

79 Move Crosshair To Target

This automatically selects a target and moves the crosshair to the target.

80 Spawn Items With Gap

Sometimes you may want to place multiple instances in your room, which can laborious if you have multiple items. Below shows one method to place multiple instances with a gap inbetween.

81 Add Scores To A List

There may be times when you want to keep track of player score, for example in a darts game.

82 Cloud Effect

Create a cloud scrolling effect, great for above and below various layers in your game.

83 Ball Bouncing Off Instances

A Simple method to make a ball bounce off of walls.

84 Keeping A Value In A Range

There will be time when you wish to keep a value within a given range.

85 Film Style Scrolling Credits

Create scrolling text in a film style. Ideal for showing credits on game complete.

86 Rotate Room View

This method provides a great method for giving additional visual feedback to the player. Idea for a driving or flying game.

87 Toggle Full Screen

There may be times when you want to allow the player to choice of full screen or windowed.

88 Progress Bar

Sometimes it’s nice to show the player their level progress.

89 Flash Player To Show Damage

This example shows one method of visually showing a player that they have taken damage. This changes the player’s character to red.

Warning: Contains Flashing Images

90 Fade Between Two Images

This fades in and out two subimages. Great for making appealing looking text without the overhead of having to use multiple images.

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91 Draw A Path As Circles

A useful method of drawing a path as circles. Ideal for giving hints to the player.

92 Simple Top Down Movement Control

A simple top down movement control that uses a single mouse button. The good thing is that this leaves the right mouse button free for attacking.

93 Laser To Target

This draws a laser from the instance to a target,which in this example is the mouse’s x position.

94 Bubble Explosion Effect

Here’s a simple effect that makes a load of bubbles great for an underwater themed game (or use something other than bubbles to match your theme).

95 Add Instances To A Grid & Move To A Target

Below is a simple method of making a grid with areas that are not allowed. It then makes a path to a random instance.

96 Image Scale, Fade and Rotate Effect

An effect that can be used for a variety reasons.

97 Player Streak

Keep tracks of a player’s streak, for example the number of enemies killed without missing.

98 Numbers As Text

This script will change digits to text, for example 16783 to sixteen thousand seven hundred and eighty three. Works upto 999999

99 Draw Lives As Images

This draws the players lives as images.

100 Coin Explosion Effect

The following is a cool explosion effect, great when collecting coins.

101 Text With Gradient

This script draws gradient text with a border. Great for game titles, game-over screen etc..

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Collection 2

1 Follow Object

This allows an object to follow another object, whilst keeping a distance.

2 Orbit Object

This makes one object orbit another.

3 Random Name Generator

This code makes a random name, generated from random strings.

4 Top Down Movement

Simple top down movement and collision system.

5 Screen Shake

A simple screenshake effect.

6 Bomb Destruction Zone

Creates multiple explosion instances in a set pattern.

7 Circular Healthbar

This draws a circular healthbar.

8 Volume Based On Distance

Changes volume based on distance between 2 instances.

9 Snow Weather Effect

A simple snow effect.

10 Password Easter Egg

Allows the user to type a code that could used to unlock special game features.

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11 Average Position Between 2 Instances

Gets the average position of two instances, based on their sprite origin.

12 Random Dice Rolls

Rolls two dice and stores the result.

13 On Screen Keyboard

A simple on-screen keyboard that allows the user to enter text.

14 Array Sort

This example sorts words alphabetically.

15 Colour Picker

A system that allows the player to click and store a colour. Great for letting the user choose a colour scheme.

16 Numbers To Speech

This script turns numbers to speech. Range is 0 to 999999.

17 Teleport

Teleports player between two instances.

18 Queued Messages

This queues text message and plays them in order.

19 Shop System

A simple shop system that allows player to buy and sell weapons.

20 Parallax Background

A simple example of how multiple layers can be used to create a parallax background.

21 Eight Directional Movement

8 Directional sprite control, with basic movement.

22 Room Transition Fade In & Out

Darkens the room on room start and changing rooms.

23 Nine Slice Example

Draws an image with special settings, allowing various size boxes for example.

24 Hit Box

Makes a hit box when attacking that can be used to detect attacks.

25 Snap To Grid

Snaps an instance to a grid and allows placements of instances at those positions.

26 Hide & Seek

A enemy that moves towards the player if they can see it.

27 Save Highscore

A simple system to save a highscore.

28 Sprite Animation Control

A simple system to play an animation and then return to idle when animation is complete.

29 Jet Pack & Gravity

Flying control system.

30 Enemy Movement On Platform

Make an enemy walk on turn whilst on a platform.

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31 Tweening

This slowly moves an instance between two points with speed based on the distance remaining.

32 Door & Key

A system that only allows a player open a door when they have the key.

33 Wrap Instance Around Room

Wraps an object around room border, drawing around edges of the room.

34 Change Transparency On Collision

A useful idea, that can used when a player goes beneath a tree or building roof.

35 Weapon Upgrade System

A simple system to allow player to upgrade weapons.

36 Knockback

A basic knockback system that can built upon.

37 Road Builder

Allows player to draw a path.

38 Select Multiple Troops

Allows selection of multiple instances.

39 Road Connections

System automatically draw the correct subimage to make roads connect.

40 Lightning Effect

A simple lightning effect that is adaptable for a range of uses.

41 Gravity Movement

Showing various items with gravity.

42 Blood Damage Effect

Creates a blood effect that drips down the screen.

43 Tap Instance To Change Image

Tap an instance to change it’s subimage.

44 Bullet Holes

A simple system for showing bullet shots.

45 Rope Between Objects

Draws a hanging rope between 2 positions.

46 English to Morse Code

Converts text to morse code audio.

47 Loop Through Instances

Loops through a list of instances, creating and destroying them on screen.

48 Slowly Rotate To Angle

A missile shooting system that targets a position.

49 Draw Clock

This draws a clock with the users system time.

50 Randomly Place Objects In Room

Randomly places instances in the room.

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51 Get Text From Keyboard

Allows user to enter text using the keyboard.

52 Shoot Projectile With Gravity

Allows player to shoot a projectile, with gravity applied.

53 Fade On Player Collision

This fades and destroys an instance if the player collides with it.

54 Jump On Enemy To Kill

Allows player to jump on enemy to destroy it

55 Calculate Size Of Area

Allows user too click to positions on screen and calculate the size:

56 Draw Lines To Mouse Position

Draw coloured line between two positions.

57 Random Building Generator

Generates buildings of random height and colour.

58 Queue & Play Audio

Queues audio. Great for queuing message and sound effects.

59 Boss Style Movement

A boss style object with a repeating movement and shooting pattern.

60 Split Screen

This example tracks two instances.

61 Check Spelling Of Word

Allows you to check if a word exists within an included dictionary text file.

62 Player Character Selection A

Allows player to choose their character that will be their sprite in game.

63 Weapon Control & Ammo Packs

This keeps the instance within the room’s boundary.

64 Move Towards Point Then Stop

Moves an instance towards a point and then stops.

65 Resize Based On Position

Scales an instance based on it’s Y position.

66 Using Mouse Wheel To Select Weapon

Allows user to change weapon using middle mouse wheel.

67 Font Drawing From Images

Example for drawing sprites created from images.

68 Allow Player To Load Sprite

Allows player to load an image file from their computer.

69 Enemy Shoots If Can See Player

This system make the enemy shoot a bullet if it can see the player.

70 Randomly Place Instances Avoiding Instances

This spawns a number of instances, no closer than a given distance to other defined instances.

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71 Split Sentence

This will split a sentence in to multiple lines of text, with breaks at end of words.

72 Simple Menu System

A simple adaptable menu system.

73 Moving Spikes & Damage System

Creates a spike that fades in and out, giving player damage with the alpha is greater than 0.5.

74 Projectile Spread System

Shoot multiple projects at slightly different angle.

75 Ball Bounce & Squash

Makes a ball bounce with a squashing effect.

76 Status Effect

Draws info on what the player is doing.

77 Foot Step Sounds With Animation

A simple method to tie animation and sound effects.

78 Game Fog

Draws a fog effect over the room using a sprite.

79 Destruction With Multiple Subimages

A destrucable crate with multiple subimages that is destroyed when all image frames have been used.

80 Enemy Hide

Makes an enemy find a hiding place if the player can see it.

81 HUD Drawing On GUI Layer

Draws a HUD on the GUI layer so it been seen when the view moves.

82 Scroll Block Of Text Up and Down

This allows for scrolling through a large block of text.

83 Blood Spray Effect

An adaptable effect for creating a blood style explosion.

84 Voice On Level Up

Level up system that plays a voice on level up or level down.

85 Wind Blown Effect

Makes a sprite move like it has a wind force on it,

86 Double Jump

Allow player to perform a double jump.

87 Meteor Shower Effect

Creates a meteor and explosion effect, great to add atmosphere to your game.

88 Footstep Dust Effect

Makes a small effect when an instance walks.

89 Float & Die Effect

Shows an enemy dead and makes it wobble and fade.

90 Fly Level Effect

Return a flying plane to middle when player stops movement.

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91 Dash Movement

Allows player to dash in the direction it is facing.

92 Walking On Ice

Makes a player slide when moving on ice.

93 Underwater Effect

Creates an underwater effect using effects layer and sprites.

94 Hint Arrow To Direction Of Powerup

Gives the player a hint of which direction the nearest power up is.

95 Button To Open Website

A button that the player can click to visit a website.

96 Health Pack Slowly Increase Health

Slowly increases the player’s health when they collect a health pack.

97 Change Enemy Colour When Targeted

Changes the enemy colour when it is targeted.

98 Limit Weapon Shooting Timer

Limits how quickly the player can shoot their weapon.

99 Clock Stopwatch

A stop watch time with hundredths of seconds.

100 Weapon Power & Direction System

Allows user to choose an angle and power of a projectile.

101 Creating Effect On Collision

Uses built in effects to create visuals when colliding.

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Collection 3

1 Moving Platform Left and Right

Allows player to move left and right when positioned on a moving platform.

2 Spin Around Other Instance

Spins around another instance, keeping orientation.

3 Vehicle With Smooth Turning

Smooth vehicle turning, with turning wheels that vehicle turns into.

4 Tank and Turret Movement

Tank and turret that can be rotated separately.

5 Bbox Collision

A collision system that uses the instance’s bounding boxes.

6 NPC That Performs Task

A farming NPC that plants seeds, waters them and picks fruit. Also takes a break when they get tired.

7 Wall Jumping

Allows a player to jump off a wall.

8 Temporary Weapon Upgrade System

Temporarily upgrades a player’s weapon system.

9 Player Shield System

Gives a player a shield that prevents it taking damage.

10 Sprite Stacking Fake 3D

A fake 3D effect by stacking sprites.

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11 Water Reflection Using Effect Layers

Creates a cool looking water reflection effects using effect layers.

12 Magnet System

A magnet system that pulls the player towards it if they get too close.

13 Health Heart Part System

Draws player’s health using a full and part sprite.

14 Tap To Move System

Tapping a mouse button move the player, the faster the taps the faster it moves.

15 Resize Sprite

Allows the player to resize a sprite.

16 Moving Platform Up and Down

Allows player to move up and down when positioned on a moving platform.

17 Rotating Wheel

A nice visual method of a choosing a random result.

18 Fake 3D

A fake 3D effect using image scaling.

19 Flame Effect Using Particles

A cool flame effect with low overhead.

20 Rotating Spaceship With Inertia

Retro style spaceship movement.

21 Rotating Ship Weapon and Manually Select Target

A rotating ship with targeting weapon system.

22 Destructible Terrain

Allows bombs to destroy terrain.

23 Horizontal Scrolling Menu

A simple adaptable scrolling menu.

24 Vertical Scrolling Menu

A simple adaptable scrolling menu.

25 Ladder Climbing

Allows a player to climb a ladder.

26 Attack Left and Right

An attacking system that attacks in the direction the player is facing, then in the opposite direction.

27 Moving Grass Side View

Makes grass move on collision with player.

28 Target Enemy With Highest HP

This seeks out and targets the instance(s) with the highest hp.

29 Rotating Mini Map

A mini map that rotates based on player’s direction.

30 Screen Flash Damage Indicator

A nice way to show the player that they have taken damage.

Note: Creates Flashing Images

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31 Board Game Move Pieces A

A basic movement system for board games, that moves a square at a time.

32 Board Game Move Pieces B

A basic movement system for board games, that moves all squares at once.

33 Predict Path Of Projectile

Draws the path of a projectile when moving.

34 Animated Mouth When Talking

Animates a mouth when it is talking.

35 Move All Instances By Given Amount

Shifts all instances by a given amount and direction.

36 Split Rocks and Rotate

Allows an instance to split into multiple parts when damaged.

37 Multiple Missiles – Only Target If Not Targeted

Smart missiles that will only target an instance if another missile is not targeting it.

38 Find a Path Through A Maze

Using mp_grid functions to find a path through a maze.

39 Flying Bee With Shadow

Makes a bee fly around the room and cast a shadow.

40 Cover Whole Room Instances

A simple approach to cover the whole room in instances.

41 Keyboard Controlled Player With Mouse Controlled Gun

Allows player and gun to be controlled separately.

42 Spaceship Control

Moving a spaceship with inertia based movement.

43 Slide In Buttons

Slide in button effect without using sequences.

44 Draw Crosshair In Middle Of View

Draws a crosshair taking view position in to account.

45 Draw Rectangle With Dashed Border

Draws a rectangle with a dashed border.

46 Top Down 360 Degree Movement

360 degree movement control with basic collision system.

47 Attacking Sprite Control System

Sprite management system for attacking.

48 Enemy Patrol System

A enemy that patrols along a path. If it’s torch can see the player it turns towards it.

49 Change Cursor To Selected Item

Changes the cursor to selected sprite and allows placement in room.

50 Fade Between Text Messages

Fades between two text messages.

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51 Enemy Jumping

A system for making an enemy jump at a certain position.

52 Pick Up and Place Items From Inventory

A simple inventory that can hold 3 items.

53 360 Degree Laser

Draws a laser based on sprite between two points in the room.

54 Laser Through Multiple Instances

Detects collision of laser with multiple instances, and makes hit instances show collision.

55 Draw Sprite On Sprite Layer

Allows placing and removal of a sprite on an assets layer.

56 Detect Single Or Double Mouse Button Click

Returns whether a single or double mouse click has been made.

57 Leave Path To Attack Then Return To Path

Allows an instance to move to a position to attack, and then return to path and continue.

58 Choose Random Word

Chooses a random word from a dictionary file, of the chosen length.

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59 Change Sprite When Jumping

Changes a player’s sprite when jumping and moving up or down.

60 Play Random Sound

Plays a random sound from a choice of options.

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61 Move Multiple Instances Through A Small Gap

Allows multiple instances to move through a small gap.

62 Draw Text With Formatting

This allows drawing with a set font, colour, alignment and position.

63 Moving Grass Top Down

Deforms grass when player makes contact.

64 Turn Before Moving

Follows a path, but turns before moving.

65 Make Health Icon Pulse When Health Is Low And Play Voice Warning

Makes a health icon pulse and play an audio warning when heath is low.

66 Avatar Creator A

Allows user to create a custom avatar, that is saved as a sprite so it can be used in game.

67 Ship Shooting Cannon Balls

A rotating ship that fires cannon balls port and starboard.

68 Simple Glow Effect With Circles

A simple glow effect that uses draw circles.

69 Simple Glow Effect With Sprite A

A simple glow effect using a sprite.

70 Simple Glow Effect With Sprite B

An alternative simple glow effect using a sprite.

71 Move To Target Then Stop

This moves an instance to a target position then stop.

72 Level Based On Score

Upgrades the player's level for every 1000 points.

73 Player Control Information

A system that displays player controls for only the first 5 times the game is played.

74 Selectable Backgrounds

Allows the player to choose the background for the game.

75 Draw Buttons With Chosen Language

Allows a user to select which language to use.

76 Lottery Numbers Selector

Generates 6 lottery balls, coloured depending on value.

77 Draw Room Border On Draw Layer

Draws a border around the current view without using Draw GUI Layer.

78 Card Flipping Animation

Playing card flipping animation.

79 Day Night Cycle

Adds colour depending on the time of day.

80 Draw Rotating Shapes

Draw rotating shapes using lines.

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81 Positional Audio

Plays audio from left or right speaker, depending on direction and distance.

82 Imploding Text Effect

Implodes letters for a given string.

 83 Laser Collision Effect

A laser that collides with a given instance and makes an effect.

84 Pop Up Message

Message pop up that displays a random message on mouse interaction.

85 Skill Points

Allows player to add to their skill points.

86 Depth Based Movement

Allows player to go in front of and behind instances, based on y position.

 87 Party Mechanics

Allows switching between multiple player characters.

 88 Card Battle

Compare various manta against an enemy.

 89 Text Explode

An exploding text effect.

 90 Branching Dialogue

Text interaction with a choice of options.

 91 Marquee Text

Scrolling Text Message Effect.

 92 Avatar Creator B

An alternative avatar creator that allows user to save image as JPG file.

 93 Create Level From Text File

Generates a level based on data in a text file.

 94 Enemy Shooting System

An enemy shooting system that fires more quickly as the player gets closer.

 95 Dropping Effects

An effect system that starts at the top of the screen and moves down.

 96 Player Path

Allow player to add points to a path and then move on it.

 97 Enemy Movement

An enemy that changes direction every 5 seconds, away from the player's position.

 98 Compass Points

Draws angle between instances as points on a compass.

 99 Mine Weapon

A mine weapon that circles the player, but moves towards enemy if they get close.

 100 Old Film Effect

Uses an effect layer to create an old film overlay to the game.

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 101 Barrel Dropper

Drops barrels the player needs to avoid, slowly getting more frequent and faster.

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1 Weapon Recoil

Recoils a weapon when shooting and prevents shooting again until the weapon is reset back.

2 Change Cursor

Changes the mouse cursor based on player interaction.

3 Swap Music Tracks

Increases the number of layers of music a track has.

4 Rotate Sprite Off Center Origin

Rotates a sprite around the middle center when origin is bottom middle.

5 Unlockable Buttons

Buttons that become unlocked when player reaches a target score.

6 Follow Object With Avoidance

Follows an object at a set distance, avoiding crate instances.

7 Circular Rotating Text

Displays text that rotates in a circle.

8 Place Instances No Path Blocking

Allows player to place instances, ensuring it doesn’t block a path from start and end points. Ideal for tower defence style games.

9 Shooting AI Helper

AI that rotates around a player and shoots at enemies when they come within range.

10 Do Something After Given Time

Use call later function to make code execute after a given time.

11 Extending Frog Tongue Without Sprite

Uses drawing functions to make a frog tongue shoot out and retract.

12 Extending Frog Tongue With Sprites

Uses sprites to make a frog tongue shoot out and retract.

13 Sprite With Two Attack Modes

A player with two attack animation modes.

14 Rotating Tower With Subimages

3D effect rotating tower made from per-rendered subimages.

15 Rotate View and Instances

Rotates the view and instances for an interesting visual effect.

16 Reverse Sentence Order

Reverses the word order of a sentence.

17 Generate Random Sentence

Generates a random sentence from a selection of word options.

18 Plane Height and Shadow

Allows player to move left and right, aswell up and down – with an effect that changes sprite and shadow size.

19 Moon Lander AI

An enemy AI that will land on platform without player input.

20 Character Selection

Allows a player to choose their player character.

21 Slowly Reduce Health

Slowly reduces a change in health.

22 Level Progression - 2 Players

Visually shows level progress of two players (or player and enemy AI)

23 Find Random Position Outside View

Allows spawning an instance outside current view.

24 Recolour Sprite With Blendmode

Recolour a sprite on the go using blendmode.

25 Draw Text With Flashing Border

A cool effect to bring attention of the player.

Note: Contains Flashing Images

26 Countdown Text

Shows a series of strings, one at a time.

27 Show Ship Damage

Visually shows damage to a ship using a fire effect.

28 Change Volume Of Music

Allows adjusting of the volume for a given sound.

29 Slide In and Out Stats

Allows user to show and hide stats.

30 Expanding Rotating Fire Effect

A cool explosion effect.

31 Move To Position On Sine Wave

A simple way to make an instance move.

32 Recoil When Shooting

Make a player recoil when shooting

33 Hold Button To Jump Higher

Allows a player to jump higher.

34 Choose Random Number

Chooses random number on mouse click.

35 Iris Effect Room Transition

A circular room transition effect.

36 Only Show Walls Player Can See

A system that only draws walls that the player can see.

37 Four Directional Dash

Allows a player to dash up, down, left, and right.

38 Rectangle Room Transition

A rectangle room transition effect.

39 8 Directional Movement

Allows a player to move in 8 directions, with sprite control.

40 Segmented Neck

A segmented neck effect, ideal for a level boss.

41Hold To Change Sprite

Changes the sprite when mouse button is held on it.

42 Chess Piece Mover

Allows moving of chess pieces on board, no AI.

43 Enemy With Trailing Instances

A moving enemy with trailing instances.

44 Controls Reverser

Allows reversing of player key controls.

45 Four Direction Enemy On Path

Moves enemy on path, pointing in direction it is moving.

46 Four Direction Movement Towards Mouse Position

Moves towards mouse position, pointing in direction moving.

47 Draw Sprite Border 2

An alternative method to draw a border of a sprite.

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