I will try to be quick, I am known to rant ON AND ON in my descriptions. ~ I find that not enough engines are easy to understand, or even show to how they work, which makes it hard for that person that tries to backpack and remix that sprite or engine! ~ So I want to create engines that are easy for them to understand, organized so that they can see what happens in each script, no fancy extra scripts that are so hard to navigate you can't find anything you need to! ~ Something without the multitudes of blocks that are needed to create it, something with JUST A FEW BLOCKS, where it tells EXACTLY which block you need to add to your script, no searching required. So.. Heres my attempt! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background: In scratch, their is an add-on called, 'pen'. It allows the program to essentially 'draw.' Kind of. It needs your script to be able to do that. I know that their are other engines our there, that have 1 costumes, and then program the pen to draw EACH LETTER. But they also have things like, italicizement, different fonts, colors, sizes, and then the xy coordinates, which are so hard to figure out sometimes. This engine utalizes the block called, 'stamp'. It takes each letter, starts at the coordinates you give it, and stamps each letter at a certain size, then moves a certain length, and stamps the next letter. If you want to see more of how it works, click see inside. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to use it: So you want to write some text? Well. First, you need to grab the right block. This will be the longest block, and it will be custom. Drag it into your script, (WITHOUT MESSING WITH THE ENGINES PARTS) and then you can start. First, will be the box you type your text. (NO UPPERCASE LETTERS, ALL LOWER CASE!) Try to keep it short, because the script will only have that particular block fit its words on 1 line. If you want more lines, you will need to add more blocks. Sorry bout that... I'll work on fixing it in future versions. Next, post the coordinates. How to position it is really easy, and I actually explain somehting that makes it easier, down below. Yeah it might take some configuring, but it will work! After all, messing with the script is the fun part right!? And finally, the size. The size is how big in percentage it will be. If you want it bigger, make the number larger than 100. Smaller? The opposite. I made it so that the number will be the size that the letters become, relative to how large they would be in scratch. To keep it simple. So you want to position the words? Ok I made positioning as easy as I could! Press space. You will see that a box pops us, with an XY coordinates. These are your mouses coordinates. Move the mouse. Press space. you see how handy that is? All you need to do is press space, and then copy the coordinates into the script! Easy! So you want a different font? Well, yes you can acheive that. All you need to do, is go into the sprite, and edit each costume. Make sure EACH LETTER IS THE SAME SIZE, AND CENTERED. This is key to it being able to function correctly. You see, when you move a sprite, or set its location, the sprites location, is the EXACT CENTER OF THE COSTUME. I will be making a project for the different fonts so you can easily get other fonts. (I will post a link here when its done) I REALLY hope this helps, and that you can create your own by just seeing how it works. If you want to backpack the sprite and have no care to how it works, fine by me. Just remember to give credit. Even send me the project when its done! If you want to make your own, click see inside! You can see how each part works due to notes I made. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits: Music I got from a project by , I just thought it sounded cool. I used the pixel font from scratch, but plan to make my own and improve this A LOT. Like, turn it into a pen engine without stamping. Eventually. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry for the long description, but have fun! ~
