Creating a simple Pacman style game in ARSA Language.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Create Player
• 3. Move Player Code
• 4. Create Enemy
• 5. Collision Detect
• 6. Reset Code
• 7. Win!
• 8. SourceCode
• 9. Next! Advanced a Pacman clone game.

This tutorial will show you about simple a Pacman clone game.

1. Introduction

• Player can control by touch screen and also moving to hit enemy on screen!
          

2. Create Player

1. New a PSD file size is 640x960 px, 72 pixel/inc, 8 bit/channels.
2. New layer and rename to "mu" (remove quote before put in layer).
3. Drawing and Coloring a original character on Photoshop canvas (in "mu" layer).
4. Save and drag PSD file in ARSA Studio for preview.
   

3. Move Player Code

• Put below code in Photoshop layer or external code.

  touch("isleft",move("mu",-500,0))
  touch("isright",move("mu",500,0))
  touch("isup",move("mu",0,-500))
  touch("isdown",move("mu",0,500))

  
  

4. Create Enemy

1. New layer and rename to "boss" (remove quote before put in layer).
2. Drawing and Coloring a original "boss" character on Photoshop canvas (in "boss" layer).
3. Clone (Alt+Drag and Drop) "boss" layer in 11 times.
4. Save and drag PSD file in ARSA Studio for preview.
   

5. Collision Detect

• New layer and write a code with collision detect by hitlayer() function:

  hitlayer("mu","boss",visible(false,null))

  
  

6. Reset Code

1. New layer and rename to "reset" (remove quote before put in layer).
2. Drawing and Coloring a original "reset" icon on Photoshop canvas (in "reset" layer).
3. New layer and write a reset enemy code when User touch reset layer:

   touch("release","reset",visibleall(true,boss))

   
   

7. Win!

• If player hit all enemy and it gone from screen then display text Win on center of screen!

  !isvisibleall("boss",text(280, 450, "Win!"))

8. SourceCode

pacman.txt

screensize(640,960) // universal resolution

// moving player
touch("isleft",move("mu",-500,0))
touch("isright",move("mu",500,0))
touch("isup",move("mu",0,-500))
touch("isdown",move("mu",0,500))

hitlayer("mu","boss",visible(false,null)) // collision detect

touch("release","reset",visibleall(true,boss)) // reset button

!isvisibleall("boss",text(280, 450, "Win!")) // show win

9. Next! Advanced a Pacman clone game.

• Next tutorial will show you in advanced a Pacman clone game: Creating advanced Pacman style game in ARSA Language.