Big! Update

waldron

How can I get a game over screen to loop back to my dointro() if I fall off the bottom of the screen

QIsLegit

This is coming along great!

Dave

Amazing stuff dude.

To attempt to answer your question, you might be able to use true/false flags to move through the different stages:

// main loop
loop
    splashScreen()
    mainGame()
    gameOver()
repeat

function splashScreen()
    while !startGame loop
        clear()
        j = controls(0)
        // show Skater Kid title
        // on A button press, startGame becomes true, breaking us out of this loop and moving into the mainGame()
        update()
    repeat
return void

function mainGame()
    while !gameOver loop
        clear()
        // at some point, gameOver becomes true, breaking us out of this loop and moving into gameOver()
        update()
    repeat
return void

function gameOver()
    while !restartGame loop
        clear()
        // at some point, make restartGame true and break out of this loop, then we can reset our important variables
        update()
    repeat
    // when we break out of the loop we are here, and so can do something like:
    restartGame = false
    gameOver = false
    startGame = false
    playerPosition = blah blah
    score = 0
    // etc etc
return void

I hope this helps you to think about how to structure your program. As always, there are many, many ways to skin a cat - the example I've given is by no means the established way. It will work, however!

waldron

@Dave I understand it so it works for me thanks :)

waldron

@waldron why,
j controls(0)
I use, c controls(0)
Just a different way to categorise?
My noobnes is showing I know

Dave

@waldron Yep makes absolutely no difference. I always start using c, then I'll be using j later in my code wondering why it doesn't work! It's literally just a habit thing.

Although, using c does mean you can freely use j in nested loops without worrying. I had that one recently, doing nested loops like:

for i = 0 to 10 loop
    for j = 0 to 5 loop
    repeat
repeat

Completely forgetting that j is my global controls variable...

Moral of the story, use c, don't listen to me.

waldron

@Dave haha gotcha think I'm starting to get to jist, considering I knew 0% a month ago to 2% now lol thanks

Dave

@waldron The fact that you knew nothing and now have the beginnings of a totally original, awesome little game in Fuze is just beyond fantastic. Ah! At 2%, you'll be catching me up in no time. I think I'm just about at 3%. Haha :)

waldron

@Dave maybe only 0.2% then, but i would be nowhere near that without fuze i just purely love it.