Counting lives and keeping score

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giulietta..

Counting lives and keeping score

in Programming Questions • 8 months ago

Hello,

I have to make a game for a school project, using Processing. I have come pretty far, but there are a few things that aren't working yet. It's a game where you have to catch the red squares with your pink monster using the mouse. If you catch a square, your score should go up by 1. If a square falls and you haven't caught it, you lose 1 life.
The problem is, when 5 squares hit the ground, the score goes up by 5, that's of course not what i want!

Also sometimes the counting of the lives doesn't function right.
I've added the dropbox file with the three tabs. (in Twitter)

http://db.tt/uKLvwQ65

I hope anyone could help me!

P.S. Sorry for my bad English, it isn't my first language :)

Replies(4)

Chrisir

Re: Counting lives and keeping score

8 months ago

the bold is duplicate

you have to improve this method checkEnemies

Greetings, Chrisir

void checkEnemies() {
if (enemyY > height) {
enemyY = 0;
enemyX = random (0, width);
}
if (monsterX > enemyX-15 && monsterX < enemyX+15 && monsterY > enemyY-15 && monsterY < enemyY+15) {
enemydead = true;
score=score+1;
}
else {
enemydead = false;
}
if (enemyY>=height) {
enemydown = true;
enemyY=0;
lives=lives-1;
}
}

giulietta..

Re: Counting lives and keeping score

8 months ago

Ah thanks!
I've changed that, but I don't know what I have to improve further :( Could you help me with the checkEnemies?

void checkEnemies() {

if (monsterX > enemyX-15 && monsterX < enemyX+15 && monsterY > enemyY-15 && monsterY < enemyY+15) {

enemydead = true;

score=score+1;

}

else {

enemydead = false;

}

if (enemyY>=height) {

enemydown = true;

enemyY=0;

lives=lives-1;

enemyX = random (0, width);

}

}

Greetings

Chrisir

Re: Counting lives and keeping score

8 months ago

I think it could work already

Do you still encounter any errors?

void checkEnemies() {
if (monsterX > enemyX-15 && monsterX < enemyX+15 && monsterY > enemyY-15 && monsterY < enemyY+15) {
enemydead = true;
score=score+1;
}
else {
enemydead = false;
if (enemyY>=height) {
enemydown = true;
enemyY=0;
lives=lives-1;
enemyX = random (0, width);
} // if
} // else
} // method
//

giulietta..

Re: Counting lives and keeping score

8 months ago

It's not the problem that I get errors, the problem is in the counting of the score :) When all the 5 Enemies I have drawn in my draw fall to the ground, the score goes up by 5. But if the enemies fall to the ground, I should just get 1 life less, not 5 points extra. I believe the lives count works fine now.

Also, when I try to catch a square with my monster, it doesn't always seem to 'catch' it, so I believe I have to change something in my if statement, but I don't know what..