Hide objects like in whack a mole games

I was wondering how objects are hidden in this game: topfreegame.com/game/smack-it

When the mole appears it's body is incomplete and then it goes up and show it's body. How do you acomplish that?

Hi skyhunter93,

One approach:

-Make 2 layers. The top layer should have a TileBackground object with transparent holes. The bottom layer should be your moles.

-Use events to randomly pop up the moles.

EDIT: Nvm, I tried testing this out, doesn't work!

I imagine it's done with masking and careful Z ordering. Something like this:

Demo

Capx

I hope this helps.

Wow, thanks both of you! I really like this forums :D