Note that this guide assumes that you have animations pre-created for all 7 actions covered by this guide!.

For this guide, we will add 4 additional functions, in addition to the default 3: a Roll action, an Attack action, a Duck action, and what do to on player death.

However, linear logic flows are possible as well.

This needed for a player character that needs to be on-screen waiting for player input, as it will always return to the “Waiting” node when no other action is made.

You’ll also see that arrows lead out from “Waiting” to the other nodes and then back to “Waiting”.

This indicates that “Waiting” is the default node for this Object.

Look carefully and see that the “Waiting” node has rounded corners while the “Walk” and “Jump” nodes are straight corners.

The default actions are “Waiting”, “Jump”, and “Walk”.

Once OK is clicked, the Object is created and the default Player Action Program will be displayed.

Since we are making a player-controlled character, make sure to enable the “Object Controlled by Input Device” setting!.

By default, enemies and tiles will block player movement, but objects in the Player Group will not.

Wall Detection Impact Settings: These settings determine movement restrictions for this object.

To enable friendly fire, simply make sure the object has both groups selected for “Attack Detection Settings”.

Attack Detection Settings: By default, being assigned to the Player Group means that attacks from this object will only hit objects belonging to the Enemy Group and that have an appropriate collision box.

The Player character should be assigned to the Player Group. Object Type determines which group the object belongs to.

Currently, all objects belong either to the Player Group or Enemy Group.

Right click the list and select “Add Object” or click the “Add Object” button on the UI to open the Object Settings window.

By default, an empty project will have no Objects listed in the Objects workspace.

If your visual assets are not ready yet, please prepare some temporary sprites and create at least 1 animation to act as a placeholder. Please create the needed animations according to the previous guide.

When creating a player character object, an animation group must be assigned.Part 1: Creating a Player Character Object

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