Main.xml

Character's main.xml file mind map description.

Character's main attributes definition.

Image description

• The tags are colored in emerald.
• The attributes are colored in violet.
• The tag texts (not the attributes) are colored in orange.
• [allows multiple] : The engine recognizes multiple tags declaration.
• [integer] : The attribute is a numeric integer value. (examples: "128", "24", "53")
• [string] : The attribute is a text string value. (example: "Basic bullet", "misc/winner/1.png", "Chuy")
• [yes/no] : The attribute is a boolean "yes" or "no" vaule. (example: "yes", "no").
• [mandatory] : The attribute is mandatory and has to be defined.
• [default=X] : If the attribute is not defined, it will take the X value as default.

Tags description

Bold represents the Tags.

Italic represents the attributes.

• <LifeBar/> - Character's life or health bar and the PNG image that contains the bar.
  • x - Life bar position x.
  • y - Life bar position y.
  • color_r - Red color value from 0 to 255.
  • ​color_g - Green color value from 0 to 255.
  • color_b - Blue color value from 0 to 255.
  • ​color_a - Alpha color value from 0 to 255.
  • rect_offset_x - Rectangle's x position relative to the image.
  • rect_offset_y - Rectangle's y position relative to the image.
  • rect_width - Rectagle bar width when is full.
  • rect_height - Rectangle bar height.
• <Attributes/> - Main attributes of the character.
  • ​velocity - Amounts of pixels the character moves in each iteration.
  • animation_velocity - Amounts of 
  • hp - Character hit points.
  • initial_x - Position x of the character at the beginning of the stage.
  • initial_y - Position y of the character at the beginning of the stage.
  • <​Sprites/> - Character's animations depending on the state.
    • ​orientation - The state of the character. ("idle", "up","down","left", "right", "destroyed for the player) ("idle", "destroyed" for the enemy).
    • sound - The sound played at the beginning of the state change. This sound is not looped.
      • ​<Sprite/> - Single character's animation frame.
        • ​path - Image file path.

Cookbook

You can find quick XML recipes examples in the Cookbook.