YOU WILL NEED:
This mfa contains all the objects you will need for this tutorial. Apart from the objects, frame 1 is empty, while frame 2 includes the finished code. Download here.
This is the player controlled by the user. Obviously, not required to create falling rain, but necessary to demonstrate a few key concepts.
This is the falling raindrop. 800 instances will be in frame at any one time. The object contains two different raindrop images, stored in different animation directions.
This object is created every time a Raindrop object hits an obstacle. There are 4 different splash animations, stored in different animation directions.
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