I myself am trying to figure out how to create a Main menu, as I haven't been able to figure it out. If you got any idea on how to do that, please tell me!

bozman wrote:

I myself am trying to figure out how to create a Main menu, as I haven't been able to figure it out. If you got any idea on how to do that, please tell me!

There can be many types of menus, but a generic menu has start, help, and maybe options. What I do is when a menu button is clicked, it broadcasts a message “hide menu 1” to hide the main menu, and I also broadcast either “show menu 2” and have menu 2 sprites show or I broadcast play to start the game. You can check out my project here which has a pretty basic menu.

Awesome. Thanks for the help. That small chunk of info should definitely help me get a start on it.

I have only been here for a week but the way I do my menu is that I get a sprite that is a start button and when the sprite is clicked change backdrop to _______ and hide

A great thing to do is to make your menu with a button that broadcasts “start game”.
If you already have a game that runs without a menu, simply replace all of the green flag scripts with “when I receive start game” blocks.
For example:
BEFORE MENU:

 when gf clicked
forever
if <key [left arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (-90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [right arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [space v] pressed?>
do something amazing
end 

AFTER MENU:

 When I receive [start game v]
forever
if <key [left arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (-90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [right arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [space v] pressed?>
do something amazing
end 

And in your “Start button,” you would have 2 scripts like this:

 When gf clicked
show 

and

 When this sprite clicked
broadcast [start game v] 

So, not only can you MAKE a main menu, but you can make one for a game that doesn't have one already. (This can be helpful for emulators)

Hope this helped!

-110%

110Percent wrote:

A great thing to do is to make your menu with a button that broadcasts “start game”.
If you already have a game that runs without a menu, simply replace all of the green flag scripts with “when I receive start game” blocks.
For example:
BEFORE MENU:

 when gf clicked
forever
if <key [left arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (-90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [right arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [space v] pressed?>
do something amazing
end 

AFTER MENU:

 When I receive [start game v]
forever
if <key [left arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (-90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [right arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [space v] pressed?>
do something amazing
end 

And in your “Start button,” you would have 2 scripts like this:

 When gf clicked
show 

and

 When this sprite clicked
broadcast [start game v] 

So, not only can you MAKE a main menu, but you can make one for a game that doesn't have one already. (This can be helpful for emulators)

Hope this helped!

-110%

Excellent post, thank you.

I've got a game menu engine! Click here to see it!

WorldHipHopBeats wrote:

110Percent wrote:

A great thing to do is to make your menu with a button that broadcasts “start game”.
If you already have a game that runs without a menu, simply replace all of the green flag scripts with “when I receive start game” blocks.
For example:
BEFORE MENU:

 when gf clicked
forever
if <key [left arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (-90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [right arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [space v] pressed?>
do something amazing
end 

AFTER MENU:

 When I receive [start game v]
forever
if <key [left arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (-90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [right arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [space v] pressed?>
do something amazing
end 

And in your “Start button,” you would have 2 scripts like this:

 When gf clicked
show 

and

 When this sprite clicked
broadcast [start game v] 

So, not only can you MAKE a main menu, but you can make one for a game that doesn't have one already. (This can be helpful for emulators)

Hope this helped!

-110%

Excellent post, thank you.

No problem.

For a menu i would suggest that a good way would be to use co-ordinate ranges.

if <<(mouse y) > [16]> and  <(mouse y) < [30]>
    
if  <<(mouse x) > [-85]> and  <(mouse x) < [-20]>
    
switch backdrop to [Game 1 v]
end
end

You would need to do this for each menu item.
You would also need to add code to each background to hide the unwanted sprites.

What are your thoughts?

Just improving on what i said before…..

SuperSammy777 wrote:

For a menu i would suggest that a good way would be to use co-ordinate ranges.

if <<(mouse y) > [16]> and  <(mouse y) < [30]>
    
if  <<(mouse x) > [-85]> and  <(mouse x) < [-20]>
    
switch backdrop to [Game 1 v]
end
end

You would need to do this for each menu item.
You would also need to add code to each background to hide the unwanted sprites.

What are your thoughts?

Improved way:

if <<<(mouse y) > [16]> and  <(mouse y) < [30]>> and  <<(mouse x) > [-85]> and  <(mouse x) < [-20]>>
switch backdrop to [Game 1 v]
end

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How do you make a unique menu for a game?

i want to ask where the ‘if’' block is, or do i have to create it?

ExplosionGaming wrote:

i want to ask where the ‘if’' block is, or do i have to create it?

It's the if/then block

if <> then

end

Thanks

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XDMLGPLAYS wrote:

Thanks

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No need to necropost to thank people - this topic is from 2013 and all you've done is bring it back to the top of the forum!

meowflash wrote:

I've got a game menu engine! Click here to see it!

Thank bro

Gorami wrote:

meowflash wrote:

I've got a game menu engine! Click here to see it!

Thank bro

PLEASE do not necropost. This is a resolved topic from 7 years ago (2013!) and you do not need to thank someone. All this does is bring the topic to the top of the forum.