Game map

[BulkOlav]

Yeah that is the function I wanted, thanks for the help. I will have to spend some time understanding the insertion of a camera though :huh:

[BulkOlav]

@roaminggamer

I mean you’d have to set up your own:

• scene management code to draw backgrounds as needed
• scene managment code to remove images that are not in view any more to reduce memory usage on your device
• … more

Sorry, but this is not something that can be described or shown in just a few lines of description or code.  There are just too many ways to handle drawing an endless or large-but-limited sized world.

Personally, I suggest you consider a Tiled based solution like PonyTiled.

Warning: You’re still going to have to learn and understand a bunch of stuff.  As well, you will need to modify the solution to suit your needs.

PS - Can you link a few YouTube  videos of games that you feel are representative of the kind of thing you are trying to do/make?  If we can see what you want to achieve, we might be able give better advice.

I think dead ops arcade is the game that best represents my plan. 

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNBsQmU3oXA

Ps skip to 37 sek.

[roaminggamer]

Looks like you’re thinking about making a top-down omni-scroller.

Questions:

1. Is the map unlimited or does it have defined boundaries?

2. If the boundaries are defined, are they uniform (like a rectangular area) or arbitrary (may have any shape.)

3. Is the world all open or are there buildings you can enter?

4. Is your plan to make a shooter?

5. Do you plan to have a player character similar in mechanic to the one shown?

6. Do you intend to have multiple levels and/or area that are loaded separately?

7. How do you plan to control your character?  On screen joystick?  Twin sticks?  Buttons?  Other?

Note: Just in case, I did want to mention that the video you shared is actually 3D.  You said it was close, so I am assuming you’re ignoring that facet of the video and that there will be no perspective.

If you want to make a game with perspective (say isometric or similar) then that is (quite) a bit more work.  I suggest first making a pure top-down game to learn about level creation, loading, etc.

[roaminggamer]

A long time ago, I helped put together a whole set of videos on ‘top down’ shooter design: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQUSbLhyMnAqWcw-9DrKl2szm4_ii8pS1

The end result can be found here (game requires game pad to play because it was intended for desktop games):

https://github.com/roaminggamer/CoronaGeek/raw/master/Hangouts/ICanMakeThat/DesktopGames/TopDownShooter.zip

Here is a video of the game and other parts in the download (no sound):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HYqAsUzaQU&feature=youtu.be

PS - There are lot of other games here too:

https://github.com/roaminggamer/CoronaGeek/tree/master/Hangouts/ICanMakeThat

[Appletreeman]

@roaminggamer

Hi, don’t want to hijack this thread so am happy to take it to a new one, but looking at that top down game I was wondering if it would be possible to do a split screen game so you could have 2 players on different areas of the map at the same time?

I would imagine that if it is possible it would probably be quite a bit of work?

[roaminggamer]

@Appletreeman,

I’ll answer here, but you might want to start a new thread if any additional questions come out of this.

1. Yes, I believe it is possible.

2. You’d have to implement ‘ghosting’.

3. A ghost (as I mean it) is a copy of an object.  i.e. The the original is visible in one viewport while the ghost is visible in another viewport.

4. I have actually done experiments with this in Corona.  I’ll see if I can dig up code that still works.  (The experiment was long long ago.)

 Discussion taken to this thread: https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/74031-split-screen-and-beyond/

[BulkOlav]

Sorry I did not notice your questions earlier. Don’t know how i could have overlooked them, but here are the answers.

1&2. The map has defined boundaries and they form a square.

3. The world is sort of open, there are no buildings you can enter, but you can’t walk anywhere you’d like either. It has a path you are allowed to walk on and trees and bushes to block other directions.

4. Yes

5. My character is just a simple hat viewed form above with an indicator where it is looking. The mechanics is somewhat similar with the movement and shooting in the viewed direction.

6.No i intend to only have one map/level where the player will survive for as many rounds as they can manage.

7.  My plan is to have two sticks, one for movement and another for shooting.

Addision: My plan is to make a simple top-down game. 

@roaminggamer

Looks like you’re thinking about making a top-down omni-scroller.

Questions:

1. Is the map unlimited or does it have defined boundaries?

2. If the boundaries are defined, are they uniform (like a rectangular area) or arbitrary (may have any shape.)

3. Is the world all open or are there buildings you can enter?

4. Is your plan to make a shooter?

5. Do you plan to have a player character similar in mechanic to the one shown?

6. Do you intend to have multiple levels and/or area that are loaded separately?

7. How do you plan to control your character?  On screen joystick?  Twin sticks?  Buttons?  Other?

Note: Just in case, I did want to mention that the video you shared is actually 3D.  You said it was close, so I am assuming you’re ignoring that facet of the video and that there will be no perspective.

If you want to make a game with perspective (say isometric or similar) then that is (quite) a bit more work.  I suggest first making a pure top-down game to learn about level creation, loading, etc.