Random 5 Node

This action node activates one of its 5 outputs at random.

If needed, you can also customize this node. For details, see Customizing Nodes.

Random Node

This action node activates one of its outputs at random based on a 0-1 numeric value.

If needed, you can also customize this node. For details, see Customizing Nodes.

Play Animation Node

This action node plays the scene animation of the asset.

• If the asset has been animated in a scene via the Scene Animation Editor, then this node will play that animation.
• If the asset has not been animated using the Scene Animation Editor, then this node will not have an animation to play.

If needed, you can also customize this node. For details, see Customizing Nodes.

Add Point Node

This action node increases the point score type by a specified amount. For details on how to display your score by score type, see Add Game Score.

If needed, you can also customize this node. For details, see Customizing Nodes.

Camera FOV Animation Node

This action node changes how much of the game world the camera can see measuring by the angle.

The image below demonstrates how the angle measures the FOV:

If needed, you can also customize this node. For details, see Customizing Nodes.

Damage Node

This action node applies damage to this asset or one it collides with by subtracting from the Health amount specified by a Health Node. For a use case example, see Health, Damage, and Defeat.

If needed, you can also customize this node. For details, see Customizing Nodes.

Health Node

This action node gives the asset Hit Points, or a health amount that determines when an asset is defeated. Also determines what happens when an asset has been damaged and defeated.

• Health is the amount of damage an asset can receive before being defeated.
• There is no need to connect this node to the Start node. When this node is attached to an asset, it will already be active.
• Connecting a node to Reset will reset the health back to the specified amount.
• When an asset receives damage from a Damage Node, the Damage amount set by the Damage node will be subtracted from the health amount.
• When the Health amount has increased by any number, the asset is considered to be Healed.
• When the Health amount has decreases by any number, the asset is considered to be Damaged.
• Once the Health amount has reached 0, the asset is considered being Defeated.

If needed, you can also customize this node. For details, see Customizing Nodes.

Billboard Icon Node

This content node shows an image that will always face the camera.

Make Objects Move Naturally in the Game

To create the effect of a natural movement, you need to use the gravity and physics settings in the World and in the Start node of individual objects. The physics settings in the World node also allow you to control “game speed,” or how fast or slow objects move in the game.

To modify the gravity and physics settings:

1. On the Mind Map, select the World node where you want to make the changes.
2. In the World Options panel on the right, in the Gravity fields, enter the appropriate values for the X, Y, and Z axis attributes to specify the direction as well as the amount of force that gravity will be applied.
3. To increase the game speed, increase the Time Warp and Sub Steps attributes values.
4. Preview your game and make the necessary adjustments.
5. Double-click the World node on the Mind Map.
6. Inside the World, on the Asset panel, double-click the asset whose movement you want to make more natural.
7. On its Node Map, select the Start node.
8. In the Options panel on the right, click the Physics dropdown and select Dynamic.
9. Preview and test your game.

See also Make Characters Jump or Objects Move and Set Time Warp Node.

Change Background Colors or Images in Scenes

Depending on your design, you can add a background to all scenes in a World or to individual scenes. You can use simple color backgrounds or images.