How to create a "swipe left and right to move dot" actor

Georgeolnians

I want to create an actor which moves a dot when I hold the "swipe left and right to move dot" actor with touch. It is on a game called " the line" on the app store and I was wondering how to do it.

tatiang

Start by Googling swipe gamesalad. There are several tutorial videos to get you started.

RThurman

The line game does not really use swipe. Instead it just moves the dot to the x position of the mouse/touch. The easiest/fastest way would be to use a constrain behavior in the dot.

Constrain Attribute: [ self.Position.X ] To: [ game.Mouse.Position.X ]

tatiang

Thanks, @RThurman... I haven't played it so I was just going on screenshots.

RThurman

@tatiang -- no problemo!
You might want to look at it and see if it might be something to teach your students how to create. In GameSalad, it is extremely easy to make. I would suggest that it might make an useful second/third assignment. (Just after making 'Hello World". But before making a ball bounce.)

The basic game would consist of:
one dot actor
one wall actor
one constrain behavior
one control camera behavior
one collision/overlap rule
one restart scene behavior

And thats it!

tatiang

@RThurman said:
(Just after making 'Hello World". But before making a ball bounce.)

That's so interesting. In any traditional programming language, I'd start with 'Hello World'. And when I used to teach Flash animation, I'd start with making a ball bounce. The nice thing about GameSalad is I can start with Asteroids or something else equally more exciting.

Alright, I watched a gameplay video. You're right, that would make a good starter game. I actually had a student make a Mac game like that a few years back and it was impressive.