I literally got Defold today, so bear with my stupidity please 
So, I’ve imported my images. I made an atlas file (because I have separate images for each animation frame) and made a few animation groups (idle, walk-right and walk-left). Then I made a Game Object (.go file) and there I made a sprite with my idle animation (I’ll add the other 2 when I need them). So, now that I have a game object, how do I get the game to show my character?
To show a game object, you then need to put it in a collection. For simplicity, place the game object in the main.collection just to get a feel for things.
As you work on your game more and more, you will likely wanna put them somewhere other than the main.collection, like a world.collection.
Hey so I added my character to main.collection but when I run my game it still doesn’t show up (saved the file). I suppose I have to add a camera or something? @gamzwithjamz
You should not need a camera because the main.collection will be bootstrapped and therefore will load immediately. When you look at the main.collection, a white rectangle will show up which is telling you what will be immediately visible (the viewport). Make sure the character is within that rectangle.
Well, my character has a white rectangle around it in main.collection (it moves when I move the character). I zoomed out to the point where my character was a small pixel but no other rectangle was there. My character is at position 0,0 anyway @gamzwithjamz
You are correct, that is my bad. The white rectangle is due to a gui object I have in my game. If your character is at (0, 0), it is possible they are simply offscreen. Can you send a screenshot of your main.collection?
Does your game.project have this selected?
Interesting. Do you mind making your code available for me to look at and run myself?
Or, if you meant my game.project:
[bootstrap]
main_collection = /main/main.collectionc
[script]
shared_state = 1
[display]
width = 960
height = 640
[project]
title = AGWON
[graphics]
default_texture_min_filter = nearest
default_texture_mag_filter = nearestSorry, I meant would you mind sharing the whole Defold project so I can build it locally?
Sure, give me a moment.
Good news! You were doing it correctly.
I did not change anything and your character is just a tiny blip partially offscreen at the bottom left. The origin of the world (0, 0) is at the bottom left of the screen, so you just need to consider that.Would be useful if you are making a pixel art game.
