Game reset

AndyG1985

This seems like the kind of thing that may have been asked already, but I can't find any mention.
Is there a command for resetting your game? For example, when the player has died?

pianofire

@AndyG1985 No I'm afraid you have to do that yourself. Create a function called reset and set your variables back to the initial values.

pobtastic

Here's a pattern I often use;

loop

  if !game.active then
    show_splash()
  endIf

  initialise_variables()

  while game.active loop
    game_loop()
  repeat

  // If lives aren't zero then the game was quit prematurely.
  if game.lives == 0 then
    game_over()
  endIf

repeat

If you bail out of game_loop() without setting game.active to FALSE then it'll reinitialise a new "level" from scratch (or a brand new game if you don't loop around game_loop()). Obviously too, this allows for a "quit game" and game_over() call depending on how the game ends.

AndyG1985

Thanks a lot, I'll have a think about this for my game :)

waldron

@AndyG1985 Dave's sample program the ninja one is a good guide for this