2DSS - Road to Pro - #3 KEEP ON TRUCKIN

Hey Hey! Quick Update!

Almost close to the release of the 2D Side Scroller Template Pro Version

Significant changes, alot of good things coming with this.

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KEEPING RENPY, RENPY
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For one some elements of Ren'Py I needed to iron out or disable are now available again which is great. Before textbuttons and imagebuttons hover animations wouldnt be able to play out due to elements needing to be refreshed from within the screen causing issues with just any screen elements being updated. Now Its all "naturale". Another thing is Ren'Py has its own keymap/keybindings, AND that conflicted with any key the player would press. Now if the player is in explore mode (requiring movement, interaction in the open world, etc.) the bindings will be disabled until the player is no longer in explore mode (dialogue, menus, etc.). Which is very nice!!

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BUTTON PROMPTS?!
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Yes I added button prompts. Shout out to . . .
- Xelu's FREE Controller Prompts
For their free button prompts
I did alter them and added more keys for keyboard and mouse (num pad keys, and some other missing stuff), and added different details (ps4 and ps5 prompts look different same for xbox 360 and xbox one prompts). Also I added examples/button displays for open world use (look at the controls tab to the left and when the icon appears after the player is in the interaction area).  Only one down saide as of now, for keymapping is saving the changed mapping after the game is closed. I'll make maybe a quick patch where you can replace a file in the game to fix it so just letting ya know.

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GAMEPAD MOUSE CONTROL?
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I also added control of the mouse with the gamepad, using the right stick and in the future I'll add cursor confirm button in the key mapping menu. I was playing some vanillaware games (amazing games! wish theyd release some of their games on on PC dammit), I see some of the things they do and specifically Dragons Crown, the curasor would disappear after a while, as to not make the screen look odd or cluttered. I'll be adding that too. Maybe an option to just have it hard locked for people who want that, idk.

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OTHER STUFF NO ONE CARES ABOUT
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I fixed alot of bugs, and made things function better. But specifically this is about future stuff. After the release of the Pro version, I'll be of course updating the template, adding more options specifically for the game, bug fixes and all that stuff. But after the template has reached a point, in updates I'll be releasing things that are called SNIPPETS. Some of you are asking "isn't that just a vague term for a small piece or somthin?" Well for the template, I can't just constantly add until it becomes an amorphous blob that'll become to big that, it'll be a pain in the ass to use. Well these snippets will have their own zip files, with special things that you can add to your game. Like the first one I'll be adding is Slopes and Ladders which I'll be aiming to add, vertical screen movement like stairs, ladders, going to a different floor or level of a building type of thing etc. Now I can add to this already big thing, but not everybody will need or want that. Heck some might not even use it and it'll take up space. With the snippet it'll have all the code and instructions on how to add it and where to add it in the base template. Stuff like that Id like to add in the future. Not taking into account other templates for game genres I'll create but those will be sold separately but won't conflict with the 2D Side Scroller Template Pro Ver. SO a game can have 2 templates inside of it. ALSO last thing, I'll also be making the template a single folder to add in the future (depending on its not too much of a hassle). SO instead of a whole game folder premade. Itll be a folder that you can technically add to any game, so if your working on a game right now but want to add a open world free roam element, You could.

Well that was a lot.
Ok I'm hoping after this I can work on my main project in tandem with this. Hope your starting your year off great!
-The Sauce