How Can I... Lots Of Questions ;)

Hello Everyone!

I am new to buildbox, and I am trying to design my game. I am Ui Designer, so basically I don't have an idea about logic / code, but I am able to make a nice game

So.. There are few things I struggle with... I hope you can help me ?

01. I am doing similar game like flappy bird - Can you please tell me is there anyway when u "Start" a game, it will instantly "Pause" it and on your click you actually start playing?

02. I have coins in my game that you collect, I want them to float (up down only few pixels) How can I do that ?

03. Here https://gifyu.com/image/lewA you can see Image of my spikes "Collision Shape" Is there anyway that collision shape is not rectangular and I can adjust it to exact shape of "Spikes" ?

Thanks for your help

 

Is this BB2 or 3?It looks like 2.
1 - yes, using the event observers and using a pause with a UI menu
2 - Yes, using the logic pieces so when coin touches the top one, it moves down, then the bottom up, it moves up. You will need to adjust the speed etc.
3 - Not worth doing that. The majority of games do collisions in 2d the same way, actually have it a little shorter from the end spikes, to be a bit more forgiving. Otherwise, too many collision shapes, takes up processing power and slows the game down

 

If it's bb3, for number 2 you could just use a wave node

 

BB2 or BB3? Not sure what it means, I think you mean that my games is BB2 - 2D ?

Thank you for answers guys !

@spicedbeangames

I think I am too stupid for this
In relation to "1"
https://imgur.com/jqHHiVR - This is my map and Observe Event attached.
https://imgur.com/YuwbgYV - This is Main UI screen where the event is located - You click play and the game should be instantly paused, but its not working

What am I doing wrong?

Also 02 Killed my brain, not too sure where can i find Logic pieces
https://imgur.com/oPMJmgw - Pretty sure I dont have "Logic Pieces"?

 

Ok so looking at your screenshots you seem to be using buildbox 3.0. In BB3 they removed logic pieces but you can use the node called "wave" to make the coin float up and down.

 

Thanks, now I get it, it was actually quite easy

 

Still not sure about 01 if anyone can help out

 

Also.. New Question appeared, how Can I change character? There are lots of tutorials online, but my software looks completely different :| I dont have an option like "Change Character"