Aldo18's messages

Yeah, I’ll help you with programming whenever I have answers. For your puzzle mania game, to get the snapping to work, I think I would first check the piece’s x and y position, then compare it to all the snap points, and see which it is closest too. Then, I would set its position at the snap point. It should look something like this:

//Check your first snap point, in the top left corner using the distance formula
var distance1 = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(this.x – 0, 2) + Math.pow(this.y – 0, 2);
//Then check the distance from the next snap point (let’s call it (3,0))
var distance2 = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(this.x – 3, 2) + Math.pow(this.y – 0, 2);
//Calculate distance from all snap points
distance3 =
distance4 =
distance5 =
…

//Then, compare the distances to find the closest one (assuming the distances have been put in an array called “distances”)
var closest = 1000;
var closestPoint = 0;
for(var a in distances)
{
if (closest > distances[a])
{
closest = distance[a];
closestPoint = a;
}
}

//Then set the position to the closest snap point (assuming you have an array of all the x and y values of the snap points, named “x” and “y”)
this.x = x[closestPoint]
this.y = y[closestPoint]

And that should make the pieces snap into place!

I don’t know much about flash, but here’s a couple of hints…
1) Use the little arrow button on the right of the scripts to open the “dictionary.”
2) There’s a little yellow book there titled “Index.” Click it for all the possible commands available.
3) Fool around with all of the commands. For example, _xmouse is the mouse’s _x value. Do this with EVERYTHING. You’ll learn alot.

Most importantly, take the tutorials on Kongregate. There are some for jumping, for platformers, for…well, you get the idea.

That’s all I’ve got. Afterwards, you might want to check out the art collabs for Aviary tools – that should fend off the “this looks like it was done in paint” comments. (I’ve gotten them too. It hurts.) Good Luck!