How do I spawn and pin items in a chain (kind of like snake)

So I'm trying to make a game where the player grows every x seconds. I cannot figure out how to spawn the tailpieces directly behind the last one that was spawned, nor do i know how to pin the spawned tail piece to the newest tailpiece. (Pinning it to the main head is ok, but I'd rather have it pinned to the tailpiece next to it.)

Download Link to project: mediafire.com/download rprxlng7axppkd3/ngai.capx

https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/750/an ... id-example

That is an example that explains IID.. but download the 'IID_example' file in the post and have a look at the events that create the black dots.

Might help!

...IID...

I looked at that and I managed to spawn the snake tails next to the newest snake tails, but I can't seem to PIN the spawned snake tails to the newest snake tails. Is there something I'm missing?

Okay I figured this out. I ended up spawning a different object on top of the tails (I call it an anchor) and pinning the tails to the anchors by UID. Sort of a weird workaround but it seems fully functional so far.

You should not rely on UID, instead create a string instance variable - let's say - "instanceName". Give each object an unique value/name. Then pick anyone you want by System -> Pick by comparison.