Choosing characters at the start of the game

[MisterHarold]

I would like a game that will let you choose your character at the beginning. For example, a male and a female, each assigned with their own character sprites. How will I do that?

[Nagibator]

Well, there are definitely multiple ways of doing that. But if I had to, I would start by making a character with a name that is based off of a variable and an image.

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define p = Character("[player]", image = "playerImage")
default player = "Example"

You'll then want to predefine the image "playerImage" with another variable.

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default gender = ""

image side playerImage = "[gender]"

After that, you can set up a menu either using the "menu:" option or through screens. I used a simple menu that changes the name and the image's file destination depending on which option you chose.

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menu:
	"Male":
		$ player = "Tom"
		$ gender = "player/male.png"
	"Female":
		$ player = "Eileen"
		$ gender = "player/female.png"

I wouldn't doubt that there's a more efficient way of doing it, but that's the first thought that came to my head.