Openbound - Effects

Effects are simple animations, unassociated with any <sprite>.

Table Of Contents

• Overview
• Basics
  • Assets
  • Dependencies
  • Rooms
  • Sprites
  • Animations
  • Characters
  • Actions
  • Dialog
  • Dialog sprites
  • Triggers
  • Paths
  • Templates
  • Game State
  • Effects
• Good practice
• Advanced
  • Text colours
• Production
  • Build
  • Release

Structure

The <effects> section is simply defined as such:

<sburb description='first room'>
    <effects>
        ...
    </effects>
</sburb>

When defining an effect, you need only define it the way that you would any other animation:

<sburb description='first room'>
    <effects>
          <animation name='teleportEffect' x='-66' y='-110' sheet='teleportSheet' colSize='132' rowSize='165' length='6' frameInterval='2' loopNum='0'/>
    </effects>
</sburb>

The name attribute is used to refer back to the effect when using it. To use an effect, simply execute the playEffect command in an action.