exit the game loop back to title screen

waldron

iv tried naming boxes in the map, get map area ect to no avail just looking for an easy way to loop back into the title screen if the player falls

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....