You can add new characters in the admin panel in the Asset manager > Characters menu.

SHOW STATEMENT

Display a character on screen. If the character is already added to the stage, it simply modifies its attributes. A show statement consists of a single logical line beginning with the keyword show, followed by the character short code and its eventual expressions, followed by zero or more properties.

If a character has several sprites, you can add the name of the sprite after the character short name.

Optional parameters:

WITH

The transition animation used either to make the character appear or to change its attributes.

Possible values:

• fade:
  • offscreen character: the character fade in [default]
  • onscreen caracter: no effect
• move:
  • offscreen character: no effect
  • onscreen caracter: the character slides to the new position [default]
• moveinleft:
  • offscreen character: the character slides in from the left side
  • onscreen caracter: no effect
• moveinright:
  • offscreen character: the character slides in from the right side
  • onscreen caracter: no effect
• none: no transition, the character appears or changes suddently

AT

The position of the character. Possible values: left, center-left, center, center-right, right

BEHIND

Force the character to be behind another one.

By default, character are sorted according to their position in the following order: center > center-left > center-right > left > right

If two characters partially overlapped, a centered character will be displayed behind a left positioned character.

EFFECT

Add an effect to the character sprite.

Possible values:

• blur, blur light or blur heavy: blur the sprite
• grayscale: the sprite is displayed in black and white
• sepia: add a sepia filter to the sprite
• dark, dark light or dark heavy: darken the sprite
• bright, bright light or bright heavy: brighten the sprite
• zoom, zoom light or zoom heavy: zoom in the sprite, relatively x2, x1.5 and x3
• flip: verticaly flip the sprite
• bounce: make the character to bounce briefly
• float: make the character to bounce 
• sway: make the character to sway briefly

To remove all effects:

To remove a single effect:

HIDE STATEMENT

Hide a character offscreen. A hide statement consists of a single logical line beginning with the keyword hide, followed by the character short code, followed by zero or more properties.

Optional parameters:

WITH

The transition animation used to make the character disappear.

Possible values:

• fade: the character fades in
• move: the character slides out to the closest side of the screen (left or right).
• moveoutleft: the character slides out to the left side of the screen
• moveinright: the character slides out to the right side of the screen
• none: no transition, the character disappears suddently