Game Making With AliceEatTheHay

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Mike Scott

University of Texas at Austin

Games In Alice1

Game Making with AliceEat the Hay Game


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hat is Alice!

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Alice is a visual#rogramming language$

Alice is %esigne% to teach

you how to #rogramThe out#ut of Alice#rograms are movies$

The movies can &einteractive

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Alice an% 'isual(rogramming

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(rogramming is %one &y #ointing an%clicking* %ragging an% %ro##ing* selectingfrom menus* an% some ty#ing

+ownloa% Alice for free,

www$alice$org

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Alternate Game - Eat TheHay.reate a Game with a cow$The arrow keys on the key&oar% control the

cow$

There are ) &ales of hay on the groun%$hen the cow gets close to the &ales they

%isa##ear$

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Start Alice

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+ou&le click on the Alice icon to start AliceIt may take a minute to start u#

.ancel the o#ening%ialog screen


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uil% the Scene

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.lick on the a%%o&3ects &utton atthe &ottom right ofthe scene

Scroll to the 4arm

category an% clockon 4arm


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A%% Hay to orl%

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.lick an% %rag ) &ales ofhay into the scene

6nce in the sceneo&3ects can &e #ositione%with the mouse

6&3ect can &e rotate% &yselecting the #ro#er

o#tion from the menu inthe u##er right

If you want to get ri% ofan o&3ect right click it

an% select %elete


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A%% The .ow

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.lick on the 8ocal Gallery to get &ack to thelist of categories

6#en the Animals .ategory

Scroll over to the .ow an% a%% one to theworl%


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Make The Hay igger.lick on the resi9e

o&3ects &utton

.lick on a &ale of haywith the mouse$

Move the mouse u# to

make it &igger$

Make all ) &igger

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Exit Scene E%itor

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.lick the +one utton


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A%% Events for .ow an%.amera

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.lick the create newevent &utton

Select the let thearrow keys move


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Events

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Events shoul% now look like this,


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rite #rogram for eating Hay

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+rag a while icon from &ottom of screeninto the #rogram$hile is on &ottom of screen

+rag this to here pick true


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hile 8oo#

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A%% ) ifs

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+rag ) ifs from &ottom into while loo#$(ick true


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(rogram 8ooks 8ike This

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(ick the .ow

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.lick the cow in theo&3ect tree

.lick the functionsta&


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+rag into if

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.lick an% %rag the cowis within threshol% ofo&3ect icon to re#lacethe true in the >rst if

hen you %ro# icon

select 1 meter an%strawale from list


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.om#lete ifs

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?e#eat for other " ifs &ut #ick strawale"an% strawale)


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Make Hay +isa##ear

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.lick strawale in o&3ecttree

.lick the #ro#erties ta&


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Make Hay +isa##ear

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.lick an% +rag the o#acity icon into the>rst if

(ick ; @;, invisi&leB


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?esult of Hay

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?e#eat for other Hay

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+o the same for the other " strawales$Select in 6&3ect tree* click an% %rag o#acity

icon* set to ;e sure to &ut strawale" into if for

strawale"


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.reate metho% for camera

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.lick on orl% in the o&3ecttree

.lick on metho%s ta& an%then create new metho%&utton$

name metho%move camera


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move .amera

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click an% %rag while loo# intomove camera metho%

select true

click an% %rag wait icon from&ottom into while loo#

select other from the menuan% enter 0 in the calculator

an% click okay


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move camera

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select camera in o&3ect tree

select the metho%s ta& an%scroll %own

click an% %rag the cameraturn to face comman% intothe while loo# after the wait

Select cow C= the entire cowfrom the menu


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com#lete% move camera

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Set events

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In the events click the camera inthe let the arrow keys controlevent an% change to the cow C=the entire cow

click the worl% in the o&3ect treean% then the metho%s ta&

click an% %rag the move cameraicon an% re#lace the nothingevent in the &ottom when theworl% starts event


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4inal Events

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(layDDDD .lick the (lay utton

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(ossi&le changes an%a%%itions

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Make the hay &ales moveMake the camera move towar%s the cow

when it turns to face the cow

.hange camera vehicle to cow

A%% instructions

A%% a message when #layer wins

A%% more &ales of hay or other o&3ects

(lay a soun% when the &ale is eaten

Game Making With AliceEatTheHay

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