I see that there is a way to create object by name, but I can't find a way to destroy object by name. Essentially what I am trying to is I have three health sprite images called health1, health2, and health3. The player will have a private variable starting at 4. When the player is killed the pv is decremented by one and if not 0 the corresponding health & pv is destroyed...

However, I can't find a action to do that. Any ideas?

Really cool game! Especially liked the cut scenes. Good choice in music too. I made it to level 7 before it crashed on me. Never thought I'd have so much fun on a stick figure game!!

lucid What you are describing would be awesome and a very useful addition! Can't wait to see an early prototype!

Works great! Thanks!

Thanks Doppel!! Yes, that was what I meant. I didn't know about line of sight plugin using the hotspot for detection.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of a case where the player sprite would not be solid. It seems like it would be nice to just use the default "solid" option in the line of sprite behavior (like the example Doppel showed). That way you don't have to go adding obstacles. Another option would be to add an action to "remove obstacle". The only current actions are "add obstacle" and "remove all obstacles". That way you could keep the player sprite solid (with the hotpot in the center) and then just select the player as an obstacle to remove.

How come solid objects with custom movement behavior can move through other solid objects like walls? I have a NPC that has custom movement, but I don't want it to travel through walls. Is there an easy to do this?

I don't quite understand how line of sight works. For example, I have a solid player sprite and a fixed line of sight object sprite. If I set the line of sight obstacles to custom then it correctly finds the player. However, if I set it to "solid" then it ignores the player. Seems like there should be an exception for the player no matter if its solid or not.

What I ended up having to do is set the obstacles to custom and then define the walls to be the obstacles in any actions. This doesn't make sense to me though. Is this a bug or the way its supposed to work?

Just beat the boss!! Very cool graphics and smooth overall gameplay. I agree the game is much too repetitive. Either make the demo shorter or add more enemy types or player actions.

I second making the editor less stingy. It has been a source of great frustration moving events around sometimes.... I have gotten the hang of it after awhile and am nowhere as frustrated with it now... but at one point...

Nice example!

ASHLEY. Thanks. I updated the links to point to PDF versions.

— I'm not sure why the error. I don't have any special effects or things like that and haven't run into that error before. Do other .cap files give you a similar error, if so then maybe you need to update your DirectX version. If not, then it sounds like a bug and should be reported to developers.

The tutorial is designed for a beginner to Construct and shows how to make a basic adventure/RPG game. Later tutorials in the series cover more advanced topics such as moving between rooms and layouts and using inventory.

So far I have completed five parts: Part1: making a layout, Part2: Working with Events, Part3: Combat, Part4: Layout Transitions, and Part5: Inventory. These are similar to the Ghost Shooter tutorials, but not quite as detailed. My goal is to touch on things not covered much in other tutorials....

Here are some screenshots:

<img src="http://i26.tinypic.com/6p57jq.jpg">

<img src="http://i31.tinypic.com/2w3pd3d.jpg">

Here is the link to the planet cute graphics you will need:

http://lostgarden.com/PlanetCute%20PNG.zip

Part 1: Layouts

http://www.box.net/shared/x07eey7sfe

Part 2: Events

http://www.box.net/shared/0p28sf6hib

Part3: Combat

http://www.box.net/shared/onmoubfjk7

Part4: Layout Transitions

http://www.box.net/shared/mdxgb80310

Part5: Inventory

http://www.box.net/shared/l9n8ptbtet

**A new tutorial Part5 Inventory has been added. This shows how to create a drag and drop inventory system for your RPG **

As always, I appreciate any feedback (constructive preferably . Enjoy!