Jump-through platforms and ladders

By the end your hero will jump up through ledges, land on top of them, and climb ladders with the arrow keys.

What you need

Everything here is in Simple mode. Most of the work is in one setting: Is it solid?

Hero+ Add object โ†’ Library โ†’ Hero. Its movement is Platform (walk and jump).
GroundGrass tiles. Is it solid? is Solid (blocks everything).
LedgesWooden Ledge or Cloud tiles. Their setting is Platform (jump up through it).
LadderLadder tile. Its setting is Ladder.
SoundsJump and Bounce.
NutHouse
A Block selected, with the Is it solid? choices: Just decoration, Solid, Platform, Ladder

The four choices

Just decorationThings pass straight through. Good for bushes and signs.
Solid (blocks everything)A wall or floor. Nothing gets through from any side.
Platform (jump up through it)Blocks only from above. The hero jumps up through it and lands on top.
LadderUp and down arrows climb it. The hero can stand on the top too.

Build it

  1. Add a Grass tile at the bottom-left. Click Make gridโ€ฆ: Columns 20, Rows 1, Gap 0.
  2. Add a Wooden Ledge half-way up. Make gridโ€ฆ with Columns 5.
  3. Add a Ladder tile under one end of the ledge. Copy it with โŒ˜D until it reaches the ground.
  4. Click the Hero. Under Movement look at Jump with. Up arrow climbs when there is a ladder. With Space bar you can jump off a ladder too.
  5. Events tab โ†’ + New event โ†’ Hero โ†’ Lands on ground โ†’ Play a sound โ†’ Bounce.
  6. + New event โ†’ โŒจ Keyboard & mouse โ†’ Upon pressing key โ†’ Space. + andโ€ฆ โ†’ Hero โ†’ Is standing on ground. Play Jump.
  7. Press โ–ถ Play level. Jump up through the ledge. Walk to the ladder and press โ†‘.
WhenHero lands on ground
DoPlay sound Bounce
WhenUpon pressing SpaceHero is standing on ground
DoPlay sound Jump

You can make your own too: + Add object โ†’ New โ†’ Block, then pick Is it solid?. Backgrounds use the same list.

Make it yours

  • Drop down: a tall tower of ledges with the ladder in the middle, like Treetop Trek.
  • A secret drop: one Cloud tile set to Just decoration. It looks like the others, but the hero falls through.
  • Water at the bottom: the Water tile is decoration. Hero collides with Water โ†’ lose a life.

Still stuck?

Try the Chocobreak tutorial, open a sample game and read its rules, or look at the questions people ask.