Newbie Grid/Gravity Help!

prescott_2002

Hi

Total beginner here...

Ok so I think what I'm trying to do is relatively simple but really struggling. I want to create an iPad puzzle game where the pieces are affected by gravity, so like Tetris but the pieces move when the iPad orientation is changed. I've attached my visual to hopefully better illustrate what I mean. I'm struggling to get the actors to stay within the grid which is my first problem, I think I can work my way around the gravity thing!

EDIT - I'm a uni student so I only need to make the one playable level!

I'm on Windows and all the templates I seem to be finding are for Mac which kinda doesn't help!

Any ideas?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Mac projects can be converted to Windows.

http://gshelper.com/shop/free-templates-and-tutorials/mac-to-windows-template-conversion-gamesalad-tutorial/

prescott_2002

Thanks for that

In terms of constricting an actors movement to inside the grid, is the best way to go about this to make the grid an actor itself and then have the player actor (the circle pieces) collide with the grid so they can't travel past it?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

The issue is going to be when rotating the device. Not sure quite what you are after, as you mentioned like Tetris, something like that you could use collides so the objects collide with each other and surround the grid with walls that keep the objects contained inside. I would use a snap to grid method.

http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/56974/free-snap-to-grid-tutorial-template-some-community-love