virtual "pet"

[newbie04]

hi, anyone remember those tamigotchi or digimon toys where you had to keep a pet alive? well i was wondering, how would i go about making one? i would need to know how to make random events happen and how to make the character perform certain functions such as going to a shop. also i would need to know how to make meters for food, energy, health... and a day counter for time alive (every 5mins is a day).
thanks for any help :}

PS. Need help with preloader, have downloaded tho component but will not work!!!
also does anyone know of how to put passwords on flash apps???

[JoMan]

Well, I know very little on random moods and events for virtual pets, but Marz has an exelent tutorial on random attacks that might help you:

http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16649

As for the other things about the character functions (like going to the store, as you said), all you need are some basic icons (set as buttons) that control where you are allowed to go. Also, for the meters of health and food, I woudn't know much about that kind of thing. You should try searching for that. Hope I've helped you :).


P.S. If you still need help, I can try make a sample fla for ya.






-JoMan.

[newbie04]

thanks alot, il try searching for the things i need on these forums.

[JoMan]

Oh, about the preloader. You should check out the tutorials here in Kirupa; there are some preloader tutes that you may want to look into.


P.S. Your welcome :).






peace

[newbie04]

yeah ive done that, thats where i got the preloader from but i still wont work! :(

[JoMan]

Hmm, mabe you should make a new one from scrach?