Sure, this is what I have. Bullet behavior is attached to the enemy with set angle off so the enemy is always facing the same direction.

Enemy - Bullet distance traveled > 150 | Enemy - Set Bullet Speed to 0

Then I wait a second and send it back the other way. I'd like for it to tilt when moving forward and backward.

I'm still having some difficulty. The enemy helicopter doesn't have "is moving" because it's not controlled by the player and doesn't have an "8Direction" behavior assigned to it. It has a Bullet Behavior assigned to it. VectorX won't work either because it's associated with the "8direction" behavior.

Is there any other way to achieve this either using the bullet behavior or just checking if the enemy object is moving?

That works great. So "vector" defines the movement direction? This helps a lot. Thank you.

I'd like for enemy helicopters to tilt in the direction they are moving, but straighten up when they are not. How do I tell C2 to check if an object is moving positively or negatively along the x-axis?

Anyone remember the Animator vs. Animation Flash cartoons awhile back? What if someone made a game that is also a tutorial on the basics of using C2? It can be a platform or adventure game.

It would be nice to Print events from within C2. It would also be nice to have a button for a printable version of the tutorials on this site that allows us to only print the tutorial and not the entire webpage. If there was an option to print PDF, I could save paper and always have it with me, even when I'm not online.

I think they could use some more options in the store too. Themes would help. Why not add some free stuff in there, just to get people to visit and encourage them to look around a bit more. Visitors might come across something they like.

Free product ideas:

• PDF of C2 shortcuts for printout. You can print it out and place it next to your computer while you work.
• PDF of C2 tips, best practices, time savors.
• A printable paper sculpture using the characters on the homepage.
• Place the Free Assets Bundle into the Store.
• Make the link for the free assets at the bottom of the screen point to it in the store.
• Free printable flash cards for C2 events, testing your knowledge.
• Pack of C2 themed desktop backgrounds
• Printable C2 postcards
• Free C2 desktop icons (I use my own icons for folders, assets, etc.)

I might be mistaken, but the store doesn't get updated very often with new content. I pretty much know what's in there, so there really isn't any point to keep visiting it. Adding stuff on a regularly could be helpful.

Even though your game isn't pixel art, all raster images are made up of pixels. If you have resized the image in an editor, chances are the editor created a slight color change along the edge. It's called the halo effect.

C2's built in editor definitely does it, and Photoshop does it unless you change the settings to "Nearest Neighbor" when resizing, but that's only really good for pixel art.

It might be a good idea to zoom in on the background image and look for a variation in color along the edge. Even the slightest color variation will create a seam. If you can't tell just by looking at it, try to paint the 1 pixel edge along the outside of the image to see if it breaks the seam.

If you work larger than what you end up using in game, and the art comes to the edge of the canvas, this will always be an issue when resizing. Converting from vector to raster also causes this issue.

Hope that helps.

I think C2 needs an updated look. If it's too much trouble or there's not enough time for Scirra to do it, why not hand it over to the community and allow us to design our own themes. I know I can already edit the theme colors, but I'd like to replace buttons and icons too.

-Maybe Scirra can make money by selling premium themes in the store.

-Maybe allow users to submit their themes to the store.

-Maybe create a forum just to encourage artists to design and share themes.

DeviantArt is a great example of letting the community influence and shape the site's look and functionality. One way to make users more loyal to your product is to make the product more personable. Another example is Apple products. They probably have the most loyal user base.

Just something to think about.

I agree with the original post. I think C2 can export to enough platforms now, and it would better to improve some of the functionality.

One thing that bothers me about C2 is the Ribbon at the top of the screen with the Home/View/Events tabs. A lot of the shortcuts in "view" can be moved to Preferences and then Home and View can be combined. Then you have only 2 tabs in the Ribbon and depending on what you are working on, Layouts or Events, the ribbon can change tabs automatically. It doesn't make a lot of sense to be in Layout view with the events tab showing in the Ribbon and have everything greyed out.

I don't really understand the last part of your question. Can you rephrase it?

Maybe write in it in Spanish too, so a Spanish speaking member can try to answer your question.

Sorry, I don't think you can. I didn't find any icons in the themes folder. The next best thing you can do is design your own icons, create a mockup and submit them here for consideration.