How do I make the score reset when the player loses the game.

ashapiro914

Hi, I am making a game and I have a score attribute set up. I have a problem though, when you lose the game I need the score to reset back to 0. I havent found any posts or videos on how to do this. Any help would be apprecited.
Thanks,
Aaron

gyroscope

Hi Aaron; presumably you've got a boolean attribute for when the game is still running compared to when the game is lost. So let's call this boolean attribute GameLose set to its default false.

Your attribute for the score is an integer attribute, I guess. let's call this Score

Rule
When GameLose is false

When such and such happens in your game (whatever rule(s) you already have)
Change attribute Score to Score+10 -------or whatever added number you have

Otherwise

change attribute Score to 0
change attribute GameLose to false

Reset scene

That's basically it; hope you get it sorted.

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ashapiro914

I don't quiet understand.

Asobu_Games

Essentially you just have to make a rule so that when the game is lost change the score attribute to 0. What attribute do you have in place to tell when the game is lost? Do you have lives? If so then an example could be Rule: When Lives = 0, change attribute (score) to 0.

ashapiro914

I have the score going by a timer. Something like 1point every second.

ashapiro914

I have a tree and a few other things to dodge. The lose settings are, when actor collides with car change scene to lose.

Asobu_Games

Ok, so you could make more rules for the collision event:

When actor collides with car > change timer to 0 AND change score to 0 AND THEN change scene to 'lose'. You would also need to make it so the score only goes up when 'lose' = false, otherwise it will keep adding to the score on the lose scene.