I want to allow the player at the beginning of the game to choose from various characters, which will then represent the main character in the game. How can I do this?
Hello,
Thanks for the question!
It is not quite simple. I currently see two main approaches:
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If all figures have the same logic (the same behaviour) and should only look different: A variable could be selected between different animations (possibly with only one frame/image each) via user input at the beginning and then not be changed again.
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If the figures have different behaviour, they could be programmed independently (different object types) and all react to user input – but each under the condition that a common game variable has a certain value (i.e. each figure is assigned a number). By changing this variable, it can then be determined which figure reacts to user inputs.
Is that clear enough? Otherwise, I can add more details 
If you want the character’s camera to follow them, Option 1 works, but Option 2 does not. In the future, it will be possible to have finer control over the game and re-attach the camera to an object at runtime, but this is not yet available.