Fruit Ninja Blade?

kungfupanda99

ok so im making a game with a fruit ninja style blade but i cant get it to look fluid like fruit ninja because when you quickly move your fingers the particles spread apart and i dont want it to look like that is there any way to make it like spawn particles super close together or something, I tried increasing the particle amount but that didnt work either so im kinda stuck....

also is there any way to make a blade exactly like fruit ninja like use and image and have it form to the movement of touch? any ideas cuz just the particles look kinda gross but anyway...

if anyone has a template of just the blade or video tutorial that would be great if you let me know about it thanks!

calvin9403

please don't make 2 threads for this

kungfupanda99

please don't make 2 threads for this

i got rid of the other one do you have any idea how to accomplish this?

RaidenMX_Buisness

i think its a basic thick line with a thick glow to it and a brighter fill in on the inside @tshirtbooth might have something with it i don't know but mostly what i said i think is what they used

kungfupanda99

i think its a basic thick line with a thick glow to it and a brighter fill in on the inside @tshirtbooth might have something with it i don't know but mostly what i said i think is what they used

I know what it is, I want to know how to make it like that in gamesalad...

Zoyt

I'm trying the paricle engine for it. It's working... It's more than a thick line. It has a curve in and out and is dynamic...

kungfupanda99

I'm trying the paricle engine for it. It's working... It's more than a thick line. It has a curve in and out and is dynamic...

any chance you could upload the template of that so I could see how you did it?

Zoyt

I'm working on it... Here's a stupid question: Hiw do you continuously set an objects position? When I say "MoveTo", it moves to the mouse, and won't move. When setting the x and y attributes, it goes there, and stops. How do you do that? This may be a stupid question...

JohnPapiomitis

@Zoyt

Constrain

Zoyt

@JohnPapiomitis - What do you mean by "constrain"? Do I have to unconstrain the coordinates or something? Sorry for asking a stupid question.

JohnPapiomitis

The constrain attribute behavior

For example, if you want an actor to always be where the mouse is you would constrain its self.position.x to mouse.position.x and constrain its self.position.y to mouse.position.y

UtopianGames

When i made this i didn't use spawn for the blade but used particles as i found it worked a lot better.



Darren.

Zoyt

Thanks @UtopianGames. And
The game looks cool. I'm trying I make a smoother one with particles, but I haven't had much time recently. It's almost done...

kungfupanda99

Thanks @UtopianGames. And
The game looks cool. I'm trying I make a smoother one with particles, but I haven't had much time recently. It's almost done...

hey were you able to get it working?

Zoyt

Sorry. You have a double discussion. See the my last post on this page:
http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/comment/305333#Comment_305333
Tell me what you think!

UtopianGames

I would advise using particles rather than spawn/destroy because during tests it was loads smoother, we also went one step further and cut the shapes into 4 but that's up to you.

Darren.

Zoyt

@UtopianGames - I do use particles and my other meathod would be by setting the particle offset.