sous chiefs, can game salad even handle this?!

morphinegamingmachine

OK so i have a different kid of filler game, its a game like this
http://www.playfunfreegamesonline.com/play/pac-xon

i have it where i have the actor going over a grid that it passes over and makes that grid block "intermediate" till i hit a solid block, then it fills in all the intermediates as solid.
but i don't know how to have it fill in the space i just trapped in to fill in if there is no other actors in that space (fill in the space where the ghost isn't)
Also, the grid is one actor with about 15 rules, but its on a grid of 18X27 of itself, currently i have it spawning one row at a time once the first scene opens so once you get to the play part its mostly filled in and you dont have to wait too long. but if i have the grid already set up (486 actors, the 16X16 grid box actor) it has a load time that approaches infinity :P

how would u suggest approaching getting the grid in the game? also how would i fill in the gaps where i box in the grid?

any insight?

morphinegamingmachine

have it where it moves on the grid fine, i just save attribute last x and last y to the x,y of the grid every time it hits a new grid actor, for my project each square in the grid is an actor. so when in "solid" grid area it only moves when you have the arrow pressed but in "empty space it moves untill you tell it to change or it overlaps with a "solid" space again. so moving over the grid is fine, i m asking since its 486 actors to make up that grid how should i get them in the game.
or with your move to grid template, how would i change the color of the inside of the grid only spaces i have passed ive with the ball?

its like qix

or more closley pac xon

morphinegamingmachine

i apologize for doing that, i saw you took the one on ur video template thread down
the other thread i put it there cause i was reading to find ur free templates, they are very helpful
wont happen again

morphinegamingmachine

bump so i can get help with it