A camera that forcibly keeps two players on screen at all times, dragging the lagging player if needed.

A basic sort to order a list alphabetically.

Spawn an object in the background when two actors collide.

Fire balls away from swipe direction.

Blink text on and off.

Add a blur layer using a duplicate of the image. It looks better when not being demo’d in a low-quality gif.

Play an animation based on direction of movement.

Bounce within a circle using a custom collision shape.

A very basic bubble sorting algorithm.

Pan the camera around the scene based on dragging.

Have an actor change layers so it can go both over and under other actors. Uses spawning.

Calculate the closest actor to a specific target, updating as actors move around.

Spawn coins with a stacking effect.

An example of how to comma separate numbers using strings, prec() or mod().

Easily implement custom number fonts using spawned actors, enabling snazzier font effects.

An example of how to remove spaces using the textReplace() function.

Basic dice rolling.

Have an actor grow and shrink based on how far a player swipes.

A simple falling leaf effect.

An extremely fast way of spawning a grid where rather than using a spawning actor, each grid item spawns the next grid item.

Increase speed with taps.

Flood fill an area using table, taking into account walls.

Have an actor follow the mouse movement.

Retrace a previously determined touch path.

A quick demo of the fonts included by default in GameSalad.

An easy way of spawning monospace fonts. Largely moot since GameSalad added custom fonts, but still potentially helpful for fancier text effects.

Shows how to have a static HUD when the camera is moving and how to move items from the scene to the static HUD.

A simple music player that lets you select, skip, repeat tracks.

A super basic platform with multiple levels on a single scene.

Rotate one actor around another. The “pinned” actor can be positioned anywhere and even moving.

Progress bars with optional rounded ends.

Various methods of creating a pulsating effect.

One way of making radio buttons where only one option is selectable at a time.

Pull numbers at random from a list of numbers without repeating. Uses a string to store the numbers rather than a table.

Shows how to keep HUD actors in a static position when the camera rotates.

A way of easing in and out of rotations rather than stopping abruptly. Does not use interpolates.

Keep track of selected actors and trigger actions from them.

Draw basic shapes by clicking and dragging. See also the Drawing template found elsewhere on this page.

A simple top-down tank that keeps its gun pointed at the mouse/touch.

Spawn actors across the bottom of the screen.

Demonstrates how to track the speed, direction and distance of swipes. A little out-of-date but the principles should still hold.

A top-down rain effect. Very CPU intensive so not really practical. Not very clear in the gif but you'll see it if you look closely!'

Display text one letter at a time like it’s being typed—a common effect used in games.

A very simple voltage calculator game made for a short-duration game jam at some point. A homage to the similar puzzle in Myst.

Move in a wavy motion using sin (or cos) to control the vertical motion. It's much smoother than the low-framerate gif implies.

Zoom the camera, keeping the centre point consistent.

A controller that appears wherever the player taps, rather than being chained to the corner.

A very simple high/low card game demo.

Actors move towards and fall into a hole.

Jump a little higher with each touch.

One way of moving a value up and down using the Interpolate behaviour.

A method for jumping through and then landing on platforms.

A method for adding ladders in a platform game.

A silly leaf blower effect.

A health or progress bar great for putting over characters. Stays left aligned to itself.

A basic level select example.

A loop inside a Loop behaviour for those times you just can’t get enough of loops.

Discover if one actor is in line of sight of another actor.

A little magnet game. I think it was originally done for a 1-hour game jam.

Spawn enemies while avoiding the player’s location.

Spawn actors randomly anywhere on the screen.

Spawn actors at the nearest grid location to a touch. Shows how to use a grid of any size.