How does the iPhone's touch-screen work in terms of game control?

Motiondive

Hi, I want to create a game in which users can chase an object on the screen and when they "touch" it the object disappears or explodes. Is that possible to do with Game Salad?

m

CodeMonkey

Hi Motiondive.

The object that you want to explode or disappear:

Colliding with another actor....
1. Give it a rule- When Receives event -> Collides with -> Other Actor
2. Within that rule add the behaviors to tell it what to do. For Example:
-> Destroy Behavior to destroy this actor
-> Particles behavior to do an explosion
-> Animate Behavior to do some animated explosions
-> Change Attribute (Color->Alpha) To make it disappear.
-> ... etc.

Colliding with the mouse...
1. Instead of the Collides condition for the rule, use Mouse Position -> is Over Actor.

Motiondive

Hi,

"Colliding with the mouse..." meaning the "touch" action on the screen by your finger?

CodeMonkey

the mouse position is mapped to where you are touching the screen. So the question is, the way you are designing you game, are you controlling an actor by moving it left/right/up/down to chase an object, or are you wanting to just use your finger to chase an object?

if the latter, then use the second condition I had posted.

Motiondive

Yes, I just want users to use their finger to chase/tap the object. Thanks for your answer!

m