Create pets

From Whirled

Contents 1 Create! 1.1 Adobe Flash CS3 1.2 AS3 2 Upload! 3 Sell!

Whirled pets are animated characters that wander rooms, change moods, and engage in simple interactions with players. Custom pets are easy to make with the right tools, and let you create a truly unique pet for yourself, or sell your creations to the eager masses. Follow the tutorials below for both step-by-step guides to the basics of pet creation and helpful techniques for more advanced creators.

Create!

To create a pet, artists use Flash and engineers use Flex. We are currently developing internal methods that don't require either and automate many of the processes.

Adobe Flash CS3

Flash is the tool our art department uses to make pets. You can work from our pre-coded templates or create entire pets from scratch. (Adobe's Flash page)

. Simple Tutorial

. Advanced Techniques

AS3

You can also create Pets in straight AS3. You can start with our tutorials for setting up your environment and then browsing through our pet examples on our svn server.

• Simple Tutorial
• Advanced Techniques
• Entity Communication

Upload!

1. Choose Me → Pets to see the pets you own.
2. Scroll down to the "Create your own Pet" section.
   

   Click "Upload" to bring up the interface.
3. Click the Upload... button to get the pet uploading interface.
   

   Pet uploading interface.
   1. Click on the Name field and enter a name for your pet.
   2. Click Browse in Pet Media and find the swf file for your pet.
   3. Click Browse in Thumbnail Media and find the bitmap (png, jpg or gif) file for your pet's icon. (max. 80x60)
   4. Click on the Description field and enter a description of your pet. This is only required if you plan to sell it in the shop.
4. Click Save to put your pet in your inventory for use.

Sell!

1. Choose Me → Pets to see the pets you own.
2. Click the name or icon of the pet you want to list in the shop.
3. Click the List Item button to bring up the shop listing interface.
   

   Items in the shop must have a description.
   1. Item Description: The listed text will appear in the shop on the item's details page.
   2. Strategy: This setting determines the item pricing strategy. The options are Hidden, Manual (default), Escalate, and Limited Edition. Each option is described to the right when selected.
   3. Sales Target: This field appears only when Escalate or Limited Edition option selected for Strategy.
   4. Coin Cost: This number determines the initial cost of your listed pet.
4. Click List it! to add your pet in the shop, ready for purchase.