Break a Crate
Part of the Game Feel section of Coddy's Godot journey. Lesson 15 of 23.
When you walk into a crate, it disappears. Make it break into splinters instead. burst.tscn is a one shot CPUParticles2D of wooden splinters that removes itself when it is done.
Do not add the burst as a child of the crate. queue_free() removes a node with all its children, so the burst would go with the crate. Add it to the crate's parent, at the crate's position.
var burst = BURST.instantiate()
burst.position = position
get_parent().add_child(burst)
burst.emitting = true
queue_free()get_parent() is the node above the crate in the tree, the level. The burst is the crate's sibling, so it stays when the crate is gone.
Challenge
MediumMake a crate burst into splinters.
- In
_on_body_entered, make a burst withBURST.instantiate()and put it at the crate'sposition. - Add it to
get_parent()and set itsemittingtotrue. - Then remove the crate.
Press Play and walk into a crate: splinters fly where it was. Then Check.
Try it yourself
extends Area2D
const BURST = preload("res://burst.tscn")
func _ready():
body_entered.connect(_on_body_entered)
func _on_body_entered(body):
queue_free()
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