Shuffle an image with BitmapData – Part 3

December 7, 2007 • Flash, Game design, Monetize by Emanuele Feronato • 11 Comments

My tribute (learn how I am calling a clone) to Split Personalities is growing fast and well, and after the first and second steps, now I have something playable.

The aim of the game is to rebuild the image of a stolen painting(in this case the Scream) that was broken into pieces (I just want you to notice that I also made a dramatic background…).

The new features I added are a minimap on the right representing a blueprint of the original painting and the “holes”… some trapdoors that open and close randomly. When a piece of the picture falls into an opened hole, it disappears. When a piece of the picture steps into a closed hole, the hole remains closed until the piece is moved.

It’s a very simple concept but I messed the instructions how to play… I’ll never get a job as a game manual writer… you better check the demo by yourself

Play the demo.

Now I am planning to add **tons** of features and powerups, about 10 levels of increasing difficulty, fancy graphics and release the game

Wanna sponsor the game?

I’ll add MochiAds in the game. However, I also would like to sell four 125×125 buttons in the game. Not in the “splash screen”, I mean into the game itself.

I am selling buttons instead of looking for a sponsor because I am publishing the source code of the game, and sponsors do not want people to see the game in progress or even worse to see the code before the game is finished

If you want to purchase a button (that will link to wherever you want), the price is $50 per button.

Maybe the game will be a flop, maybe not. Anyway, it’s up to you to risk your 50 bucks. The guiderules are the same of every link sale: no heavy images or heavy animations in the buttons, no links to gambling, porno, racist sites and so on.

You can then resell your button how many times you want until the game is ready. When it’s ready, maybe some millions people will see your button while PLAYING (not WAITING for the game to load).

If you want to purchase a button, contact me at info[at]emanueleferonato.com

That’s a very unseen way to ask for a sponsorship but… hey… I am running an experiment! Bet on my game!

Now, the source code… still uncommented but with understandable variable names. You know that once finished I’ll release the complete tutorial as usual.

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import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
import flash.geom.Point;
Array.prototype.shuffle = function() {
	for (x=0; x<19; x++) {
		var from = Math.floor(Math.random()*20);
		var to = this[x];
		this[x] = this[from];
		this[from] = to;
	}
};
big_picture = BitmapData.loadBitmap("scream");
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("big_pic_obj", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
big_pic_obj.attachBitmap(big_picture, _root.getNextHighestDepth());
big_pic_obj._visible = false;
sequence = new Array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19);
save_position = 0;
sequence.shuffle();
field = new Array();
holes = new Array();
for (x=0; x<25; x++) {
	holes[x] = 0;
	field[x] = -1;
}
for (x=1; x<=3; x++) {
	do {
		out = Math.floor(Math.random()*24)+1;
	} while ((holes[out] != 0) or (out<5));
	holes[out] = x;
	hole = _root.attachMovie("out", "out_"+x, _root.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:(out%5)*80, _y:Math.floor(out/5)*80});
	hole.pos = x;
	_root.attachMovie("glass", "glass_"+x, _root.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:(out%5)*80, _y:Math.floor(out/5)*80});
	hole.onEnterFrame = function() {
		moving = Math.floor(Math.random()*250);
		if (moving == 0) {
			_root["glass_"+this.pos]._alpha = 100-_root["glass_"+this.pos]._alpha;
		}
	};
}
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("tiles", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
_root.attachMovie("mini", "mini", _root.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:410});
_root.attachMovie("magnifier", "magnifier", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
_root.attachMovie("fire", "fire", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
_root.attachMovie("border", "border", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
border.onEnterFrame = function() {
	magnifier._visible = false;
	this.gotoAndStop(1);
	if (!dragging) {
		possible_direction = "";
		if (_root._xmouse<400) {
			this._x = Math.floor(_root._xmouse/80)*80;
			this._y = Math.floor(_root._ymouse/80)*80;
			position = Math.floor(_root._xmouse/80)+5*Math.floor(_root._ymouse/80);
			if (field[position]>=0) {
				magnifier._x = 410+(field[position]%5)*40;
				magnifier._y = Math.floor(field[position]/5)*40;
				magnifier._visible = true;
			}
		}
	} else {
		dist_x = _root._xmouse-save_x;
		dist_y = _root._ymouse-save_y;
		angle = Math.atan2(dist_y, dist_x)*180/Math.PI;
		if (angle<45 and angle>-45) {
			this.gotoAndStop(3);
			possible_direction = "right";
		}
		if ((angle<-45) and (angle>-135)) {
			this.gotoAndStop(2);
			possible_direction = "up";
		}
		if (angle<-135 or angle>135) {
			this.gotoAndStop(5);
			possible_direction = "left";
		}
		if (angle<135 and angle>45) {
			this.gotoAndStop(4);
			possible_direction = "down";
		}
	}
};
for (x=0; x<20; x++) {
	picture = tiles.createEmptyMovieClip("small_pic_obj_"+x, tiles.getNextHighestDepth());
	small_picture = new BitmapData(80, 80);
	picture.attachBitmap(small_picture, tiles.getNextHighestDepth());
	small_picture.copyPixels(big_picture, new Rectangle(0+(x%5)*80, 0+Math.floor(x/5)*80, 80, 80), new Point(0, 0));
	picture.id = x;
	picture.falling = false;
	picture.onEnterFrame = function() {
		if (!this.falling) {
			if (this.dir == "right") {
				position = Math.floor(this._x/80)+5*Math.floor(this._y/80);
				if ((position%5 != 4) and (field[position+1] == -1)) {
					this._x += 80;
					field[position] = -1;
					field[position+1] = this.id;
				} else {
					this.dir = "";
				}
			}
			if (this.dir == "down") {
				position = Math.floor(this._x/80)+5*Math.floor(this._y/80);
				if ((position+5<25) and (field[position+5] == -1)) {
					this._y += 80;
					field[position] = -1;
					field[position+5] = this.id;
				} else {
					this.dir = "";
				}
			}
			if (this.dir == "left") {
				position = Math.floor(this._x/80)+5*Math.floor(this._y/80);
				if ((position%5 != 0) and (position != 1) and (field[position-1] == -1)) {
					this._x -= 80;
					field[position] = -1;
					field[position-1] = this.id;
				} else {
					this.dir = "";
				}
			}
			if (this.dir == "up") {
				position = Math.floor(this._x/80)+5*Math.floor(this._y/80);
				if ((position-5>0) and (field[position-5] == -1)) {
					this._y -= 80;
					field[position] = -1;
					field[position-5] = this.id;
				} else {
					this.dir = "";
				}
			}
			position = Math.floor(this._x/80)+5*Math.floor(this._y/80);
			if ((holes[position] != 0) and (_root["glass_"+holes[position]]._alpha == 0) and (this.dir != "")) {
				this.dir = "";
				this.falling = true;
				save_position = position;
			}
		}
		if (this.falling) {
			this._width -= 2;
			this._height -= 2;
			this._x++;
			this._y++;
			this._alpha -= 2;
			if (this._width == 0) {
				this._alpha++;
				this._width = 80;
				this._height = 80;
				sequence.push(field[save_position]);
				field[save_position] = -1;
				this._x = 0;
				this._y = 0;
				this.falling = false;
			}
		}
	};
}
_root.onMouseDown = function() {
	position = Math.floor(_root._xmouse/80)+5*Math.floor(_root._ymouse/80);
	if (position == 0) {
		if (field[1] == -1) {
			picture_in = sequence.shift();
			tiles["small_pic_obj_"+picture_in].dir = "right";
		}
	} else {
		if (field[position] != -1) {
			dragging = true;
			save_x = border._x+50;
			save_y = border._y+50;
		}
	}
};
_root.onMouseUp = function() {
	position = Math.floor(save_x/80)+5*Math.floor(save_y/80);
	tiles["small_pic_obj_"+field[position]].dir = possible_direction;
	dragging = false;
};

176 lines… and I already have a level… give me feedback!

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This post has 11 comments

  1. Shuffle an image with BitmapData : Emanuele Feronato - italian geek and PROgrammer

    on December 7, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    [...] Emanuele Feronato on 12/1/07 in Flash December 4th update: part 2 released December 7th update: part 3 [...]

  2. Shuffle an image with BitmapData - Part 2 : Emanuele Feronato - italian geek and PROgrammer

    on December 7, 2007 at 9:46 pm

    [...] 7th update: part 3 [...]

  3. Thomas

    on December 8, 2007 at 12:04 am

    wow!

  4. styxtwo

    on December 8, 2007 at 1:42 pm

    waaaaaaaaay to difficult.. start with smaller pictures. get the player to enjoy the game before making them pull out their hair in frustation :P

  5. styxtwo

    on December 8, 2007 at 1:44 pm

    maybe just get them to get 2 of all the peaces in place and then building it up to mroe peaces and more difficult paintings.

    and realllllyyy needs instructions:O

  6. abhilash

    on December 8, 2007 at 1:52 pm

    The game is too hard, chirstmas couples was better than this one, but still hte tutorial was good :)

  7. Emanuele Feronato

    on December 8, 2007 at 2:21 pm

    this is just a demo, the game will start much easier

  8. shiv1411

    on December 8, 2007 at 3:40 pm

    According to me this game will again get the uninteresting tag. It is more like a typical jigsaw puzzle game.

  9. shiv1411

    on December 8, 2007 at 3:43 pm

    Anyways, ur business tactics are more interesting than shuffling paintings.
    =))

  10. shiv1411

    on December 8, 2007 at 3:47 pm

    But it looks promising however

  11. Corey

    on December 9, 2007 at 5:01 am

    Nice Tut! The game is easy.. just takes time to get used to and hard to understand at first.

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