Time for action – making the ground shake
The game file to import and load for this session is 5961_07_03.stencyl.
Open the Manage Statues actor behavior and create a new When Creating event.
Rename the new event to
Initialize statue.Add the instruction block to the new event, as shown in the following screenshot:
Create a new When Updating event and rename it to
Check if stopped.Add the required instruction blocks, so the new event looks like the following screenshot:
Create a new When this actor collides with… Something Else event and rename it to
Shake screen on collision.Modify the new collision event using the instruction blocks shown in the following screenshot:
Test the game; watch as the statues land on any object!
What just happened?
We have implemented the instructions to make the screen shake when a statue lands, either on a tile, such as the ground, or on an actor.
The instructions for this effect comprise of three separate parts. The first part required us to specify an actor value...
