Old School

GingerBGames

Hello GS'ers,

Not sure if I can explain this well or not, but i'll try. I want to have my hero walk left and right. When he encounters a bad guy, I don't want him to be able to run off the screen and leave everyone. How would I get it to where when my hero encounters a bad guy he can move on the current screen, but he cannot leave the current screen until all bad guys are gone? Like the old NES games, or SNES games.

Thank you.

quantumsheep

Have a counter for bad guys.

Scoll background if bad guys >0

When a bad guy(s) appears on screen, change bad guys to bad guys +1

When you defeat a bad guy, change bad guys to bad guys -1

Hope that helps,

QS

GingerBGames

Hello Quantumsheep,

Thanks for the advise. However, in the particular game, I don't use a scrolling background, i'm laying the entire level out, so how would you do that if you don't mind?

quantumsheep

When a bad guy appears, put two invisible walls on either side of the screen.

Then have the player collide with them so he can't leave the screen.

When all bad guys are dead (equals 0 in other words) move the walls off the screen.

Cheers,

QS