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code:simplesidescrolling [2011/07/26 22:35] (current)
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 +<code java> 
 +//store the x and y coordinates for "platforms" in an array 
 +int num_platforms = 50; 
 +int[] platform_x = new int[num_platforms]; 
 +int[] platform_y = new int[num_platforms]; 
 +  
 +void setup() 
 +
 +  size(400, 200); 
 +  //create platform coordinates -- the x coordinate should go up by 100s 
 +  //the y coordinate should be a random number between 50 and 70 
 +  for (int i = 0; i < num_platforms; i++) 
 +  { 
 +    platform_x[i] = i*100; 
 +    platform_y[i] = int(random(50, 70)); 
 +  } 
 +  smooth(); 
 +  noStroke(); 
 +
 +  
 +//the position of the "character" 
 +int char_pos_x = 40; 
 +  
 +void draw() 
 +
 +  //draw the background 
 +  background(51); 
 +  
 +  //technically, what we're doing here is moving everything 
 +  //in the scene by the character's position + width of screen/2 
 +  //this keeps the character in the middle of the screen, and moves 
 +  //everything to the left by the amount the player has moved forward 
 +  //the "translate" method means that we don't need to modify the 
 +  //position of everything in the scene, we can just tell Processing 
 +  //to treat everything like it's been moved by the amount specified 
 +  //first parameter is amount to move in x, second parameter is y 
 +  translate(-char_pos_x + width/2, 0); 
 +  fill(25, 195, 245); 
 +  //draw the platforms just like we normally would 
 +  for (int i = 0; i < num_platforms; i++) 
 +  { 
 +    rect(platform_x[i], platform_y[i], 80, 200); 
 +  } 
 +  
 +  //and draw the player just like we normally would 
 +  fill(206, 170, 52); 
 +  ellipse(char_pos_x, 50, 20, 20); 
 +
 +  
 +void keyPressed() 
 +
 +  //if the d key is pressed, move the player to the right 
 +  //otherwise, move the player to the left 
 +  if (key == 'd') 
 +  { 
 +    char_pos_x = char_pos_x + 2; 
 +  } 
 +  else if (key == 'a') 
 +  { 
 +    char_pos_x = char_pos_x - 2; 
 +  } 
 +
 +</code>
code/simplesidescrolling.txt · Last modified: 2011/07/26 22:35 by gillian