Time for action — creating the HUD objects

Now, we will move on to creating the Heads Up Display (HUD) objects for our game.

1. 1. We are now ready to create the HUD objects for our game. Switch to the HUD layer and create a Sprite called P1Face, and give it an image of the P1Torso head and set its Collisions mode to Bounding Box:

   

2. 2. Next, create a Text object called P1Info and set it up to match the following screenshot:

   

3. 3. Create similar objects replacing P1 with P2 for the second player. In this case, have the objects match the following layout screenshot:

   

4. 4. Now create a Text object for when the second player is not playing, and call it P2Join. Set its text to Press left control to join and have it matched to the following screenshot:

   

5. 5. Give it a Sine behavior to make it fade in and out by matching its settings to those in the following screenshot:

   

6. 6. Now create the final HUD item, a Sprite called NextSign, and place the next arrow image into it. Set the Collisions of this object to None...