Well. Uh. I need some help.

General
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Well. How do I start. For LA class, me and my group must create a theme park about a book we read. (Scorpio Races for those wondering) I have been tasked with the electronic part, and I have to create something to show, I.e a website. I decided, because I know how to code a little and have Codea, to make a 3D interactive world that the user can explore, that is a replica of our theme park. One problem occurs though. I don’t know how to code that advanced. So, I ask, how? How should I get started? I know I want to us Sprites but that’s about it. Help.

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Whats your time limit? Also, 3D… That would take months maybe to make a themepark, and not even a acceptable one to hand in if it has to be a replica. my suggestion; Look at @Ignatz’s 3D town

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I have until the end of January. Maybe not even 3D, I just need to show a layout using buildings. It would be nice to be able to have a character walk through it but that’s not that important. I could even just make it a 2D birds eye view

4

Honestly, if you have no idea where to start I doubt you can learn enough to make something so ambitious within the month.

5

Hey! Message to all Newbees! you newbees should stop choosing a forum name with ‘newbee’ in it! Because after a couple month, you become experienced, but you still have to keep your old name… :wink: look at the experienced CodeaNoob teaching a NoobieCoder who will teach NewNewbie in two months etc… Lol!

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@NoobieCoder Here’s something that you can start with. Just keep adding the sprites you want and their x,y values to a table. You can add different tables and draw routines for other sprites. Move your finger around the screen to move the character. A double tap will move the character back to the center.


displayMode(FULLSCREEN)

function setup()
    gdx=WIDTH/2
    gdy=HEIGHT/2
    dx=0
    dy=0
    size=3000
    move=false
    tree={vec2(300,300),vec2(100,600)}
    rocks={vec2(400,300),vec2(-200,-300)}  
    buildings={vec2(-100,100),vec2(300,-100)}  
end

function draw()
    background(40, 40, 50)   
    if move then    -- move the character
        dx=dx-(sx-mx)/10
        dy=dy-(sy-my)/10
    end    
    -- scroll the grid and character left or right
    if dx>WIDTH-50-gdx then
        gdx=WIDTH-50-dx
    elseif dx<gdx*-1+50 then
        gdx=50-dx
    end      
    -- scroll the grid and character up or down
    if dy>HEIGHT-50-gdy then
        gdy=HEIGHT-50-dy
    elseif dy<gdy*-1+50 then
        gdy=50-dy
    end  

    pushMatrix()
    translate(gdx,gdy)    -- move grid and character    
    sprite("Planet Cute:Grass Block",0,0,size*2,size*2)    -- draw background
    drawSprites()
    sprite("Planet Cute:Character Boy",dx,dy)    -- draw character
    popMatrix()
end

function drawSprites()
    drawTree()
    drawRocks()
    drawBuildings()
end

function drawTree()
    for a,b in pairs(tree) do
        sprite("Planet Cute:Tree Tall",b.x,b.y)
    end  
end

function drawRocks()
    for a,b in pairs(rocks) do
        sprite("Planet Cute:Rock",b.x,b.y)
    end  
end

function drawBuildings()
    for a,b in pairs(buildings) do
        sprite("Small World:Mine",b.x,b.y)
    end  
end

function touched(t)
    if t.tapCount==2 then    -- double tap to move character back to center position
        dx=0
        dy=0
        gdx=WIDTH/2
        gdy=HEIGHT/2
    end
    if t.state==BEGAN then    -- finger starting x,y position
        sx=t.x
        sy=t.y
    elseif t.state==MOVING then    -- finger direction to move character
        move=true
        mx=t.x
        my=t.y
    elseif t.state==ENDED then    -- finger raised, stop moving character
        move=false
    end
end
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Wow! Thanks so much! This will help a ton!