Gamesalad Recognizing 2 of the same images (when one of them is made up of multiple ones)

samircalviniyer

Dear Gamesalad Community,
I (a 15 year old) have been inspired by TShirtBooth's games and videos so I have started to make a new game. I wish to make a game where you need to make a object to match the picture supplied. However, is it is possible for game salad to recognize two different pictures (which are identical) where 1 of them has multiple object on them?

If this is not clear, imagine you need to make a football, but all the stuff and patterns are on the football need to be dragged on. If done correctly, the football you made will be identical to the football picture supplied.

I really would be grateful if someone could help.

What attributes would I need for this to work?

Cheers,
Samir

MotherHoose

@samircalviniyer … agree with all … age is not relevant to skills in developing …
so no bragging rights here for youth …

as for your problem …
make some notes for yourself and define what you want to have happen
-user has pieces of an image … that can be combined/placed to match the image
-to match correctly … those pieces must be in a particular place (correct X,Y)
you in effect give the user a jigsaw puzzle to complete

import your complete image into GS
in your graphics program … chop up that image into the number of pieces you want
-save each piece as a separate .png
import those pieces into GS

gameAttributes (1 for each piece) … boolean type … piece1; piece2; etc.

add Actor for the whole image
Rule: when (All)
-Attribute: game.piece1 is true
-Attribute: game.piece2 is true
etc.
--whatever you want to display for solved

add Actors for each piece:
actorAttributes: (2) … real type … correctX; correctY (fill with correct positions)
actorAttribute: index type … my# … and make unique for each piece

(your constrain to touch rules)
Rule: when (All)
Attribute: self.Position.X = self.correctX
Attribute: self.Position.Y = self.correctY
-Rule: when
-Attribute: self.my# = 1
--changeAttribute: game.piece1 To: true
(you need nested rule for each piece number)

above is example code syntax … not specific … try with 2-3 pieces to test

Simply:
computers store images in code … i.e. not as a visual elements
the images are stored/referenced by id# … in a pixel/point colorCode array
when displayed the pixel/point Color of the screen becomes visible for each pixel/point

MH

LeonardDeveloper

Yeah!, Search "End of the earth" in the app store, It was made with GameSalad by @gyroscope
Welcome by the way!

samircalviniyer

oh wow! I see luckily the game is not the same concept that I have (phew) but it does show what I wanted to do. Where can I find the attributes that are required to make such a game?

Zoyt

Basically, have an object for each piece's place. The piece would detects if it collides with the object. When dropped on it, snap the object into position.

tatiang

You could also have a table with each correct piece's x and y positions. Then check the magnitude (distance) from the piece dragged to the correct x and y positions. If the magnitude is small enough, award the player with a correct placement.