Added a counter for stars and tiles used.
The counter for stars keeps track of them as i want 100 per level. the total tiles counter is used to work out the length of the save level file, which i need when i reload file into game.

added  more buttons to the GUI, but they dont do anything yet as i havent coded the functions for them yet.

The GUI in the editor is coming along nicely, i have implemented a few basic  functions, but have a few new ones that i want to add as theses would help me make some great levels without have to hard code anything about the levels in the app itself. The more i can get the editor to do the quicker the levels can be made.

The editor takes a lot of time to code but eventually i will be able to turn out levels a lot quicker and that would save a lot of time, and the editor can be used for other games and apps as well as it is a standalone editor, so the more polished and more useful i can make it, will save me a massive amount of time on this and future projects.

I only plan to add functions that help me with this project at the moment with a view to expand its capabilities later and add functions that will help me with different types of games also.

Level Editor Screenshot

I have added some background music to the platform game, which is just a short loop at the moment, i will add a longer soundtrack later.

Going to start working on the placement editor and give it a new GUI so will be leaving the platform game till i have added a few more features to it so i can start making some levels for the game.

I will post a screenshot when i have finished the layout, to show you  all my progress.

Fixed the jumping on moving platform problem. it seems to work the way it should now.

next task is to work on the level editor a bit,  making it  able to accept moving platforms.
I also need to make it reload levels already created, currently i can only save levels as i make them with no option to reload to edit the levels.

once that is done i will have to add some baddies to avoid in the game and again add these to the editor. hopefully wont take long to add these features.

Might even post another screenshot soon.

Cya all next time.

Sorry i am taking a bit of time to post blogs, but my work is hectic at the moment and i am not finding a lot of spare time to do any coding. I hope to get a bit more coding soon.

I have tidied up a few things today, so that the game looks a bit more polished, there is a long way to go, but wanted to get this done as leaving all these things just mounts up and you end up with loads of silly little things to get done. Its just things like making sure everything gets deleted when you enter  the main menu and final score screen when you die. i also had a lot of variables being printed on different screens so i could track what was happening as i played the game, makes it much easier to debug. Everything is now as it should be and its starting to look better.

I have added some basic moving platforms, which seem to work well, but my character cant seem to jump while on them, she can move left and right but not jump at the moment. I do not know why she cant jump, but i will look at that next time.

Once that is done i will have to try and add the moving platforms to the level editor to make it easier to add the platforms for the game.

Time for bed now as it is 1.25am and i am working in the morning.

See you next time guys.

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Programmers worst nightmare happened to me, i managed to somehow delete my code.
Thank the heavens that i have been backing up regularly, only problem is i have lost about a weeks worth of programming.
I have been fixing this today and i should  be where i was before the little accident, just a little more to do. I think i will be backing up a bit more regularly from today.

Once i am back to where i was i am going to fix a few little bugs to the game and tidy up the screen layouts a bit, as all sprites are not being deleted when you die and go back to main menu.

Speak to you all soon, and hope to not get any more little accidents.

Hi guys,

been away on holiday for a couple of weeks, which is why i have been quite lately.  The holiday has done me good,, as before i went i could not get the game to reload and play another level after you died. I tried everything and could not work out what was wrong. The answer turned out to be simple enough, but because i had been staring at the code for so long and was getting frustrated at what should have been an easy thing to do, i could not see the answer, which was to re-set the characters co-ordinates. Could not believe i didnt see that before the holiday. Anyway that is now working and hope to start moving along a bit quicker now and get the rest of the game engine done.

once that is done i will add multiple levels and get that to work hopefully.

Nice to be back, cya all soon.

Rickynzx