Welcome to Scripting in Horizon Worlds! In this series we are going to learn the fundamentals of the Script Gizmo, and then we will dive deeper into the tools and build a mini game.

The Script gizmo allows you to create dynamic and unique experiences. Seen below is the script gizmo, which can be opened by putting your pointer inside, and pressing forward on your thumbstick, similar to opening a property panel on other objects and gizmos.

When you plan your script, ask yourself, when does the thing you want to happen occur? This is where events come into play.

The Motion tab allows you to move objects and players in your world. Objects have motion options that are both instant and over time.

Actions offer an incredible way to interact with your world and players, often connecting to visual effects, sounds, text, and other gizmos. You can also reset the world, play haptic feedback, and adjust a player's voice settings.

Operators are extremely powerful.

The Values tab allows you to interact with variables using the SetTo codeblock. You can also interact with Player Variables, and get all types of value inputs to use in your scripts.

Variables have a lot of uses, they are great for changing values like a timer, or durability.

You may have started to notice there are a few different colors and shapes to the codeblocks.

In the bottom right of the scripting panel, you’ll see a capacity meter.

In this section we will be displaying a trophy when a flag enters a trigger.

What if we want three flags in unique positions, before showing the trophy?

You might have noticed that our flags can be counted twice, causing the trophy to display early.

Remember that water balloon we made in the Gizmos series? We are going to turn it into a game mechanic.

Persistent Player Variables are an incredible tool for keeping track of player stats.

Now let’s use our score variable to track how many times a player has hit another player with a water balloon.

Now that we are tracking player scores, we can build a scoreboard.

In our scoreboard, we need to create a display loop. Bring over When World is Started, and When Event is Received.

This next script is not necessary, but if you are up to it, will add an awesome element of fun.

There are two ways to reset your world, either manually moving objects back to their original position and states, this is called a soft reset because you are in control of what’s changed.

Back on our Trophy script, let’s add two lines to allow the players to reset the world. Bring over the Index Trigger event, and from Actions, grab Reset World. Now when the players win the trophy, they can reset the world.

You have done absolutely wonderful and are well on your way to mastering scripting, great work! We have a lot of tutorials in and out of Horizon. Be sure to experiment in this world playing with these new tools, try out different ideas and combinations.