How to automatically draw lines that will work as paths

In my game I want my code to generate random paths for an object to follow. The path should always go downwards, but occasionally divide into separate paths for the player to select.

I have tried several approaches without luck, so I'm simply asking for a way to make this work best way possible. Only thing I can come up with is a tick loop that adds pixel by pixel, but I guess that would be a terrible way to do it?

Are you doing some kind of vertical scroller? Do these paths need to be contiguous?

I've never worked with the Pathfinder object, but I can suggest mathematical ways to do this if you are interested.

gumshoe2029 I don't think I'll need pathfinding for now. Just drawing lines vertically and occasionally split into two ways. I almost made a solution with bullet behaviour that shoot out lines, but now only got one vertical line. I might get this working, but I'm definitely open for better solutions.

Nice, put your solution here if you get it working. Thanks.

janlindso

If I understand, you can simulate this by moving your object from A to B when angleAB=180° and AB is perpendicular to X axis

Still having a hard time to find a solution for this. Tried to make an animation to show what I want to create.

• A sprite moving along a line (really in same position all the time)
• If left button is pressed, then move to the left path
• If right button is pressed, then move to the right path

Have tried to do it with a line sprite shooting out bullets to create the path, but there must be a better way to do this?

I don't know if this is what you searching for, but I think it can be helpful. It's a blackhornet job, did with the LineTween plugin. ^^

CAPX:

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fi ... 4777992425

I don't know if this is what you searching for, but I think it can be helpful. It's a blackhornet job, did with the LineTween plugin. ^^

CAPX:

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fi ... 4777992425

Thanks. It's pretty close, but still not it. This one makes the object move along the lines. I want the object to be at the same spot all the time, so I guess it must be the paths that moves and not the object itself.

Something like this ?

(left/right arrow to change direction)

EDIT: link broken see next post

Something like this ?

(left/right arrow to change direction)

Maybe, if only I'd get the link to work.

Demo

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Demo

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Kinda, but without the main object moving from position (cant use scroll-to either as it has been use on another object already). So, only solution as I see it, is to make the path moving instead. Like in my gif example, the object never change position,

janlindso

Link updated Demo

MadSpy

Yes, this works! Not 100% sure if it will work in my project. How did you do it? Did you use any plugins?

The action is currently partially scripted... except for the part where the player chooses the path .

no plugin

Just a movement of lines according to the position and angle of the player (less than 40 events )

The player followed the lines at each intersection in the first example .

in the last version, the lines that follow the direction of the player ... I " just " reversed the process