{"id":91,"date":"2017-10-22T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/using-the-tools\/the-editor-interface"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:06:02","slug":"the-editor-interface","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/using-the-tools\/the-editor-interface","title":{"rendered":"SHMUP Creator&#8217;s interface"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>WARNING<\/strong> : NEVER use space character inside the name of your particle textures!!! <\/pre>\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1504\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shmup_globalView.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1362\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shmup_globalView.jpg 1362w, https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shmup_globalView-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shmup_globalView-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shmup_globalView-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shmup_globalView-1200x678.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>TOOLBAR<\/h5>\n<p>LEVEL EDITOR<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1532\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/toolBarr_Level.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1047\" height=\"28\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/toolBarr_Level.jpg 1047w, https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/toolBarr_Level-300x8.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/toolBarr_Level-1024x27.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/toolBarr_Level-768x21.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On top of the SHMUP Creator, you can find the <strong>Toolbar<\/strong>. You can access most of the editor features there: load and save, go to the game editor, the move\/rotate\/scale tools, the cameras, the play button, and the help and tutorials.<\/p>\n<p>GAME EDITOR<\/p>\n<p>An important icon in this Toolbar is the <strong>Level editor<\/strong> button <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/toolbar_openGameEditor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"22\" \/> : clicking on it will go to the Game editor part of the SHMUP Creator.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1531\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/toolBarr_Game.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/toolBarr_Game.jpg 801w, https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/toolBarr_Game-300x11.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/toolBarr_Game-768x29.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When in this editor, the toolbar will change into the Game editor toolbar, with new options and editors available: the game gameplay settings, the HUD and start menu editor, the Build game button, etc. This is also where you&#8217;ll find the Level manager, useful to load a level.<\/p>\n<h5>THE GAME BOX<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-413\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gamebox.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the left, you can see a window sticking out a little: this is the <strong>Game box<\/strong>. In this window, you&#8217;ll find every game objects you can place in your levels: the backgrounds, enemies, gameplay triggers, sound objects, and items.<\/p>\n<h5>PROPERTY PANEL<\/h5>\n<p>The right panel is the <strong>Properties panel<\/strong>. Depending on what is selected you&#8217;ll find different properties you can modify. If the player is selected, you&#8217;ll be able to modify the player&#8217;s properties. If an enemy is selected, you&#8217;ll find this enemy properties on this panel.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-91","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2971,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/91\/revisions\/2971"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/7"}],"next":[{"title":"Game manager: creating and loading games","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/using-the-tools\/editor-interface","href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdoc_tag&post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}