I know that feeling too. But first go to the samples and toy around with them. Then tweak them in edit mode, when going to “create game button”. Have fun with user levels though! Cant wait for Super Mario Maker on this though!
Trust me, you'll learn something new every second with this one. With Petit Computer mkII (previous version of this), you pretty much had to teach yourself.
For example, there was not a simple way to make something fade from one color to the next in mkII. I managed to figure it out on my own, but...
I dabbled with HTML and CSS at one point, I had fairly good grasp of the structure and commands. It does look like this one is more intuitive than the previous entry, with the question mark help button and all. Any recommendations on where to start? I'm not sure how to load samples so I can mess with them. It thought it was load"SAMPLE" but that didn't seem to work.
Yeah...seems like they've changed that. If you want to examine a sample, run it in the samples folder, exit it, and ,from the home menu, go to the program creator. The sample will be loaded in Program Slot0.
Well, this is coming from a programming novice, so take whatever I say how you will. You might actually have more experience than me. I only had a year of Java @ the end of highschool and the little practice I had with PTCmkII.
I just recommend easing into things. Spend time figuring out what does what. Focus more on the "what" versus the "how," at first. Analyze the samples as much as you can
to see what they did and if there are any tips you could learn. Make separte programs for the specific purpose of finding out how one thing works. For example, you can make a program that is focused around sprite movement. Take notes if you need to.
Other than that, if you're interested, I recommend checking out the wikia for the original petit computer. Alot of references/tutorials/resources still apply to this new one. For instance, one tutorial taught me how to code MML...which I hope I wont have to do in PTC3...because MML is a nightmare! xD
Okay, Thank you! You probably have a bit more experience than me. Java seems harder than HTML. Either way, this is a new program so there's many things to learn. I don't even understand the structure yet.
