Basic Graphing

I'm new to Construct 2, but have done quite a bit of programming with VBA.     I've figured out a lot things by searching the forums and from the manual itself, but I can't seem to find much (anything) on how to plot data in a basic line graph. I've searched for "Graphing", and may need to search for something else. Sorry if I've missed a previous post on this.

I'm working on a Stock Market type simulation game, and would appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction. I've considered making some custom graphics that I could piece together in a tile set type format, but that seems quite drastic. There must be an easier way.

it is possible to create a line graph (or any curved line, really) by creating a ton of 1x1 sprites that are automatically stretched and angled correctly with a loop

But I think it'll be be wiser if you download the 'canvas' plugin from here

http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-canvas_topic46006.html

it lets you draw stuff onto an area

I read your post earlier because I'm currently working on a pie chart idea in my head for a game. (by rotating half circles)

Then I just happened across a game example in the arcade with a sample capx for bar charts:

http://www.scirra.com/arcade/example/10017/automatic-bar-graph-system

Which links to his Line graph example:

http://www.scirra.com/arcade/example/11248/automatic-line-graph-system

hmm, looking again, his line chart might need some tweaking, it connects the line to the base line between values.

Thanks to both of you! I'll have to play around with the plugin to see exactly what it does, and the code from bar-graph-system looks very promising for what I had in mind.

I knew there had to be a better way than with custom sprites!

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