Creating a Main Menu

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A Main Menu is a menu, usually used in games, placed at the start of the project where the user can decide to play the game, or use other features within the project, such as character customization.

For this tutorial, it is assumed that you have your game made without the menu.

Basic Menu

Broadcasts you will need:

start_game

In order to start, you will need to replace every "When Green Flag Clicked" script with "When I receive [start_game]" scripts. It's recommended to plan for this in advance, and not use "When Green Flag Clicked" hats.

For example:

Your original script would look like this:

 when gf clicked
forever
if <key [left arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (-90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [right arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [space v] pressed?>
broadcast [jump v]
end 

But after the modification, it would look like this:

when I receive [start game v]
forever
if <key [left arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (-90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [right arrow v] pressed?>
point in direction (90)
move (10) steps
end
if <key [space v] pressed?>
broadcast [jump v]
end 

After this, make a separate backdrop for your title screen that includes your title.

Now, make a new sprite, and name it "Start Button" Inside this sprite, make two scripts:

One will show it when the project starts,

 when gf clicked
show 
switch backdrop to [Title Backdrop v]

and another starts the game when it's clicked.

 When this sprite clicked
broadcast [start_game v]
switch backdrop to [Gameplay Backdrop v]
hide 

Now, when someone starts the project, it will show the menu instead of starting the game automatically.

Adding Title Music

You can also add title music to your game.

Variables you will need:

 (Main Menu?) 

In any sprite, create a script like this one:

Note:

Do this after you've created your menu. Do not convert this into a "start_game" script.

when gf clicked
set [Main Menu? v] to (1)
forever
if <(Main Menu?)>[0]> then
play sound [Title Music v] until done
end 

This script says that if you are on the main menu, it will play the music.

Now, you will need to modify your Start Button script: Change it from this:

when this sprite clicked
broadcast [start_game v]
switch backdrop to [Gameplay Backdrop v]
hide 

to this:

when this sprite clicked
broadcast [start_game v]
set [Main Menu? v] to (0)
stop all sounds
switch backdrop to [Gameplay Backdrop v]
hide 

This cuts off the supply of title music, and the just stops it altogether.

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