NEW VISUAL SCRIPTING PLUGIN | BlockLua Devlog 3

Introduction

Hello everyone!
Recently I started making a new visual scripting plugin and it is doing great so far!
It is very similar to my current plugin EventBlocks . It has the same style of scripting (like Scratch does).


Selecting instances from the explorer

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Some blocks now have a square shaped input which you can click on and select an instance from the explorer. Doing so will find a path and use that path to reference the selected instance.
It still needs improvements but it gets the job done for now.
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Shortened blocks

Some blocks get shortened when you drag them into the coding area.
These blocks are:

  • string:
    in Inventory:
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    in Coding Area:
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  • number:
    in Inventory:
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    in Coding Area:
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  • variable:
    in Inventory:
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    in Coding Area:
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This method saves a lot of saves when making larger codes and it makes looking at it easier.

Less UI glitches

I have fixed some scaling issues with the blocks and fixed their connectors not appearing at the right spot.

Loops!

Currently I’ve made two loops for testing, but I will add more later on.
The two types of loops are:

  • repeat:
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    Example:
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  • while:
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    Example:
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Are you interested?

Please tell me in the replies if you want to be @tagged in the upcoming devlogs!
(You will get a notification when it comes out if you are tagged)

When will this release?

I can’t give you an exact date. Probably at the end of this year or at the beginning of next year.


Tagged people:
@TomskiKiller @EliottENAnnoucement

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