🔹Components

A component is a logic bundle that increases an object's interactive potential through player actions so you can quickly build custom gameplay with no code.

What is a Component?

Each object may have many components

A component is a bundle of logic that applies additional interactive characteristics to an object. This allows for player actions to influence objects directly and indirectly through their actions.

OBJECT LOGIC

Behaviours relate to object or Experience actions. An object may have only ONE.

Components relate to player actions. An object may have one of each type.

Components allow you to quickly build precise interactions between players and objects, with many parameters that can be modified for custom mechanics. No coding experience is needed!

Example:

Climbable can be applied to an object so players can reach an isolated area.

An enemy with a Health component can be defeated. If a Drop component is added to it, upon death it can spawn Collectable loot items.

A Collectable object can play a sound and send a message. If a logic actor placed at the same location has Visual FX activated by the collect message, visual feedback will also appear.

General Uses and Component Types

The component groupings below are how they're often used. However, a Health component simply allows an object to be destroyed and isn't limited to living things. Think outside the box based on what components can do, and you'll be designing cool custom mechanics in no time!

Tip: You can select multiple objects and change the same parameters simultaneously.

Tips: Press CTRL+D to duplicate custom objects or groups of objects. Create Presets if you must build with them repeatedly or want to spawn them during live gameplay.

No components applied: The object can be a prop or be interactive if one of the available Behavioursare applied.

Management

Experience Management

Indicator: Quest icons, distance, or small text labels above an object to guide players.

Speaker: Detects tags to send messages, or creates a floating text box above an object.

Toggle Behaviour: Controls when the object's behaviour is on or off.

Defeat: Ends an Experience immediately if triggered.

Victory: Ends an Experience immediately if triggered.

Engagement

Player Engagement

Collectable: Adds an asset to the player's inventory, sends a message, plays a sound.

Drop: Interacting or destroying the object spawns a specified item (loot, etc).

Health: Apply to make an object destructible. Can send a delayed message after "death."

Physics

Physics-Based

Climbable: Allows players to climb up and down an object.

Pickable: Allows players to pick up, move, and place an object. Can't be taken while held.

Slide: Forces players to slide on the surface of an object instead of walking.

Ambience/Media

Experience Ambience/Media

Image Display: Display pre-made images on Frame Assets.

NFT Image Display: Display 2D Ethereum NFT images in your wallet on Frame Assets.

NFT Details Display: Opens a popup window with NFT info and marketplace link.

Play Sound: Play pre-made sound effects in a range or globally.

Rarity VFX: A column of light and sparkles coloured by object rarity.

Adding Components to Objects

With Behaviours, only one can be applied to control an object's actions. Many components can be applied to an object to make it more interactive.

1. Select

1. Left click to select an object. This will open the Properties Panel on the right side of the screen.

Click any object to open the Properties Panel.

2. Open Components Window

2. Beneath Behaviour, click on the Components field where it says Add Component. If components are already applied, they will show beneath this field.

Component details are located in the Properties Panel under Behaviour.

3. Select

3. A window named Select Component will pop up with available options. In this example, we’ll choose the Indicator component. The Select Component window will close, and the chosen component will now appear in the Properties Panel along with its default settings.

The component you select is added to the object in the Properties Panel

In our Indicator component example, default logic is automatically added. In play mode you can see the object's name as a label above it and the visibility distance displayed in metres if you are far away. This particular component can be linked to quests and used to label objects in the game with icons or text to help guide players.

4. Customise

4. Click the Edit Logic button to see the full Behaviour & Component Parameters for any behaviour and components applied to the object. Here you can see how the object will work in your Experience and customise parameters such as Quest cursors, Interactive VFX, etc. You can also scroll to the bottom of the object's properties and change its identity tags so it will be detected specific to your game's mechanics. Test your logic frequently by presssing the TAB key to toggle on and off Play mode.

Click Edit Logic to inspect and customise the object's behaviour and components

If you need to go back to the default view of the Properties Panel, click the X next to Logic at the top. None of your settings will be lost.

Click the X at the top left to go back to the default Properties Panel view