This thread helped me out too! Thanks, everyone, for your helpful input

Hey, I got it! Thank you so much for the explanation and the help!!!

You can actually get individual vector maps of countries. It'd might be more efficient to get a map that's split already, rather than trying to cut them out yourself.

Thank you so much, R0J0hound! This was really helpful

Yann has a set of wonderful suggestions here:

http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748_page1.html

for building a dialog system. Because I'm ignorant, I'm having a hard time getting them working, though.

Yann suggests setting up a 3D array, and the array contains value RANGES. I.e., 0-20.

I don't know how to test a global variable to see if it fits in a range.

I also feel like I'm doing something wrong, because I can't get my options to display correctly from the secondary array. Here's my attempt so far:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7066157/dialog.capx

"After that it's just a matter of calling the dialog, parsing the first part of the string to see what match the parameters of your player (might have to be more exclusive than what I did) and then displaying the corresponding sentence. And using the end of the string for possible answers. etc."

I'm new to both Construct and Box2D physics, so I apologize for the newbie question.

dl.dropbox.com/u/7066157/seesaw.capx

I've created a seesaw. I'd like the user to be able to attach multiple balloons to a hook.

So I've got 3 parts: a balloon, a string, and the seesaw hook.

I've looked through the joint and pin tutorials, but I've so far been unsuccessful in getting the results I want, aka:

The balloon is attached to the string, which is attached to the hook. The balloon has a certain amount of lift, and raises one end of the seesaw up to a height. As the user attaches more balloons, the seesaw is lifted up higher.

So I'm not understanding what sort of attachments I should be using (distance joints, revolute joints, pin), and I'm not sure how to correctly apply force.

dl.dropbox.com/u/7066157/seesaw.capx

Any ideas or pointers on where to look?