A question about scoring

quantumsheep

Hi all, hope you're well.

I found out about GameSalad today, rushed home from work to try it out, and several hours later I have a very simple game, based on the Asteroids template, almost done that I'm quite proud of!

Hurrah!

I've hit a stumbling block though, and having looked briefly through the forums and the wiki, I've not found a solution. Therefore, I turn to you, fellow developers!

Essentially, I'm having trouble with the scoring system. When you die, you're taken to a GAME OVER screen, and asked if you want to play again or not.

If you select yes, I've rigged it so that the scores are set to 0 and lives are set back to 10, and you get taken back to the level 1 ready screen, bypassing the splash screen and title screen (i.e. straight back into the action!). Unfotunately, when you start playing again, it's with the same score you just got and your lives are less than 0 ending the game immediately again and taking you to the Game Over screen.

If you select NO at the game over screen you get taken to the splash screen and then the title screen. If you start a game from here, the scores and lives are reset just fine, but if you die, it skips the Game Over screen completely and starts you off at the splash screen again.

What do you think I'm doing wrong?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. And while I'm here, anyone got a high score system working? I can't imagine it being too hard to do...

Thanks in advance!

Quantumsheep

Freztino

Well all i can say is that the "Yes" button should be a bit like this:
Rule: Mouse Button down, and mouse position: over actor. or a button or something else
Change Scene: "To your scene"
Change attribute: "the name of the score" 0
Change attribute: "the name of the lives" 10

thats how i think it should be, and i you made it like that and it doesn't work i don't know what to do.

From

Freztino

quantumsheep

Thanks for the reply Freztino, much appreciated.

Essentially that's what I've done. Except I've made the Yes/No buttons shootable i.e. you shoot the 'YES' to change the scene.

I'll have another look at it today. The YES and NO buttons disappear for some reason when you shoot them.

Bah.

Thanks again for the reply - it kind of cements my idea that I'm on the right track - just need to fix it somehow!

Cheers,

QS

quantumsheep

Woo! I'm still here!

This was my first ever post - forgive me, I'm in a nostalgic mood!

QS

quantumsheep

I look exactly the same though

There's a hideous and very old portrait of me in the attic of course

QS

quantumsheep

I think the apocalypse is on its way.

I've been online on the GameSalad forums for 666 hours :O

That's 27.75 days, for those interested!

Run! Run for the hills!

QS

Rattlehead

quantumsheep said:
That's 27.75 days, for those interested!

Is that for this month?

Cap

quantumsheep said:
I think the apocalypse is on its way.

I've been online on the GameSalad forums for 666 hours :O

That's 27.75 days, for those interested!

Run! Run for the hills!

QS

Must be true, as I'm listening to Iron Maiden at the moment. :-O

jstrahan

Isn't this an adult question lol

MotherHoose

jstrahan said:
Isn't this an adult question lol

@jstrahan....LOL..me, too! I was going to tell him to take a bath; fluff up his wool; put on cologne to mask the mutton smell; and head for the bars with a smile on his face and money in his account... of course if the bars are real low--he should duck or step over them.

MH

quantumsheep

What a wonderful smell I've discovered!

QS