Change: NOTE: This tutorial was built in the old version of our editor. It is left here as it still provides a guide for creating a full application.Bloomshine is a Sharendipity-based version of Boomshine, a popular Flash-based casual game. The player   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3543)

Change: Moved by sharendipity Apr 14 2008, 10:23 AM EDT

Change: Building Bloomshine is a great way to get started in Sharendipity. You've seen how custom properties can be used to track game state and created   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3303)

Change: The complete behavior logic looks like this:Blooming BehaviorOnce any seed has been PINNED, it starts blooming. When it reaches a certain size, it immediately and rapidly wilts. This behavior is controlled by an EVERY N-STEPS filter:The pseudo-code for this behavior is:Every frame...If this   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3063)

Change: FILTER.FILTER:Here's some pseudo code to illustrate the overall behavior:When the player presses the Space bar...If the World is not already IN_PLAY...Set the World's state to IN_PLAYRandomly create new seedsReset the number of total number of bloomsNotify the player of the current goal   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3035)

Change: of SEEDS is incremented by "5" ensuring the next level has more seeds than the previous one. DIFFICULTY is also updated as long as it   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3035)

Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details. (Word count: 3020)

Change: has thereached seed'sit's radiusOtherwisemaximum size....Begin WILTINGHere are the step-by-step instructions for assembling this behavior:First we need to see if this SEED is WILTING. This is accomplished by testing if the SEED's WILTING property is set to true.The wilting process involves either reducing   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2895)

Change: Lastly, if the total number of blooms achieved (BLOOMS_MAX) is greater than or equal to the number required to pass the level (BLOOMS_MIN) then the   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2763)

Change: properties dialog. Name it "seed" and then configure it's properties in the following way:Custom Properties'''Planting'''WILTING -("boolean") Placingindicates that the requiredseed numberhas ofentered dotsthe randomlywilting instate theand worldwill andbe thenused waitinglater forby the player   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1957)