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Modding API

Loading custom cells works by loading ES6 modules from the link copied to clipboard

To create a cell pack, you must host your .js file to a permenant URL (like a raw github url)

Example file contents:

const { BACKWARD, FORWARD, LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN, sound, BEAT, BREAK, cell, DIRECTIONAL, TICK } = CELLMODDING


// Define a cell
// This one rotates cells around it to point to itself
cell({
	//Cell name
	name: 'Attract cell',

	//TICK = updates every tick, DIRECTIONAL = updates every tick but in cell direction order like movers and generators
	update: TICK,

	//Location of cell in texture image. (tx: 0, ty: 0) means top left, and each increment after that is 16px right / down
	//Here (tx: 2, ty: 3) means the texture is at x=32, y=48 (size is always 16x16)
	tx: 2, ty: 3,

	tick(){
		//Update the cell
		// Get cells around it, and make them face us
		const above = this.get(UP)
		if(above){
			above.face(DOWN)
		}
		const left = this.get(LEFT)
		if(left){
			left.face(RIGHT)
		}
		const right = this.get(RIGHT)
		if(right){
			right.face(LEFT)
		}
		const below = this.get(DOWN)
		if(below){
			below.face(UP)
		}
	},

	// This is called when the cell gets pushed. Return a force to push back.
	push(dir, force){
		if(dir % 2 == this.dir % 2){
			//Direction is aligned
			return 0 //Allow being pushed
		}else{
			//Returning a force of -Infinity will in effect make it impossible to push the cell
			return -Infinity
		}
		//You could also return DELETE to delete the cell that was pushing you (e.g trash cell)
	}
})

Available methods on cells

cell.dir

Current cell direction. May be == UP, == DOWN, == LEFT or == RIGHT

---

cell.dir = dir
//or
cell.face(dir)

Make cell face direction

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cell.rot(dir)

Face direction relative to current facing (e.g RIGHT will make cell rotate once right)

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cell.get(dir)

Get cell in that direction

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cell.look(dir)

Get cell in relative direction (e.g direction FORWARD)

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cell.move(dir, force?)

Move in direction

Returns false if failed to move (e.g a wall in the way)

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cell.go(dir, force?)

Move cell in relative direction

Returns false if failed to move (e.g a wall in the way)

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cell.summon(dir, otherCell, force?)

Summon a cell in direction

Returns null if failed to move (e.g a wall in the way)

Returns the new cell otherwise

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cell.make(dir, otherCell, force?)

Summon a cell in relative direction

Returns null if failed to move (e.g a wall in the way)

Returns the new cell otherwise

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cell.pop()

Delete cell

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cell.explode(colors[])

Make explosion particles (does not delete cell) colors is an array of css colors (e.g ['#f00', '#e22', '#c44'])

Other methods

sound(sound)

Plays a sound. Supported sounds:

• BEAT
• BREAK

Texture packs

Like mods, texture pack are a link to a hosted image. Any size will work, but default cells use the arrangement as shown in ./cellset.png, so the recommended size for a texture pack image is 64x64. All textures are 16x16, regardless of texture pack image size or cell definition