Duck Builder
The purpose of this game is to give you the freedom to exercise your creativity. Simply put, you create a level and then play it!
There seems to already be a level in the game
That's the default level. Go ahead and delete it by pressing the trash bin.
How do I create a level?
You need a start and an end. The start is the spawn point of the playable character, the duck. Click the duck icon at the top to find the "important objects" tab. Then make sure the duck is selected.
Place it wherever you want by clicking in the editor. There can be only one duck.
The end is the finish balloon. If the duck touches the balloon you've won the level! In the same tab as the duck, click the balloon.
Place it where you think the level finish should be.
Ok, I've added a duck and a balloon. How do I play the level?
You need to switch to "play" mode. There are three modes available:
Edit Mode
Play Mode
Live-Edit Mode (play while you edit)
Press the icons to switch to one of the modes. You can also toggle modes by pressing left tab.
I'm in play mode now but my duck is not doing anything.
You need to control it! Check out the question mark if you need help with the controls.
Anything else?
Yeah, try placing other kinds of objects to see what they do. Make sure you're in edit or live-edit mode and select any of the different object type tabs. Each tab tries to group objects that are "similar" into the same category.
Select an object and click around in the editor grid to place it.
What about the buttons to the left?
Good question! I'll explain what they do just by rattling them off quickly:
Multiplayer (edit and play in the same level as your friends)
Share level (save your level as a url link and give to your friends)
Save level (save your level as a file)
Load level (load a level saved as a file)
- Clear level (remove all objects and start from scratch)
- Help (tells you the controls)
What's that text in the bottom left?
It's just letting you know that this game is still far from finished. Expect bugs and instability as everything is under construction. I want the game to be available to play during its development because that is the most direct way to document its progress. If you're wondering how development is coming along just play and you can experience it for yourself.
You can also checkout the devlog at https://duck.place/devlog
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Yo to remove stuff is right click
have you added the remove block thing yet
like this: remove a block one at a time
add portal blocks to the game please
-to quackplusplus
add music to the game please.
-to quackplusplus
i find bugs a LOT like a lot here's one of them
if you are behind a wall while pressing s and big ducks are pushing you
you have a animation bug
tap reply for more bugs
-to quackplusplus
I found a bug rubber ducks fall through blocks if you push them through 1 block
and enemies them push through too by 2 blocks or more
you can fall through trees by pressing s and space at the same time
i found a bug again the water freezed
ADD IT PLEASE COM ON
add romove button please
how to remove parts?
A white platform squished me and now the game is freezing until I press edit
The bug is pretty annoying, but other then that, this is the best level editor that is free that I have seen so far, out of the many I have seen of course.
quackplusplus, you should continue working on this game, it's been a year since you last updated it. It would be highly recommended you updating it. There is a lot of things you need to add to the game, that includes bugs btw. If you are reading this message, I hope you update the game and make me a proud level creator.
there's a glitch/problem: here's the problem:
Very nice! My feedback: Add smth like blur to the background so it's more obvious it's a background, it confused me at first
unable to load level
there is a bug when im pressing on question mark. here how it happened: im just making my level. and then im need to my duck to fight. but THE QUESTION MARK NOT WORKING!!!. im just pressed first time. and he didn't worked.
fix please
The button to fight is "enter".
feature request - export to plain html...
so i wouldnt need to make empty files with iframe, duh...
reminds me of sploder lol.
Just googled sploder it and it looks cool
yeah but then it WAS flash player. now it wont work and author doesnt work on it, anything, site was fun but it only WAS. now the only comparable site is scratch...
Can you make a tutorial of making this kind of level editor?
I think a useful place to start is building up general programming chops and learning godot (if that is what you want to make it in). There are many ways of building something like this and after you've reached a certain maturity with coding you'll know how to make it in a way that fits your goals.
That said I'll briefly describe how my program works:
1. I have a dictionary that maps coordinates on the tile grid to objects
2. Objects can be blocks, enemies, items, etc.
3. Through the UI, the player may add/remove objects to certain coordinates by interacting with cells in the tile grid
That's the short version. Obviously there is a lot of implementation details in each step. Maybe one day I'll find time to write a more in-depth explanation on the games website.
OK then. I'll like to lean how to make this game in Godot!
I love this editor! I made a LOOONNNGG level with it!
This game is easily one of the best level editor type games I have ever played. One thing I recommend adding is a way to swim in water and change backgrounds, otherwise great job!
Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate the tips. I'll add them to my backlog :)