# Secret/Invisible Area Example - Easter eggs! šŸ„š **URL:** \ **Category:** Examples & Tutorials\ **Created:** [April 1, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648 "2024-04-01T10:20:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/samuel_tome/32/71675_2.png) [@Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/u/Samuel_Tome)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/1 "2024-04-01T10:20:11Z")
Hi! Iā€™ve already shared this example and is featured on the examples page, but I just updated it with a new level and option for secret areas. šŸ‘‹ ## Inspired by other games, the Example now has two options for secret areas: Level 1 = **Proximity** reveals secret area. Level 2 = **Collision** reveals secret area. _Click the arrow for the Level 2 option._ > **[Flowlab.io - Secret/Invisible Entrance Example](https://flowlab.io/game/play/1575660)** > > Use \*\*WASD\*\* to move The Logic is inside the \*\*Secret Dirt\*\* or \*\*Secret Stone\*\* object Click the arrow for the Level 2 option. Level 1 = Proximity reveals secret area. Level 2 = Collision reveals secret area. Want to give your... ![secret area 2 - Samuel TomĆ©](https://community.flowlab.io/uploads/default/original/3X/c/b/cb448f9f9c52deb7fba70702a3d0579e60c3e5d9.gif) Enjoy! A bit late for easter eggs, but now you can also add more secret areas/easter eggs on your game! šŸ„š šŸ˜Š ---
**Author:** ![JUSTPLAINOP](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/justplainop/32/62091_2.png) [@JUSTPLAINOP](https://community.flowlab.io/u/JUSTPLAINOP)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/2 "2024-04-01T15:50:59Z")
Interesting. These both work in different ways, but only use one extra objectā€¦ Do you think thereā€™d be another way to make this without using proximity or collision? Maybe use a custom proximity bundle to make a system that works like the proximity one, but doesnā€™t cause any lagā€¦ This is very cool. ---
**Author:** ![B00T987](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/b00t987/32/70321_2.png) [@B00T987](https://community.flowlab.io/u/B00T987)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/3 "2024-04-01T16:59:33Z")
Thank you for the idea now Iā€™ll put these everywhere in my game when I get indie. ---
**Author:** ![JUSTPLAINOP](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/justplainop/32/62091_2.png) [@JUSTPLAINOP](https://community.flowlab.io/u/JUSTPLAINOP)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/4 "2024-04-01T17:00:30Z")
XD. It doesnā€™t take many objects. ---
**Author:** ![B00T987](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/b00t987/32/70321_2.png) [@B00T987](https://community.flowlab.io/u/B00T987)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/5 "2024-04-01T17:05:55Z")
no I mean after I make levels because having no indie puts me at a level cap so I pack my game full of features without levels to use the features. hereā€™s my game check it out [Monster County](https://flowlab.io/game/play/2497449) ---
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/samuel_tome/32/71675_2.png) [@Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/u/Samuel_Tome)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/6 "2024-04-01T17:41:32Z")
This is already pretty optimized to not cause any lag, check it out! šŸ˜Š The code has InView behaviors and such, and itā€™s pretty adjustable if needed. ---
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/samuel_tome/32/71675_2.png) [@Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/u/Samuel_Tome)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/7 "2024-04-01T17:44:21Z")
Awesome! You go! šŸ”„ I can confirm that indie is cool indeed šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![CodeAlpaca](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/codealpaca/32/56715_2.png) [@CodeAlpaca](https://community.flowlab.io/u/CodeAlpaca)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/8 "2024-04-01T19:10:56Z")
If youā€™re looking for optimizations you can use player Globals instead of a proximity. If you wanted you could even have the player send the X/Y on collision so the Globals arenā€™t constantly active (though it doesnā€™t matter much because they wouldnā€™t trigger the code, so itā€™s a very very small change on performance). You can also condense the 4 expressions down into 1 if youā€™d like as well. But the proximity and expressions only go off for a single frame, so you might notice a slight lag spike if itā€™s a weak device, but otherwise it should be alright ---
**Author:** ![Kasamir](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/kasamir/32/46922_2.png) [@Kasamir](https://community.flowlab.io/u/Kasamir)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/9 "2024-04-02T01:46:19Z")
The second level looks cool, but is there a way it can be optimized for there to be multiple secret areas in a level? ---
**Author:** ![CodeAlpaca](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/codealpaca/32/56715_2.png) [@CodeAlpaca](https://community.flowlab.io/u/CodeAlpaca)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/10 "2024-04-02T02:58:26Z")
If the areas arenā€™t close to each other, you can use In-View. If theyā€™re both on screen at once, you can raycast and send messages. Then just repeat that in a chain (and ofc donā€™t activate the ones already hit) ---
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/samuel_tome/32/71675_2.png) [@Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/u/Samuel_Tome)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/11 "2024-04-02T08:49:47Z")
Yes! For sure you can also use Player XY globals, but I kept this example as simple as possible for newbie users - so its easy to copy and paste But its pretty versatile and adaptable as codealpaca suggested. ---
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/samuel_tome/32/71675_2.png) [@Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/u/Samuel_Tome)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/12 "2024-04-02T09:54:09Z")
As always thereā€™s many ways to do the same thing. here are a few ways you could do that: - Use and extract **Object names** to determine which area they belong to: If the name is ā€œ2ā€ they only trigger if another ā€œ2ā€ object has been triggered. - Use another object that stays on top of secret areas nominated of something like ā€œSecret Area 1ā€, on game start they **check proximity just once to confirm which area they belong to**. And assign that number to their logic, probably using a Filter. - In-View behavior can also make this work, but it could also become weird if the secret area is not always on screen. - CodeAlpaca suggested raycasts, but that sounds like a lot of work and not performance-friendly You could also go even further and just straight up not use any proximities, and use the Distance Bundle and Lists for the ā€œSecret Area 1,2,3ā€¦ā€ XY instead. ---
**Author:** ![CodeAlpaca](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/codealpaca/32/56715_2.png) [@CodeAlpaca](https://community.flowlab.io/u/CodeAlpaca)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 9:59am UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/13 "2024-04-02T09:59:48Z")
Ray casts would probably be better than proximity set to 600 or at least about the same, I just thought naming everything ā€œ1ā€ or ā€œ2ā€ would be more tedious lol. Just 4 (or 1, just change rotation) very small RayCast(s) are needed. I guess it would be _slightly_ harder for a new user (Than the current proximity), but newer users should learn how Raycasts work anyways. Creating a secondary object as well seemed unneeded to me, might as well just create a 2nd invisible wall object ---
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/samuel_tome/32/71675_2.png) [@Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/u/Samuel_Tome)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/14 "2024-04-02T10:12:52Z")
Ah true true @Kasamir The easiest way is to just have different object for different secret areas per level. You could have 5 objects all with their Parent set to the original ā€œHidden Areaā€ object. They could probably send a message to self to set the Filter, to only activate on that area. And you could use those 5 objects across all your levels too. Thatā€™s for sure the easiest less work way, and is still super performance friendly šŸ‘šŸ½ ---
**Author:** ![JUSTPLAINOP](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/justplainop/32/62091_2.png) [@JUSTPLAINOP](https://community.flowlab.io/u/JUSTPLAINOP)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/15 "2024-04-08T18:08:17Z")
This is great! Iā€™m using it in my new game, and it works so well! Do you want me to add you to the credits, @Samuel_Tome? ---
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/samuel_tome/32/71675_2.png) [@Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/u/Samuel_Tome)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/16 "2024-04-09T11:43:12Z")
Thatā€™s awesome! Iā€™m glad you like it! @JUSTPLAINOP Iā€™m curious to see how it looks - feel free to share a gif/image or video here to show us šŸ‘ šŸ‘šŸ”„ No need to credit me, but if you want to - thatā€™s fine too šŸ™‚ Itā€™s up to you! ---
**Author:** ![B00T987](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/b00t987/32/70321_2.png) [@B00T987](https://community.flowlab.io/u/B00T987)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/17 "2024-04-09T16:29:52Z")
Well the only thing about indie thatā€™s bad is lack of mobile options and that whenever I get it I always feel unmotivated and Iā€™m less creative and I stuff my game with objects because I donā€™t have a limit. ---
**Author:** ![JUSTPLAINOP](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/justplainop/32/62091_2.png) [@JUSTPLAINOP](https://community.flowlab.io/u/JUSTPLAINOP)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/18 "2024-04-09T17:05:21Z")
![image](https://community.flowlab.io/uploads/default/original/3X/3/a/3a725dc382dd73c2160cfd7c0f64c6ca86e956cb.png) It looks so good! ---
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/samuel_tome/32/71675_2.png) [@Samuel\_Tome](https://community.flowlab.io/u/Samuel_Tome)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/19 "2024-04-09T17:14:42Z")
That looks great!!! Awesome šŸ˜Š@JUSTPLAINOP Iā€™m glad the example is being put to good use. I really like the gameā€™s overall vibe too, you go! ---
**Author:** ![B00T987](https://community.flowlab.io/user_avatar/community.flowlab.io/b00t987/32/70321_2.png) [@B00T987](https://community.flowlab.io/u/B00T987)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.flowlab.io/t/secret-invisible-area-example-easter-eggs/42648/20 "2024-04-09T19:42:13Z")
Oh I never thought that you had other textures I might use them in a small project.