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Type reference

List of data types available in scripts for the Piklib/BlooMoo engine, grouped by topic.

Types used in scripts

Primitives

• BOOL — boolean value.
• DOUBLE — double-precision floating-point number.
• INTEGER — signed integer number.
• STRING — character string.

Collections

• ARRAY — one-dimensional array.
• MULTIARRAY — multi-dimensional array with automatic resizing.

Logical conditions

• CONDITION — comparison of two operands.
• COMPLEXCONDITION — combination of two conditions with AND/OR.

Code structure

• BEHAVIOUR — procedure.
• CLASS — class definition.

Scene hierarchy

• APPLICATION — top of the script hierarchy.
• EPISODE — logical segment of the game.
• SCENE — a single scene.

Interaction and composition

• BUTTON — interactive button with three visual states.
• CANVAS_OBSERVER — canvas and background operations.
• CNVLOADER — dynamic .CNV file loading.
• GROUP — variable group with delegated method calls.
• PATTERN — multi-layer tile board.
• STATICFILTER — graphical filter (rotate, scale, blur).
• VIRTUALGRAPHICSOBJECT — virtual graphics proxy object.

Data

• DATABASE — tabular database with cursor.

3D physics

• WORLD — interface to the ODE-based 3D physics engine.

Built-in I/O objects

• KEYBOARD — keyboard state.
• MOUSE — mouse state.
• RAND — pseudo-random number generator.
• SYSTEM — system information.

Media

• ANIMO — animation from an .ANN file.
• FONT — bitmap font definition.
• IMAGE — static image.
• SEQUENCE — animation sequence with synchronised audio.
• SOUND — short sound effect.
• TEXT — on-screen text element.

Math and utility

• EXPRESSION — two-operand arithmetic expression.
• INERTIA — interface to the built-in 2D physics engine.
• MATRIX — grid of cells with a stone-falling physics system.
• STRUCT — data structure with named fields.
• TIMER — cyclic time counter.
• VECTOR — N-dimensional vector of floating-point numbers.