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World.allSprites
World.frameCount
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World.mouseX
World.mouseY
World.seconds
World.width
camera.isActive
camera.mouseX
camera.mouseY
camera.off()
camera.on()
camera.x
camera.y
camera.zoom
comment
drawSprites()
function draw() {}
keyDown()
keyWentDown()
keyWentUp()
mouseDidMove()
mouseDown()
mouseIsOver()
mousePressedOver()
mouseWentDown()
mouseWentUp()
playSound()
playSpeech()
showMobileControls
stopSound()
Sprites
comment
createEdgeSprites()
sprite.alpha
sprite.bounce()
sprite.bounceOff()
sprite.bounciness
sprite.collide()
sprite.debug
sprite.depth
sprite.destroy()
sprite.displace()
sprite.getDirection()
sprite.getScaledHeight()
sprite.getScaledWidth()
sprite.getSpeed()
sprite.height
sprite.isTouching()
sprite.lifetime
sprite.mirrorX()
sprite.mirrorY()
sprite.nextFrame()
sprite.overlap()
sprite.pause()
sprite.play()
sprite.pointTo()
sprite.rotateToDirection
sprite.rotation
sprite.rotationSpeed
sprite.scale
sprite.setAnimation()
sprite.setCollider()
sprite.setFrame()
sprite.setSpeedAndDirection()
sprite.setVelocity()
sprite.shapeColor
sprite.tint
sprite.velocityX
sprite.velocityY
sprite.visible
sprite.width
sprite.x
sprite.y
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Groups
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group.bounce()
group.bounceOff
group.clear()
group.collide()
group.contains()
group.destroyEach()
group.displace()
group.get()
group.isTouching
group.maxDepth()
group.minDepth()
group.overlap()
group.pointToEach()
group.remove()
group.setAnimationEach()
group.setColliderEach()
group.setColorEach()
group.setDepthEach()
group.setHeightEach()
group.setLifetimeEach()
group.setMirrorXEach()
group.setMirrorYEach()
group.setRotateToDirectionEach()
group.setRotationEach()
group.setRotationSpeedEach()
group.setScaleEach()
group.setSpeedAndDirectionEach()
group.setTintEach()
group.setVelocityEach()
group.setVelocityXEach()
group.setVelocityYEach()
group.setVisibleEach()
group.setWidthEach()
var group = createGroup()
Drawing
arc()
background()
comment
ellipse()
fill()
line()
noFill()
noStroke()
point()
rect()
regularPolygon()
rgb()
shape()
stroke()
strokeWeight()
text()
textAlign()
textFont()
textSize()
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Math.min(n1, n2, ..., nX)
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comment
randomNumber
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comment
console.log(message)
Functions
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Comment
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return

showMobileControls

Category:Game Lab

Changes the mobile controls visible beneath the play space.

Syntax

showMobileControls(spaceButtonVisible, dpadVisible, dpadFourWay, mobileOnly)

Parameters

NameTypeRequired?Description
spaceButtonVisibleBoolean

Indicates whether the space button should be visible.

dpadVisibleBoolean
dpadFourWayBoolean

Indicates whether the controls for only the four cardinal directions should be visible.

mobileOnlyBoolean

Indicates whether the controls should appear on mobile devices only (true), or on all devices (false).

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