ArcadeMakerSources/ArcadeMaker

ArcadeMaker should be a cross platform engine, and it should allow targetting mobile devices. Currently, the engine provides functions for getting input from mouse and keyboard (like keyDown(key) and getMouseX() and so on), but it still lacks basic functions for touch panels input. MonoGame, of couse, provides this functionality, so in order to add it to ArcadeMaker, the same patterns should be impemented: Declaring the engine functions (e.g. getTocuhPositions() and isTouching(x, y, maxDistance) in the IGame interface (ArcadeMaker.Core/IGame.Funcs.cs). The declarations should look like this: /// <summary> /// Checks if the player is currently touching a specific point. /// </summary> [EngineFunc(/*num of params: */ 3)] [Param("x", ParamType.Number, "The x to check for touching at.")] [Param("y", ParamType.Number, "The y to check for touching at.")] [Param("maxDistance", ParamType.Number, "The range for the check.")] IValue IsTouching(Exp.Instance? _, IValue?[] args); Write the back

I think that having the ability to take game screenshots from within the code would be nice. Sometimes games want to allow the player to capture the scores screen and stuff. To implement it, an engine function declaration needs to be added to ArcadeMaker.Core/IGame.Funcs.cs file, and the implementation needs to be added at ArcadeMaker/Engines/MonoGame/Core/ArcadeMakerMonoGame.cs. A quick Google search shows that MonoGame has a RenderTarget2D class that can be used for that. The frame needs to be drawn to an instance of this target class, and it should happen in Draw event, so I guess that our engine function will need to throw an exception if its called outside of Draw event. Note that a futile implementation of the function would also be needed at the IDE project, in the FutileGame class. Just add the signature of the method to the class, with empty body. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! 🙂

ArcadeMaker has a feature called "paths" - you can draw a path in the IDE, and make an object following it using startPath(...) or draw it using drawPath(...). But sometimes you want to get (in the code) the coordinates of a path, to check for intersection with it, for example. Currently, there's no function for getting the coordinates of a path. And in other times you would want to dynamically construct a path in the code, and the engine lacks the right function for this too. To implement a function that gets a path ID and returns an array of all of its coordinates, you should add to IGame.Funcs.cs a method like this: /// <summary> /// Gets an array of all the coordinates of the given path. /// </summary> /// <param name="expinst">The calling runtime instance (unused).</param> /// <param name="args">(pathID).</param> [EngineFunc(1)] [Param("pathID", ParamType.Number, "The ID of the path to follow. Use 'Paths' enum for that, e.g. Paths.PthRoad.")] Exp.Instance GetPathPoints(Exp.Instan