How to Make a Battlegrounds Game - Lecture Notes

Introduction

• Series on making Battlegrounds games continues.
• Previous episodes covered how to set up parts of the game.
• This video focuses on reworking and simplifying the system.
• New setup involves 110 lines of code across four scripts (previously 200 lines).

Initial Game Setup

Spawn Locations

1. Create Spawn Locations

   • Click 'Model' -> 'Spawn' to create locations.
   • Duplicate to create multiple spawn points (e.g., four).
   • Spread them out in the game world.

2. Naming and Organizing Spawns

   • Name spawn points appropriately (e.g., 'Location 2', 'Location 3', etc.).

Remote Events

1. Set up Remote Event

   • Insert a remote event into 'Replicated Storage' and name it 'core event'.

2. Character Folders

   • Create a 'Characters' folder inside 'Server Storage'.
   • Name the characters (e.g., 'Character 1', 'Character 2', etc.).
   • Inside each character folder, insert 'Skill' folders (e.g., 'Skill 1', 'Skill 2').

3. Animations and Sounds

   • Insert 'Animation' and 'Sound' objects into each skill folder.
   • Set 'Animation ID' and 'Sound ID' appropriately.

4. Game Pass Characters

   • Insert a 'Number Value' for Game Pass ID if the character is restricted by a game pass.
   • Insert the ID of the relevant Game Pass.

UI (User Interface) Setup

UI Structure

1. Create Screen GUI

   • Insert a 'Screen GUI' into 'Starter GUI' and name it 'Character Selector GUI'.
   • Insert a 'Local Script' and name it 'core script (local)'.
   • Insert a 'Text Button' named 'dropdown button'.

2. UI Layout

   • Set the position, size, and properties for the 'Text Button'.
   • Insert a 'UI Corner' for rounded edges.
   • Insert a 'Frame' named 'dropdown frame' with a 'UI Grid Layout'.
   • Insert 'Text Buttons' for each character inside the frame.
   • Set text properties to match the character names.

Scripting

Local Script

1. Variables and Services

   • User Input Service and Tween Service.
   • Core Event from Replicated Storage.
   • Local Player and Character Selector GUI.

2. Functions

   • Opening/Closing Character Menu: Checks transparency and toggles tween animations for the dropdown menu.
   • Selecting Character: Sends the selected character's name to the server via 'Core Event'.
   • Using Skills: Handles keyboard inputs for skill activation. Sends skill number to the server.

Leader Stats Script

1. Setup Data Stores

   • Enable data stores in 'Game Settings' -> 'Security'.

2. Player Join Function

   • Create 'leaderstats' folder and value objects (kills, total kills, current character).
   • Load player data from the data store.

3. Player Leaving Function

   • Save player data to the data store.
   • Use pcall and while loop for error handling.

Server Script

1. Setup Character Selection

   • Load player's character and handle spawn locations.
   • Set current character value and check for Game Pass ownership if required.

2. Combat Module Script

   • Create functions for each character's skills.
   • Load animations and play sounds.

Testing

• Verify that characters load properly, and the UI behaves correctly.
• Ensure that skills are registered but not performing actions yet (to be covered in future videos).

Conclusion

• Part one covered basic setup and scripting for a Battlegrounds game.
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• Look forward to part two for further functionality.