Platformer #4: Design – Miss Koppejan

Instructions:

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For this stage you must be in Advanced Mode. Go to File > … and if Advanced Mode is checked, then go to Recent Files and open the Platformer game.

Block Objects

Go into Room 1 …

Platforms, Columns

Click on the left empty area of the objects tab and select the block object…

Start by adding the whole block objects to the platforms and columns.

left-click to add
hold SHIFT and drag to add more
right-click to delete

Open Room 2 …

Add blocks to the platforms/columns as well…

Platform & Pit Edges

Now add blockR to the left edges and blockL to the right edges of the grass and platforms.

Clouds

Add blockH objects to the clouds…

So it should look like this…

Turn off Grid

If you have all your blocks in, turn off the grid so you can see you didn’t miss any…

So your rooms should look like this…

Game Objects

For each room, add game objects to the room…

mushrooms on floors and each platform
nextLevel on the far right
pits – add over the pit tiles
ladder – over the ladder tiles

Test your game

Save and test out your game.

Does it work to move around, jump on platforms, climb ladders, fall into pits, collect mushrooms etc.?

Monsters

add monsters on the floor and platforms (not in the air) as shown below
add markers just past the edges of platforms so they don’t fall off.

Add Flying Monsters to your rooms

Go into your room and place a few of the flying monsters in the air. Use markers to limit how far across the monsters can go.

have some monsters going across the whole room (near the top, by the clouds)
have some monsters only going across a small section or half of the room
markers can be in the bottom square row of the monster’s body, or the top square row

Don’t forget to add a gun in each room

Keep the game open in play mode to get these rooms checked off…

Own Room

Go into own level …

Go to the tiles tab. Select the tiles background.

Draw tiles by clicking on the appropriate tile and next left-clicking where you want to place them in the room, like you would do for objects.
You can hold SHIFT to keep adding the same tile.
The right mouse button deletes tiles.