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You can still have varied levels using code like: if(levelNr>5) { //spawn new kind of enemies on higher leves } if( frac(levelNr/2)==0 ) { //even levelnr: one kind of obstacles } else { //odd levelnr: other kind of obstacles } But I see your point, and I will put file input/output on the feature req...

You could make part of the snake a model, called SnakeBodySegmentModel or something. So you will have SnakeHeadModel spawning a SnakeBodySegmentModel that will follow the head. After a while a SnakeBodySegmentModel spawns a new SnakeBodySegmentModel which should follow the segment that spawned it. H...

The first ZGE application not written by me :D Cool! Hmm... file support is not a feature yet. It might come in a later version. Try to use procedural techniques. Instead of having each level in a file use something like: Calculate difficulity for new level: NrOfEnemies=LevelNr * 5; NrOfObstacles=Le...

Try this: Player category 0 Wall category 1 Define collision 0 versus 1, player vs walls. Define collision 0 vs 0, player vs player. Then in OnCollision on PlayerModel, you test with an expression what the player have collided with. if(App.CollidedCategory==0) { //do something } else if(App.Collided...

You need Arrays :) Or some kind of list/vector. Unfortunately that is not yet supported in ZGameEditor. It is the same thing with connecting models, if you mean connecting them they way like in a "snake" game. I cannot think of any easy way to achieve this without adding more scripting com...

We want to have collision between walls and player. PlayerModel is category 0 (default) WallModel is category 1 So DefineCollision needs to have Cat1 to 0 and Cat2 to 1. Or the other way around, it makes no difference. And since DefineCollision.Cat1 is zero by default, we do not need to touch it. I'...

That's a good bug report!

I can reproduce the problem, and will fix it in next release.

It stops logging "refresh mesh" as soon as you add a producer, like a MeshBox.

Mattias you're the man :) This is very useful feedback, thank you! I will look into all your suggestions. I assume you are using a standard XP-computer, and not Vista or some special GUI configuration? Yes, the icons need more work. Several of the better looking icons are from the Eclipse-project. T...

Hey! Many thanks for those supportive comments Boris

The third tutorial is online now: Tutorial 3: The "OneButton" game application . It is a tutorial that will guide you through making a little game. Note that if you plan to follow the tutorial you will need the latest 0.92 beta of ZGameEditor. Please check it out, and help report any error...

This is the third release of the beta version. Changes: *"OnRender" new property on AppState component *Comments on components are displayed in the component tree *Name of the current project is displayed in taskbar *Various minor bug fixes Note: If you are using Firefox 2.0 as a browser, ...

That's great, John
I'm working on a new tutorial that will probably be ready this weekend.

Hi! Please answer these questions for me to find out what is wrong: 1. Do you get sound when trying the sample projects, like ZPong? 2. Did you try downloading the finished HelloWorld-file at the end of the tutorial? I know that version works for me. 3. Do you get an error message? And to answer you...

The second tutorial is online now:

Tutorial 2: The "Hello World" application.

Please check it out, and help report any errors or omissions in the tutorial.

I plan to write some more advanced tutorials next week.

This is the second release of the beta version. Changes: *tool-folder label was too short in the external tools dialog *16-bit color windowed support improved, font is still not transparent however *error message for invalid property name in expressions changed *pressing escape while previewing appl...