Two questions about GameSalad capabilities

WebSteveWebSteve Member Posts: 7
edited May 2012 in Art, Graphics, Music and Sound
1. Can a GameSalad program be linked to from an HTML page, inside a PhoneGap app composed of HTML/CSS/Javascript pages?

2. I want to create an app where one could draw in calligraphy on the screen, with the pen being shaped like a short, slanted beam (a broad calligraphy pen nib), not a round dot. Can GameSalad help me do this? One would drag a finger over the screen and retain the trail one made.

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  • MotherHooseMotherHoose Member Posts: 2,456
    edited May 2012
    1. not to my knowledge … although you probably could link to an html page with the app in GS html5 … and can always add a link to the app in iTunes store.

    2. you can have a lineSegment that draws on screen as a line or image (circle)
    for a line… GS app > New and type Drawer in the search box (Drawer ORBZample)
    … may take a while for the search to complete … this one is worth the wait!

    @};- MH
  • WebSteveWebSteve Member Posts: 7
    Regarding #1. I have a PhoneGap app built with HTML/CSS/Javascript. I was just wondering if I could switch from an HTML page in the app over to a GameSalad thing within the same app by clicking on a link in the HTML page; then I would click on a link in the GameSalad part to return to the other part of the app. If one could link to an external page in GS, I imagine one could link to an HTML page right in the same app.

    Regarding #2. I guess I could do a connect-the-dots implementation. Drag from dot 1 to dot 2 and the line (straight or curved) appears between them, I guess, triggered by sliding over dot 2? Is this how it could be done?

    Thanks for responding!
  • MotherHooseMotherHoose Member Posts: 2,456
    @WebSteve

    with pro membership … you can open a webpage from within your GS game/app
    and then click done to continue in the game/app

    image MH
  • WebSteveWebSteve Member Posts: 7
    Thanks! Although I would start with a different page, then navigate to the GS, then back to the app. Is that possible?
  • MotherHooseMotherHoose Member Posts: 2,456
    sorry, navigating to a GS app on device isn't possible … to my knowledge
    (think any navigating to an app is only possible with/to the default apps on the devices)

    though you could open a URL as 1st scene/behavior in your app … with proMembership
    then closing that URL … would put the user right back in your game/app

    keep us posted on your progress with #2 … and connect the dots…

    image MH
  • WebSteveWebSteve Member Posts: 7
    I have not started GS yet. I wanted to know if the above two questions could be answered in the affirmative first. I have a calligraphy app already in the App Store and wondered whether I could install a GS project in the app, to navigate to and from the GS project. If I can't do this, then GS is not for me for this project.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    No you cannot do anything like that.
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  • WebSteveWebSteve Member Posts: 7
    OK, I will look elsewhere. Thanks for all your help!
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    by the way you are not going to be able to run an apps inside apps with anything that I know of. You just have to make it all one app. Why dont you actually explain what you are trying to do instead of giving half explanations and vague details. there's prob a better way that what is in your head to do what ever it is you are trying to do.
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  • WebSteveWebSteve Member Posts: 7
    Here is what I wrote. I thought it was clear:

    "I have a calligraphy app already in the App Store and wondered whether I could install a GS project in the app, to navigate to and from the GS project. "

    This is not running an app in an app, but merely navigating from an HTML page to the GS project, then back to the home page again. The app would start up at an HTML home page, the user could click on a button and view a video of how to do the letter, then go back to the home page. The viewer could tap on another button to go to the GS page to practice the letter on the screen, then go back to the home page.
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