Move Brainbox

This movement Brainbox makes an asset move in the direction and speed specified by the Speed attribute.

Brainbox Attributes

After you add this Brainbox to an asset, you need to specify the Speed and direction in which the asset should move.

• Speed
  • Enter a numeric value in any of the axis fields to represent the movement direction and speed.
  • The greater the number, the faster the asset will move.
• Direction
  • To make an asset move:
    • Forward, enter a (+) positive value in the Z axis field.
    • Backward, enter a (-) negative value in the Z axis field.
    • Right, enter a (+) positive value in the X axis field.
    • left, enter a (-) negative value in the X axis field.
    • Up, enter a (+) positive value in the Y axis field.
    • Down, enter a (-) negative value in the Y axis field.
  • Also depends on which direction the game camera is facing.
• If you put values in more than one axis, the asset will move in all specified directions.
  • For example, if the Z and X axis fields contain values, the asset will move in a diagonal direction.
• Range
  • To make the asset pick a random axis value, enter a value in any of the range fields to the right.
  • The range value is both added and subtracted to create a minimum and maximum of possible outcomes.
  • For example, if you enter a value of 100 in the Y axis, a value between 50 and 150 will be selected during gameplay.
    |50———-100———-150|
  If you don’t want the asset to rotate in a specific direction, delete the value in any of the axis fields.

The table below shows sample values in the X, Y, and Z axis with their speed and direction.

Nodes in Brainbox group

After you add this Brainbox to an asset, the Move node is added to the Node Map of the asset with the Speed values you’ve specified.

Switch Roto Move Brainbox

This movement Brainbox makes an asset move and change direction when the user taps or clicks the screen.

Brainbox Attributes

To specify the directions, use the Linear Velocity and Angular Velocity attributes.

There are two sections in the attributes: A and B.

• When the asset is created or spawned in the game, it moves in the direction and speed of A.
• When the player taps or clicks the screen, the asset changes its movement direction and speed to B.

Brainbox Node Group

After you add this Brainbox to an asset, a group of nodes is added to the Node Map of the asset containing a UI Button, Switch, and custom Advanced Move nodes.

Platformer Brainbox

This physics Brainbox allows the player to make the asset move and jump with their keyboard. Also provides the asset with animations that play when the asset moves and jumps.

Brainbox Attributes

• During gameplay, the player controls the asset by pressing the following keys on their keyboard:
  • Right Arrow—makes the asset move right.
  • Left Arrow—makes the asset move left.
  • Space Bar—makes the asset jump.

Brainbox Node Group

After you add this Brainbox to an asset, an If Collide node (Collision), three Keyboard Button nodes, three Animation nodes, and a custom State Machine node appear as a group in the assets node panel.

Keyboard Controls Brainbox

This advanced platformer Brainbox allows the player to move an Animated Platformer asset with the W, A, S, D and arrow keys on their keyboard.

To move the asset across the scene in a given direction, the player needs to press and hold the following keys:

Brainbox Attributes

This Brainbox contains two additional controls that allow the player to make the asset:

• Run—increases the movement speed of the asset when the player presses and holds this button.
• Jump—makes the asset ascend along the Y axis before being affected by gravity and falling.

Brainbox Node Group

After you add this Brainbox to an asset, a custom Keyboard Controller node appears in the node map along with three Keyboard Button nodes.

Animated Platformer Brainbox

This Advanced Platformer Brainbox provides the asset with a set of 3D animations that play depending on player actions and a set of movement restrictions which include how high the asset can jump.

Before you add this Brainbox to an asset, check the asset Node Map for additional Sub Scenes.

• If the asset contains additional Sub Scenes, all associated meshes will display.
• If you only want the mesh associated with this Brainbox to show, delete any additional Sub Scene nodes.
• There are some situations where having additional Sub Scenes can be useful. For example, attaching a weapon or shield mesh that requires animations.

After you add this Brainbox to an asset, you need to specify the skeleton and animations you want to play by doing the following:

1. To assign a skeleton:
   1. In the Scene attribute, click the Edit button .
   2. In the Sub Scene Manager window, click the name of the skeleton you want to use on the right.
   3. Click Save.
2. To add an animation to any of the animation attributes, click any of the following Animation drop-down lists and select the name of your animation:
   • Idle—plays when the asset is not moving or jumping.
   • Walk—plays when the player uses a control to make the asset run.
   • Run—plays when the player uses a control to make the asset run.
   • Falling—plays when the asset is falling along the Y axis.
   • Jumping—plays when the player uses a control to make the asset run.
   • Dying—plays when something causes the asset to become defeated. See also Manage Health, Damage, and Defeat.
   You can leave an Animation attribute as None if you do not have an animation for the respective attribute.

Brainbox Attributes

Brainbox Node Group

After you add this Brainbox to an asset, several custom nodes appear in the node map along with several Keyframe Animation nodes and a Sub Scene node.

Ground

Every 3D World contains a Ground that is present in every scene, much like the Camera and the Start/End points. When an asset has physics enabled, it will not pass through the ground.

• By default, the Ground covers the entire scene, and cannot be deleted.
• To hide the ground, click the Ground Type dropdown and select No Ground.
• You can use the tools in the toolbar to rotate and move the ground in the scene.

Ground Attributes

Analytics

Analytics provides data that keeps track of how many times players do the following actions:

• Install your app
• Launch your app
• Make in-app purchases

To integrate analytics in your game:

1. On the Navigation bar, click the Settings button.
2. In the displayed Project Settings window, click the SDKs tab.
3. Click the appropriate App Store, for example, iOS or Android.
4. In the middle of the screen, click Add and in the Analytics section, select the name of the analytics provider.
   
   The selected analytic settings appear.
   
5. If needed, go to the Facebook Developers page, create an account and follow their directions to create your App ID and App Name.
6. In the App ID and App Name field, enter the name and Id of your app as it appears on the facebook dashboard.

Game Start Node

The Start node on the Mind Map is the root node of your game.

It is a special UI node that loads the game and displays a loading bar on a splash screen to your players, for example, with your logo. You may also use this node to add background music to your entire game.

• Anything you connect to this node will load immediately after the player begins your game.
• The Start node has only one output, Load, which you can link either to a UI node or World node. See also Node Anatomy.
• You may not duplicate or delete the Start node.

Editing Start Node—Customizing Your Splash Screen

• To add music, select the Start node on the Mind Map and in the Options panel on the far right, do the following:
  
  Since ads need to be preloaded when the game starts, banner and interstitial ads added to the Start node on the Mind Map will not appear on the Start UI screen when it is first loaded. They will be displayed only if the player chooses to replay the game. For details, see Ad Monetization.

  Option	Description
  Ad Banner	Select to allow banner ads to appear at the bottom of the screen.
  Ad Interstitial	Select to allow full-screen interstitial ads to appear on the screen.
  Music	Drag an MP3 file that you want to play when your game starts. See also Add Music and Sound Effects.
  Loop Music	Select the checkbox to set the music to play continuously. If you clear the checkbox, the music will play once and stop.

• To add your logo, remove the Buildbox logo, add text, a loading bar, or make any other changes to the splash screen, do either of  the following to open its UI Editor:
  • Double-click the Start node.
  • Click the Edit icon in the top right corner of the node.
    The Start node UI Editor appears.
    

  In the Start node UI Editor, drag the appropriate assets from the Asset panel on the left or images from your computer and define their attributes in the respective Options panels, for example, Image Options for the logo.
  See also UI outliner and Sprite Editor.

Rotate Towards Node

This action node rotates an asset to face the camera or another specified asset.

Option	Description
Name	Type a custom name for this node, if needed.
Smooth	Enter a decimal from 0 to 1 to determine how smooth the rotation will be, 1 being 100%.
Target	Click the dropdown and select: Camera—makes the asset rotate along the Y axis until its positive Z axis aligns with the camera. Target Asset—makes the asset rotate along the Y axis until its positive Z axis aligns with the asset specified by the Target Asset attribute.
Target Asset	Click the Edit button and select an asset to rotate towards.

If needed, you can also customize this node. For details, see Customizing Nodes.

Attract Node

This action node is typically connected to an If Collide node that triggers it. The Attract node makes the asset move toward the asset specified in an If Collide node.

If needed, you can also customize this node. For details, see Customizing Nodes.