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AppGameKit Classic Chat / tiles or sprites..

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eflake
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Posted: 22nd May 2015 17:20
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If I want to use the same tile to build a maze, do i look at using Sprites or something else? I notice that Sprites are 'individuals'.

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baxslash
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Posted: 22nd May 2015 18:12
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There is no such thing as a 'tile' in AppGameKit but you can add multiple sprites using the same image. I'm not sure if that answers your question though?

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BatVink
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Posted: 22nd May 2015 18:13
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You would generally use sprites. Hundreds of sprites can use the same image, so it is a very efficient way to populate the screen.

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Scraggle
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Posted: 22nd May 2015 18:25 Edited at: 22nd May 2015 18:26
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A slightly more advanced method is to scale the UV's of a sprite to make it appear to be tiled.
For example: A long platform may appear to be made of 10 identical sprites but is in fact a single sprite with the image on it scaled to 10% and repeated.

I would imagine that is more efficient than multiple sprites but I\'ve never given it a thorough shake down.

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DavidAGK
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AGK, from my experience, is very efficient in dealing with thousands of sprites on and off screen. I call them tiles internally for clarity but they are sprites. Clone away! If your maze is larger than will fit on the screen then just build it up and use screen offset to rove around it. AppGameKit will do a grand job of ignoring the ones offscreen therefore keeping the draw rate super fast.

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