Level Making

Why does Jump King need a configuration file?

In order for get the basic data about your map, Jump King (and in the past with JumpKingPlus) uses a configuration file.

This configuration file contains your level:

• title (that will show up in the pause menu)
• babe screen number (where the first babe will spawn)
• second babe screen number (where the second babe will spawn)
• third babe screen number (where the third babe will spawn)
• starting position (changing your initial position and speed)
• ending images (for each babe)
• ending extra images (letting you choose what item can trigger the secondary ending image)
• end credits (once you finish your level, after the cutscene)

Setting your level title

1. Search for “title” in your XML file. You should find something like this:

   <title>YOUR_TITLE_HERE</title>
   

2. Replace YOUR_TITLE_HERE with your title name.
3. Done!

Setting a different babe screen number

1. Search for “ending_screen” in your XML file. You should find something like this:

   <ending_screen>YOUR_ENDING_SCREEN_HERE</ending_screen>
   

2. Replace YOUR_ENDING_SCREEN_HERE with your babe screen number.
3. Done!

For the second and third babe, the procedure is the same but replacing your search query with “ending_screen_second” or “ending_screen_third”.

Setting the starting data

To set a new starting data:

1. Copy the following snippet:

    <StartData>
        <Position>
            <X>YOUR_X_POSITION_HERE</X>
            <Y>YOUR_Y_POSITION_HERE</Y>
        </Position>
        <Velocity>
            <X>YOUR_X_VELOCITY_HERE</X>
            <Y>YOUR_Y_VELOCITY_HERE</Y>
        </Velocity>
    </StartData>
   

   If you want don’t want a custom position or a custom velocity, you can decide to remove the entire tag you don’t want but make sure you always have the X and Y value of the tag you left in since those are necessary.

2. For the position, replace your X and Y with the absolute value that you can find while testing the level. For the velocity, replace your X and Y at your will.

   The velocity can be voided if the user is standing on a solid block by default.

3. Done!

To remove a starting data, select the whole StartData tag and delete it.

Setting the ending images

1. Make sure you have a packed image (file that has been converted to XNB) with 480x360 pixels of resolution.
2. Move your image into the ending folder.
3. Search for “MainBabe” in your XML file. You should find something like this:

   <MainBabe>YOUR_ENDING_IMAGE_HERE</MainBabe>
   

4. Replace YOUR_ENDING_IMAGE_HERE with your ending image name.
5. Done!

For the other babes, repeat the process replacing your search query with “SecondBabe” or “ThirdBabe”.

Setting the ending extra images

1. Make sure you have a packed image (file that has been converted to XNB) with 480x360 pixels of resolution.
2. Move your image into the ending folder.
3. Search for “MainItem” in your XML file. You should find something like this:

   <MainItem>
    <item>Shoes</item>
    <image>YOUR_ENDING_IMAGE_WITH_ITEM_HERE</image>
   </MainItem>
   

4. Replace Shoes with the item of your choice based on the item list.
5. Replace YOUR_ENDING_IMAGE_WITH_ITEM_HERE with your ending image name.
6. Done!

Setting the end credits

1. Search for “EndingLines” in your XML file. You should find something like this:

   <EndingLines>
    <Credit>
        <header>YOUR_FIRST_ENDING_TITLE_HERE</header>
        <people>
            <string>YOUR_FIRST_ENDING_FIRST_ITEM_HERE</string>
            <string>YOUR_FIRST_ENDING_SECOND_ITEM_HERE</string>
        </people>
    </Credit>
    <Credit>
        <header>YOUR_SECOND_ENDING_TITLE_HERE</header>
        <people>
            <string>YOUR_SECOND_ENDING_FIRST_ITEM_HERE</string>
            <string>YOUR_SECOND_ENDING_SECOND_ITEM_HERE</string>
            <string>YOUR_SECOND_ENDING_THIRD_ITEM_HERE</string>
            <string>YOUR_SECOND_ENDING_FOURTH_ITEM_HERE</string>
            <string>YOUR_SECOND_ENDING_FIFTH_ITEM_HERE</string>
        </people>
    </Credit>
   </EndingLines>
   

One instance of Credit equals one credit that’s being shown, while there isn’t a strict limit of this, having more than 5-6 Credit tags can be hard to follow.

1. Replace YOUR_FIRST_ENDING_TITLE_HERE with your first credit main title.
2. Replace all the YOUR_FIRST_ENDING_[...]_ITEM_HERE with whatever subtitles you want to add.
   You can add or remove the string tags that you dont need.

   Having more than 5 string tags can cause some of them to overflow the screen making them invisible.

3. Done, you’ve set your first credit!

To add a new Credit simply add another Credit like the example above.

Localization

Inside the Ending Lines, it’s possible to use the default library for translations included in the game. LanguageJK includes all the possible text in Jump King based by your localization language. Check out all the possible combinations!