Fruit Drop game

We are going to create your own game we will call it Fruit Drop. The objective is to throw fruit at the bad guys to keep them from getting to your Tree.

Fruit Drop Part 2

Timmy

Sally

Kim

Gus

Doc

Henry

Stan

Jule

Misty

Mel

Curlz

Moho

Mystro

Prince

Star

Wiz

Zed

Jade

Badge

Knight

Prof

STEP 1

1. Right Click on the image and save the one you want to use for your character.
2. Right Click on Sprite Folder the click Create then Sprite now Import your characters sprite.
3. Name the sprite sPlayer

STEP 2

1. Right Click on Object Folder then click Create then Object
2. Select the sPlayer sprite and name the object oPlayer

STEP 3 Make Character Move

Now we need to make your character move using the arrow keys

1. Double Click on your characters object to open it
2. Click on Add Event Key Down Left
3. When you you add this first Event it will ask you what kind of coding you want to do Choose GML Visual and click: "Don't ask again for this project."
4. In the Key Down Left Event add a Set Direction Fixed and select Left
5. Now Add a Set Speed and type in 4 for the speed make sure relative is NOT checked
6. Repeat for Key Down Right
7. Add a Key Down No Key event
8. Drag in Set Speed Action and type 0 for speed

STEP 4 Create Room

1. Click on the Rooms folder and select Room1.
2. Drag you persons object into the middle of your room.

Now run the game to test the movement of your character

STEP 5 Walls

Now we need to make walls for your room

Save the image of the wall type you want for your first room.

Wall

Wall 2

Wall 3

Wall 4

Wood

Wood 2

Rock

STEP 6 CREATE WALL OBJECT

1. Right Click on Sprite Folder the click Create then Sprite now Import your Wall sprite.
2. Name the sprite sWall
3. Create Object for you wall and name it oWall
4. Note: the wall object needs to have solid checked
5. Open your room and place walls around the perimeter of your room

STEP 7

Stop your character from moving through walls

Now you need to stop your character from being able to walk through walls

1. Open your character object
2. Add a Collision Event with the wall
3. Drag in a Set Speed action and select 0 for speed

Test your game

STEP 8

Make Fruit Object

Now we need to make a fruit object so you can drop it on the enemy

Lets start with the apple

1. Right Click on Sprite Folder the click Create then Sprite now Import your Apple sprite.
2. Name the sprite sApple
3. Create Object for Apple
4. Select the apple sprite and name the object oApple

We want the apple to be destroyed when it goes outside the room.

Now add a Other Event for Outside Room
1. Add a Destroy Instance
Now Add a Create Event to your Apple
1. Add Set Direction Fixed Action and select Down
2. Add a Set Speed > Direction > Speed = 15

STEP 9

Make your Character Drop Fruit

We need to make your character drop the fruit

1. Open character object
2. Create a Key Press Event
3. Select the Space key
4. Drag the Create Instance Action into the event and select the apple object check relative fir X and Y

Test your game

Ghost

Skeleton

Statue

Snake

Bat

Spider

Yeti

STEP 10

Make Enemy Move

Now we have to make enemies that are trying to get you

Lets start with the Ghost

1. Add Sprite for Ghost
2. Name the sprite sGhost
3. Create Object for Ghost
4. Select the ghost sprite and name the object oGhost

We want the Ghost to rise slowly up when it is created

1. Add a Create Event to the Ghost
2. Drag in an Add Motion Action > Direction = 90 > Speed = .5

STEP 11

Make Apple Hurt Enemy

We want the Ghost to rise slowly up when it is created and be destroyed when the fruit hits it.

1. Add a Collision Event with the Apple
2. Drag the Set Global Variable Action and give it 10 points and check relative.
3. Drag destroy instance of self into the action
4. Drag another destroy instance action and select "other" this will destroy the apple which is the other object involved in the collision

Put a ghost or 2 near the bottom of the screen and test game

STEP 12

Characters lives and score variables

Double Click on your player to open it

1. Add a Game Start Event found in the "Other" section
2. Add a Set Global Variable name it global.LIVES give it a value of 3 don't check relative
3. Add a Set Global Variable name it global.POINTS give it a value of 0 don't check relative

STEP 13

Enemy Hurts You

We want the enemy to hurt you so you will lose a life and the game will start over if you lose all your lives

1. Now make the monster take away a life from your character
2. Open your characters object add a collision event with the Ghost and drag a Set Global Variable name global.LIVES actions give it a value of -1 and check relative
3. Now drag in a restart room action into the collision event

STEP 14

Restart Game if you run out of lives

Open your oPlayer object by double clicking on it

1. Open the collision with the Ghost object
2. Add a If Variable action name global.LIVES select Less or Equal value = 0
3. Attach a Restart Game action to the If then statement Make sure the restart room action is attached to the side as show not just underneath

STEP 15

Add code to display points and lives

Open your oPlayer object by double clicking on it

1. Now Add a Draw Event
2. Add Draw Self
3. Now Add a Draw GUI Event
4. Add a Draw Value value = global.POINTS
  1. Set Caption to "Score: "
5. Add a Draw Value value = global.LIVES
  1. Set Caption to "Lives: "
  2. Set the x to 100 to move it 100 pixels to the right of the Points

STEP 16

Second Room

1. Right click on the Rooms folder and select Create Room.
2. Select your character object and place it in your room.
3. Draw walls around the perimeter of room except for the top
4. We need to create a platform for your character to stand on Use the Wall object

Hint if you hold down Shift + Alt you can drag to add walls making it much faster to create room

STEP 17 Make Door

Moving from One Room to another

We have to make an object that will make you go to the next room once you have completed the previous level. To do this we will make a magic door appear once you have defeated all the monsters in the level lets create a door object you can draw your own door sprite or use this door

Open your players object

Now we have to think about what your character has to do to finish level 1

In my case I have to hit all the ghosts with apples once I have done this I will go to level 2

1. Add a Step Step event
2. Add a If Instance Exists action
3. Select oGhost as the object and click Not
4. Add a Create Instance Action select the oDoor object and change the X to 64 and the Y to 64
5. Make sure the Create Instance Action is attached to the side like shown

If your door is not in the correct place it might be hidden under your players platform so adjust the Y value to make it be just above the platform

STEP 18

Ladders

We want 3 things different in the second room

1. Room with ladders for monsters to climb
2. Second type of monster
3. A Tree that gives you special fruit

Lets start with a Ladder

1. Save the ladder sprites by right clicking and save image as
2. Name the sprite sLadder
3. Create a ladder Object
4. Select the ladder sprite and name the object oLadder

Now place oLadder in your room 2 to form a ladder leading from the bottom of your screen to the top.

You can edit the size of your ladders to make them 32px x 32px

STEP 19

Collision Objects

We need to make some collision objects to make monster change their direction when they collide with them

Save these for sprites and turn them into four different objects

Make all these objects invisible by un-checking visible.

Add a Up block into room two on the bottom of the ladder and a right arrow to the top of the ladder

STEP 20

Second Monster Movement

Lets make the Skeleton

1. Name the sprite sSkeleton
2. Select the skeleton sprite and name the object oSkeleton

We want the Skeleton to walk until it finds a ladder then start to climb the ladder and be destroyed when it goes outside the room or if the fruit hits it.

1. Add a Create Event to the Skeleton
2. Add a Assign Variable action name it run give it a value of 2
3. Drag in a Set Direction Fixed action and select the left direction
4. Drag in a Set Speed select run for its speed
5. Now add an Outside room event to the skeleton
6. Drag in a Set Global Variable action give it a value of -1 and check relative so that the skeleton will take away a life from your player if you fail to hit it with an Apple
7. We also need to check if your run out of lives so that the game will restart if you let too many monsters escape
8. Add a If Variable action check the global.LIVES variable if it is equal to 0
9. The attach a Restart Game action make sure it is to the right as shown
10. You can add this same code to your Ghost to make it do the same thing

STEP 21

Skeleton is hurt by Apple

We want the apples to hurt the skeletons

1. Add a Collision Event with the Apple
2. Drag the Set Global Variable Action and give it 25 points and check relative.
3. Drag destroy instance of self into the action
4. Drag another destroy instance action and select "other" this will destroy the apple which is the other object involved in the collision

STEP 22

Skeleton moves with arrow objects

Add a Collision Event with the oUp object
Drag in a Set Direction Fixed action and select the up direction
Drag in a Set Speed select run for its speed
Repeat the steps for the right left and down objects

Add direction objects on the left and right walls to keep the skeleton from running outside the room

Add 4 or 5 skeletons to your room and test your game

STEP 23 Create Door if no Skeletons

1. Open Characters Step Event
2. Add a If Instance Exists action to the Left of the first If Instance action
3. Select oSkeleton as the object and click Not
4. This will check to make sure their are no skeletons or ghosts in the room before we create a door to move to next room

More Enemies

Ghost

Moves up slowly

Skeleton

Can Climb ladders

Statue

Can break through walls

Snake

Can climb ladders and walls

Bat

fly's around

Spider

can climb on walls

Yeti

Throw snowballs can't climb

STEP 24 More Monsters the Snake

Lets make our third monster. The snake will be a fast moving vine climber. They are deadly to your trees and to you. They can be defeated just like skeletons and ghosts.

I will introduce you to a time saving concept called inheriting events and actions from a Parent object.

We took a lot of time to code the skeleton object. The snake will do all the same actions as the skeleton except it will be faster. So I will show you how to do this.

Save the snake sprite and create and sprite and object for it
1. Name the sprite sSnake
2. Select the snake sprite and name the object oSnake
3. Now we will select the skeleton as the parent for the snake
4. Now the snake will do everything the skeletons do. This saves lots of time.
5. We want the skeleton to be faster so we will change one thing its run variable to make it faster than the skeleton

STEP 25 Customize the Snake

1. Add a Create event
2. Add a Assign Variable action name it run give it a value of 6
3. Drag in a Set Direction Fixed action and select the left direction
4. Drag in a Set Speed select run for its speed

Now make a room for the snake maybe add the vines for ladders and walls like show below

STEP 26 Snake Room

Create your Snake room with vines for ladders be sure that the arrows will make your snakes climb the vines as shown You can also adjust the speed of the snake if it is too fast with the run variable in the create event

STEP 27 Statue

The Statue will be a slow moving monster that likes to hide behind walls.

Create Sprite and Object for the statue
Name the sprite sStatue
Select the statue sprite and name the object oStatue
Now we will select the skeleton as the parent for the statue just like the snake
We do want the statue to be slower so we will change one thing.
Add a Create event
Add a Set Variable action name it run give it a value of 1.5
Drag in a Move fixed action and select the right and left direction speed of run relative NOT checked

STEP 28 Bat

The Bat will be a fast moving cave dwelling monster that likes to move eratically. For this movement we will use a Path

Create Sprite and Object for the Bat
Name the sprite sBat
Select the bat sprite and name the object oBat
Now we will select the skeleton as the parent for the bat just like the snake

Now we need to create a Path before we do this lets make a new room use these sprites to make the cave room.

After your room is created now we can make the path that the bats will follow.

1. Right Click on the Paths folder and select Create Path
2. Click on the Room to Show icon select the Cave room you just created this will overlay the screen with the room so you know where to place the dots.
3. Now start on the bottom of the room where you want the bats to spawn and create a path that zig zags around the room until it reaches your level at the top.
4. Save the path as path_cave.
5. Now open your bat object Add a Create event
6. Add a Set Path and select path_cave

Now add these settings for your set path

Put one bat in your room and test the game.

Spider

The spider will move at random speeds so we will use that concept with these 8 legged terrors.

Click on Add Sprite Icon click load sprite
1. Name the sprite sSpider
2. Click on the Create Object Icon
3. Select the spider sprite and name the object oSpider
4. Now we will select the skeleton as the parent for the spider just like the snake
5. We want the spider to have a random speed.
6. Add a Create event
7. Add a Set Variable action name it run give it a value of random_range(1,8)
8. Drag in a Move fixed action and select the right and left direction speed of run relative NOT checked

Yeti the final Boss

The Yeti is the most fearsome creature in the game. This denizen of the Himalayas is sometimes called the abominable snowman. He cannot be stopped by a single apple it will take many. He will also fight back throwing snowballs at you with such force and accuracy that you will be astonished.

Snow balls

First we need to create the snowball object

Click on Add Sprite Icon click load sprite
1. Name the sprite sSnowball
2. Click on the Create Object Icon
3. Select the snowball sprite and name the object oSnowball
4. Add a Create event
5. Add a Move Towards action

Give it these settings so it will go toward your character

1. Now add a Other Event for Outside Room
2. Add a Destroy Instance and select self

Open your characters object and add

1. Now make the snowball take away a life from your character
2. Open your characters object add a collision event with the snowball
3. Add a set lives into the actions give it a value of -1 and check relative
4. Now drag in a restart room action into the collision event

Boss Level

Now lets make the boss level we will use a tileset for this room it makes it much easier to design rooms without having to make objects.

Save this tileset

1. Right Click on the background folder and select this as the background save it as bgIce.
2. Click on use as tile set
3. Set tile width to 8 and tile height to 8
4. Now create a new room and name it rm_yeti
5. Go to the tiles tab
6. Hold down the shift key as you select the part of the tile set you would like to use for your room
7. Once it is selected click on the spot in the room where you want that graphic
8. Design the rest of your room.

Boss throws snowballs

Let make your boss throw the snow balls this is very easy.

Yeti

Click on Add Sprite Icon click load sprite
1. Name the sprite sYeti
2. Click on the Create Object Icon
3. Select the yeti sprite and name the object oYeti

1. Add a Create event

1. Add a Set Variable action name it run give it a value of 2
2. Drag in a Move fixed action and select the right and left direction speed of run relative NOT checked
3. Now select the skeleton as the parent for the yeti just like the other monsters

1. Add a Step step event
2. Add a Test Chance
3. Select 30 sides this will average about 1 second since there are 30 steps per second

1. Drag the Create Instance Action into the event and select the snowball object check relative

Test your game it should throw snowball intermittently at you

Boss Health

Now we want your boss to have health so it takes more apples to bring him down.

1. Open your Yeti object and go to the Create event

1. Add a Set Health action give it 100 do not check relative

1. Now add a collision event with the apple

1. Add a Set Health action give it a value of -3 check relative

1. Drag destroy instance of other into the action
2. Add a check healthselect smaller than 0
3. Drag in a Start Block
4. Drag the Set Score Action and give it 1000 points and check relative.
5. Add a sleep for 1000 milliseconds

1. Add a Display Message type in "You have defeated the mighty Yeti"
2. Add a Show High Score
3. Add a Restart Game

Draw Health Bar

1. Add a second event Draw

1. Add a Draw Sprite action select the yeti sprite and check relative

1. Add a Draw Health actiongive it the settings below

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