A request to everyone making fangames, please use touch z + shoot saves

[thebmxbandit11]

The best save is one that you can stand on and press "Z" to save or shoot like this:


I don't think there is any reason every game shouldn't use this along with bullet blockers.  It has all the good parts of both "s-saves" and shoot saves and when you want the player to only be able to save really close then just put bullet blockers around this and it turns into a "s-save", but "s" is replaced by the shoot key.

Here's the code for one:

Create:

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image_speed=0;
saveTimer = -1;
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saveTimer -= 1;

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if place_meeting(x,y,bullet){
  //sound_play(saveSound); //optional
if(saveTimer < 0 && instance_exists(player) == true){
  saveTimer = 30;
  image_index = 1;
  image_speed = 0.017;
  saveGame();
}}

//if you don't have global controls then switch the second part to to keyboard_check(ord("Z"))

if place_meeting(x,y,player) and keyboard_check_pressed(global.button4){
 // sound_play(saveSound); //optional
if(saveTimer < 0 && instance_exists(player) == true){
  saveTimer = 30;
  image_index = 1;
  image_speed = 0.017;
  saveGame();
 
}}
Animation End:

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image_speed=0;
image_index=0;

Then for bullet blockers just make a 32x32 px object and set in the bullet object an on collide event that just destroys the bullet. 

[Wolsk]

I endorse this.

[Sudnep]

This was nearly the first thing I did. Sitting in a 32 gap with a save and unable to shoot it was probably the most annoying thing I could think of.

[Aelya]

nice

[infern0man1]

Yes.

[Kyir]

Nah.

[lemonxreaper]

Not sure if you got the idea from me or not, But its already something in my engine for quite a while.
but nobody seems to trust my suggestions for this kind of thing cuz needle maker or something ര.༵ര

[thebmxbandit11]

Not sure if you got the idea from me or not, But its already something in my engine for quite a while.
but nobody seems to trust my suggestions for this kind of thing cuz needle maker or something ര.༵ര

I got the idea from you.

But still hardly anyone does this, so I decided to make a post dedicated to this.

[petsson12]

k3 macaron would be so much better with this