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In my game i wanted each ‘screen’ in the NetLogo to be a different rendering, hence i stored room interconnects in an array (as previously posted). I’ve not been able to find a way to make this array work in the same method I would for python.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I have a better understanding of the Netlogo tiles\/patches, I could use something like the ‘pacman’ maze, but make the necessary changes to meet my gaming requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such I stated with the level editor to make a basic map to see if my understanding would work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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pacman map editor basic form<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was able to give settings for px\/pycor and patch size to get a really nice ‘map’ for the pac-man character to work around in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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adjust px,pycor and patch size results in a good size gaming area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I can use the netlogo turtle shapes editor to make my own monsters and hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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netlogo shapes editor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, i will create my hero and monsters and then start building apon the logic in pacman code. I want my character to have attributes and also to have to collect objects, much like the classic ‘Atic Atac’ game on the ZX Spectrum. I’ll also create a ‘special’ monster (a dragon), that will have ‘health’ protecting a special exit key. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Classic Spectrum game ‘Atic Atak’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ll use sliders and ticks to make ‘health’ and ‘time’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest coding challenge will be making a ‘weapon’ as pacman doesnt have a weapon as such, but creating a key and then a procedure should be less complex than my original plan of using a multi-room array to present each screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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