Rooms and Navigation

Rooms represent the scenes and locations in your game. Configuring exits and connections allows players to move around the world.

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Room Properties

For each Room, you define:

• Name & Description: Displayed to the player upon entering the room.
• Portrait / Scene Image: Visual assets rendered in the player view.
• Exits: Links between rooms in specific directions.

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Setting Up Exits

In the Room editor panel, you can assign target destinations for directional exits:

• Supported Directions: North, South, East, West, Up, Down, In, Out, and diagonals (NorthEast, NorthWest, SouthEast, SouthWest).
• To link two rooms: select a target room in the dropdown for the corresponding direction (e.g., setting the North exit of Highway 9 to The Foggy Road).

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Locking and Unlocking Exits

You can control access to exits at runtime using variables and actions:

1. Initial State

Under the room settings, check the lock checkbox next to a direction (e.g., locking North) to prevent the player from taking that path initially. If they try to go North, the runtime prints: "The exit to the North is locked."

2. Runtime Manipulation

Use script commands in the Visual Editor to modify exit accessibility:

• Room: Unlock Exit: Set the target room (using friendly name or GUID) and the direction (e.g., North). This sets the exit's locked flag to false.
• Room: Lock Exit: Set the target room and direction. This sets the locked flag to true.
• Room: Set Exit: Add or change a connection entirely at runtime. Setting a destination to blank removes the exit completely.