exit the game loop back to title screen

pianofire

So you could do something like this:

screen = 0
textSize(50)

while screen < 3 loop
  if screen == 0 then
    titleScreen()
  endif
  if screen == 1 then
    gameScreen()
  endif
  if screen == 2 then
    endScreen()
  endif
repeat

function titleScreen()
  oldc = controls(0)
  while screen == 0 loop
    clear()
    c = controls(0)
    if c.a and c.a != oldc.a then      
      screen = 1
    endif
    oldc = c
    message = "Title Screen : Press A to continue"
    printAt((twidth() - len(message)) / 2, theight() / 2, message)
    update()
  repeat
return void

function gameScreen()
  oldc = controls(0)
  while screen == 1 loop
    clear()
    c = controls(0)
    if c.a and c.a != oldc.a then
      screen = 2
    endif
    oldc = c
    message = "Game Screen : Press A to continue"
    printAt((twidth() - len(message)) / 2, theight() / 2, message)
    update()
  repeat
return void

function endScreen()
  oldc = controls(0)
  while screen == 2 loop
    clear()
    c = controls(0)
    if c.a and c.a != oldc.a then 
      screen = 0
    endif
    if c.x then
      screen = 3
    endif
    oldc = c
    message = "End Screen : Press A to continue (X to eXit)"
    printAt((twidth() - len(message)) / 2, theight() / 2, message)
    update()
  repeat
return void

Here the game loop calls 3 different function each with it's own loop and swaps between them

waldron

@pianofire cheers! how would it know if the player has fell ? i already have a title screen with press a to continue just need to loop back to the in my case " dointro()"
just tired of seeing the player fall for eternity

pianofire

@waldron I guess that you could test if they were off the screen i.e. y position > gHeight() or you could add a collision box below the screen and test for collision with that?

waldron

Yeah I can get the height pos when I want it to execute its just executing the action I'm clueless about lol

waldron

If player pos height - 260 then
Dointro()
Endif

My coding is terrible

pianofire

In my example above

if playerPosHeight < 260 then
  screen = 2
endif

The loop condition takes care of the rest

waldron

@pianofire thank you il try it now :)

waldron

@pianofire think il leave it, its not recognising PlrPosHeight once i enter the game loop

pianofire

@waldron Is it a global variable (declared outside the functions)?

waldron

@pianofire i have no idea honestly im terrible at coding, it will probably click and il figure it eventually but for now il leave it

pianofire

Ok no problem

waldron

@pianofire thats not to say i haven't learnt and il come back to this when it does click
thanks man, about to submit my game jam entry....