Help? (Probably quite simple, just not to me.)

peachpellen

Hi guys,

Having an issue in a game I'm trying to make - basically it is this;

Actor may drink from 6 different vials.

Actor may drink any number of the vials; including 0 or 6.

Each combination results in a different next scene.

Actor drinks X vial(s) and then clicks a button.

The problem I am having is that when the button is pressed it does not always respond how I'd like; it is set up like this -

If red vial = true
blue vial = true
*insert other 4 vials here* = false
Go to X scene

I have around 10 of these rules so far, with if all = false going to scene Y

The problem is that often it will go to scene Y when it should be going to scene X.

Can anyone help me out here, please?

butterbean

When you put the rule in:

If red vial is true, and blue vial is true (insert other vials here=false)

do you put:

If ALL is true: ?

jmp909

you could probably simplify this hugely by using binary representation for your vials

111111
101001
etc

so...

redVial = 1 (point)
blueVial = 2 (points)
greenVial = 4
purpleVial = 8
orangeVial = 16
cyanVial = 32

then every time the player drinks a vial add it's points to game.potionDrunkAmount

then

if(game.potionDrunkAmount) = 1 changeScene ("Red Scene");
if(game.potionDrunkAmount) = 2 changeScene ("Blue Scene");
if(game.potionDrunkAmount) = 3 changeScene ("RedBlue Scene");
etc

I don't know how you're passing your "which vial is drunk" value around though

presumably if each actor is edited (instance unlocked) separately they can each have their own potionAmount value (relating to my Vial binary amounts above), and then possibly in the prototype you can have

when the vial actor receives mouse down
game.potionDrunkAmount = game.potionDrunkAmount + self.potionAmount

peachpellen

Butterbean: Yes; I do.

Jmp909: I think I might try that; integers have always been easier for me than booleans.

design219

This sounds like an intriguing game... care to share any details?

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Tickle Stones http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tickle-stones/id363484260?mt=8
Food Fight! (free) http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/food-fight/id352646643?mt=8

peachpellen

Thanks Design

I'm going to say no; not because of privacy fears but simply because I'm still not exactly sure what it is that I'm making - it is kind of doing its own thing. It still has no title and no plan behind it. ^-^; I don't even think it has a genre, yet.

quantumsheep

peachpellen said:
Thanks Design

I'm going to say no; not because of privacy fears but simply because I'm still not exactly sure what it is that I'm making - it is kind of doing its own thing. It still has no title and no plan behind it. ^-^; I don't even think it has a genre, yet.

It's a drinking game, surely?

(my favourite!)

QS

peachpellen

I want to make a drinking game - I have some ideas for one - but no, this is .... something else. I don't know what ^-^;

I started making it after I accidentally took expired Zoloft - so it's a bit trippy XD

design219

peachpellen said:
I started making it after I accidentally took expired Zoloft - so it's a bit trippy XD

Okay, now I can't wait!

Honestly, with the recent discussions about originality, I'm glad to see something forming more organically. There may be something like what you are talking about, but I'm not aware of it. Best of luck.

quantumsheep

I wrote 'Unbearably Wonderful' in a couple of hours while drunk...

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/unbearably-wonderful/id349893695?mt=8

Does that count???

QS

design219

Wow, QS, I just realized I never reviewed Unbearably Wonderful.

Fixed.

I'm looking forward to an update!

design219

...and how did it sell?

peachpellen

QS - I can't tell from the screenshots if it is depressing or awesome ^-^; When I get an iPhone I'll test it out; I'm still scraping together the money for one.

Design - I read the originality discussion; I'm currently working on 3 or 4 apps - one will likely be trashed; it just doesn't feel polished. So let's call it 3 - of those three, all very simple - 1 is a rip off of an old but popular game, but it will be free.

The other two are, I'd like to think - very original. They probably have been done; maybe - but I did think them up for myself. ^-^; Thanks.

Now I just have to hope that someone who can draw worth a damn doesn't come along and recreate them better than me XD

quantumsheep

@peachpellen - "I can't tell from the screenshots if it is depressing or awesome ^-^" - I like to think it's a bit of both!

@design219 - I sold enough to cover the cost of the beer that got me to make it in the first place. Seemed appropriate enough

QS

quantumsheep

Oh, and I forgot! You can see 'Unbearably Wonderful' for free here: http://gamesalad.com/game/play/33900

peachpellen

Thanks QS - will check it out after I shower