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Posted: 10th Jun 2008 22:22 Edited at: 10th Jun 2008 22:47

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Hi,

I created a simple game in DarkBasic Pro, but there are some things that I want to do but I cannot work out how to do them. It is an asteroid game, central ship, missiles fire out of ship, ateroids are destroyed when missiles hit the asteroids.

These are the things that I want to do:

1. I want to add a counter! When an asteroid is detroyed, it should increase by one point each time. 1 points, 2 points, 3 points, etc should displayed in the top right hand corner of the screen.

2. My missile is in the wrong place! How can I make it come from the end point of the ship? I set the position but it didn't work!

3. I want to add different levels! (started this in non-working version, but couldn't get it to work!) Level one should be speed 0.5, level two 1.0 and level three 1.5.

4. I want to add a menu! In my non-working version I've actually done this but I cannot get it to work (kept the code in there). Pressing 1 should start the game on level one, pressing 2 should start the game on level two and pressing 3 should start the game on level 3. Pressing 4 should make a help menu come up and pressing 5 should make the game exit.

5. If an asteroid hits a ship, then a 'game over' message should come up, and it should return to the main menu.

6. After all asteroids have been destroyed it should go back to the main menu.

Please be as informative as possible when posting, I am an absoulte noob to all of this! If someone could do these for me, get it working and then post comments in the relevent areas so that I actually understand what is going on then that would be good also, and probably easier since otherwise its going to take ages for me to work it all out!

Working version:

REM ***** Main Source File *****
REM
#CONSTANT SHIP 1
#CONSTANT FIRSTMISSILE 101
#CONSTANT ASTEROID 51
#CONSTANT SPACE 9
REM *** CONSTANT IS SOMETHING THAT STAYS THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM - THE MAIN VALUE CHANGES EVERY OTHER VALUE WHEN IT IS REFFERED TO***
GLOBAL KEYPRESSED AS BYTE
GLOBAL ANGLE AS INTEGER
GLOBAL LASTFIRED AS INTEGER
GLOBAL MISSILENUMBER AS INTEGER
GLOBAL DIM MISSILEMOVES(9)
REM *** GLOBAL MEANS CAN BE SEEN BY ANY FUNCTION THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM - NOT JUST ONE ***
INITIALISEGAME()
DO
HANDLEKEYBOARD()
HANDLESHIP()
HANDLEMISSILES()
HANDLEASTEROIDS()
LOOP
WAIT KEY
END
FUNCTION HANDLEKEYBOARD()
   KEYPRESSED=0
   IF KEYSTATE(44)=1
   REM *** 44 IS THE VALUE OF Z - IF IT IS EQUAL TO 1 THEN IT HAS BEEN PRESSED ***
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%001
      ENDIF
      REM *** BINARY HAS TO BE USED SO THAT ZERO IS NOT RETURNED ***
   IF KEYSTATE(45)=1
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%010
      ENDIF
   IF KEYSTATE(57)=1
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%100
      ENDIF
ENDFUNCTION KEYPRESSED
REM *** SENDS VALUE BACK TO PROGRAM FROM FUNCTION - IN THIS CASE KEYPRESSED - HOWEVER ONLY ONE THING CAN BE PASSED BACK***
REM *** THE Z, X AND SPACE BAR ARE CONVERTED INTO THE BINARY SPECIFIED IN THIS FUNCTION***
FUNCTION HANDLESHIP()
PASTE IMAGE 9,0,0
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %001) > 0
      ANGLE = WRAPVALUE(ANGLE-5);
   ENDIF
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %010) > 0
      ANGLE = WRAPVALUE(ANGLE+5);
   ENDIF
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %100) > 0 AND TIMER() - LASTFIRED > 1000
      REM *** MAKES SURE THAT THERE IS A SECOND IN BETWEEN THE FIRING OF THE MISSILES ***
      LAUNCHMISSILE()
   ENDIF
   ROTATE SPRITE SHIP, ANGLE
   REM *** BOTH CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE TRUE FOR IF STATMENT TO WORK ***
   REM *** BOTH HAVE TO BE MORE THAN ZERO, ONE AND TWO FOR THE PRINT OUTCOME TO OCCUR ***
   REM *** WRAPVALUE TAKES AN ANGLE AND RETURNS ITS VALUE OF BETWEEN 0' AND 360 ***
   REM *** BECAUSE CONTINUOUS KEYBOARD VALUES ARE BEING USED, THE SHIP WILL CONTINUOUSLY ROTATE WHEN Z OR X IS PRESSED ***
ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION INITIALISEGAME()
   SET DISPLAY MODE 1024,768,32
   INK 1, 1
   REM *** THE SCREEN DISPLAY IN PIXELS IS SET HERE ***
   LOAD IMAGE "background.PNG", 9
   LOAD IMAGE "ship.PNG", 2
   REM *** THIS COMMAND LOADS THE SHIP IMAGE ***
   SPRITE SHIP, SCREEN WIDTH()/2, SCREEN HEIGHT()/2, 2
   OFFSET SPRITE SHIP, SPRITE WIDTH(SHIP)/2, SPRITE HEIGHT(SHIP)/2
   REM *** SETS THE IMAGE TO CENTRE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE IMAGE, RATHER THAN THE TOP LEFT ***
   LASTFIRE=TIMER()
   REM *** THIS SETS HOW MANY MISSILES CAN BE FIRED PER SECOND - TAKES VARIABLES FROM HANDLESHIP FUNCTION ***
   LOAD IMAGE "MISSILE.BMP",3
   MISSILENUMBER=FIRSTMISSILE
   FOR COUNT = 0 TO 9
      MISSILEMOVES(COUNT)=0
   NEXT COUNT
   CREATEASTEROID()
   STARTPOSITIONFORASTEROIDS()
ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION LAUNCHMISSILE()
   IF SPRITE EXIST(MISSILENUMBER)
      EXITFUNCTION
   ENDIF
   REM *** THIS IS USED BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO USE A NUMBER THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN USED - SEE LAST LINE OF CODE IN THIS FUNCTION ***
   REM *** PRINT "FIRE" ***
   SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE X(SHIP), SPRITE Y(SHIP),3
   OFFSET SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE WIDTH(MISSILENUMBER)/2, SPRITE HEIGHT(MISSILENUMBER)/2
   REM *** MOVES CO-ORDINATES FROM TOP LEFT OF SPRITE TO MIDDLE OF SPRITE ***
   ROTATE SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE ANGLE(SHIP)
   REM *** MAKES SURE THAT IT ROTATES WITH THE SPACESHIP ***
   MOVE SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, 30
   REM *** MOVES MISSILE BY 30 PIXELS ***
   REM INC MISSILENUMBER
   LASTFIRED = TIMER()
   MISSILENUMBER=MISSILENUMBER MOD 10 + FIRSTMISSILE
   REM *** DIV GIVES THE WHOLE NUMBER, MOD GIVES THE REMAINDER ***
   REM *** MAKES IT SO NUMBERS (MISSILES) CAN ONLY BE USED 10 TIMES. HOWEVER, ONCE THE MISSILE HAS GONE OF THE SCREEN IT CAN BE RE-USED ***
   ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION HANDLEMISSILES()
   FOR SPRITENUMBER=FIRSTMISSILE TO FIRSTMISSILE + 9
      IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENUMBER)
         MOVE SPRITE SPRITENUMBER,15
         REM *** THIS LINE SAYS THAT IF THE SPRITE EXISTS, THEN IT IS GOING TO BE MOVED BY 15 PIXELS EACH TIME ***
         SPRITEHIT = SPRITE HIT(SPRITENUMBER, 0)
         REM *** USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ONE SPRITE HAS HIT ANOTHER ***
            IF SPRITEHIT >1
            REM *** IF SPRITE HIT IS ONE IT WILL DELETE SPIRTEHIT ***
               DELETE SPRITE SPRITEHIT
               DELETE SPRITE SPRITENUMBER
               POST = SPRITENUMBER - FIRSTMISSILE
               MISSILEMOVES(POST)=0
               ELSE
         POST = SPRITENUMBER - FIRSTMISSILE
         INC MISSILEMOVES(POST)
             IF MISSILEMOVES(POST)>=40
         DELETE SPRITE (SPRITENUMBER)
      MISSILEMOVES(POST)=0
      ENDIF
      REM *** POST IS JUST A VARIABLE CREATED ***
      REM *** THIS SAYS THAT WHEN THE MISSILE IS FIRED, THE SPRITE WILL BE DELETED WHEN IT MOVES 40 TIMES THE PREVIOUSLY SPECIFIED 15 PIXELS. AKA - 40*15 WHICH EQUILS 600 ***
      REM *** WHEN THE MISSILE HAS MOVED 600 PIXLES, AND OVER THE END OF THE SCREEN, IT WILL BE DELETED. THIS ALLOWS THE USER TO THEN RE-FIRE A MISSILE ONCE IT HAS DISSAPEARED OF THE SCREEN ***
   ENDIF
   ENDIF
   NEXT SPRITENUMBER
ENDFUNCTION

REM *** AN ARRAY OCCURS IN ALL LANGUAGES NOT JUST DB - IT IS A DATATYPE CAPABLE OF HOLDING MORE THAN ONE VALUE ***

function createasteroid()
Create animated sprite asteroid, "asteroid.jpg",4,4,1
REM *** CALLS THE ASTEROID SPRITE ***
sprite asteroid, 640,500,1

offset sprite asteroid, sprite width(asteroid)/2, sprite height(asteroid)/2
randomize timer()
REM *** RANDOMIZES THE ASTEROID SPIRTE - TIMER ACTS LIKE A SEED***
for spriteno=asteroid+1 to asteroid+9
   clone sprite asteroid, spriteno
   REM *** CLONES THE CONSTANT ASTEROID***
next spriteno
endfunction

function startpositionforasteroids()

REM *** BELOW SETS THE STARTING POSITIONS FOR THE ASTEROID SPRITES ***
for spriteno=asteroid to asteroid+9
side=rnd(3)
select side
case 0
   x=rnd(screen width())
   y=0
   angle=rnd(180)+90
endcase

case 1
   x=screen width()
   y=rnd(screen height())
   angle=rnd(180)+180
endcase

case 2
   x=rnd(screen width())
   y=screen height()
   angle=rnd(180)+270
endcase

case 3
   x=0
   y=rnd(screen height())
   angle=rnd(180)
endcase

endselect
rotate sprite spriteno,angle
REM *** MAKES THE SPRITE ROTATE ***
sprite spriteno,x,y,1
next spriteno
endfunction

function handleasteroids()
   for spriteno = asteroid to asteroid+9
   IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENO)

REM *** CALLS ASTEROIDS INCASE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DESTROID ***
   move sprite spriteno,2.0
   REM *** SETS SPEED OF MOVING SPRITE ***
   if sprite Y(spriteno) <0
      sprite spriteno,sprite X(spriteno), screen height(),1
   endif
   if sprite y(spriteno)> screen height()
      sprite spriteno, sprite x(spriteno),0,1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)<0
      sprite spriteno, screen width(), sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)>screen width ()
      sprite spriteno,0,sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   REM *** ABOVE WRAPS THE SPIRES AROUND THE SCREEN - WHEN ONE DISSAPEARS ANOTHER ENTERS***
   play sprite spriteno,1,16,100
   ENDIF
   next spriteno
endfunction

+ Code Snippet

REM ***** Main Source File *****
REM
#CONSTANT SHIP 1
#CONSTANT FIRSTMISSILE 101
#CONSTANT ASTEROID 51
#CONSTANT SPACE 9
REM *** CONSTANT IS SOMETHING THAT STAYS THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM - THE MAIN VALUE CHANGES EVERY OTHER VALUE WHEN IT IS REFFERED TO***
GLOBAL KEYPRESSED AS BYTE
GLOBAL ANGLE AS INTEGER
GLOBAL LASTFIRED AS INTEGER
GLOBAL MISSILENUMBER AS INTEGER
GLOBAL DIM MISSILEMOVES(9)
REM *** GLOBAL MEANS CAN BE SEEN BY ANY FUNCTION THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM - NOT JUST ONE ***
INITIALISEGAME()
DO
HANDLEKEYBOARD()
HANDLESHIP()
HANDLEMISSILES()
HANDLEASTEROIDS()
LOOP
WAIT KEY
END
FUNCTION HANDLEKEYBOARD()
   KEYPRESSED=0
   IF KEYSTATE(44)=1
   REM *** 44 IS THE VALUE OF Z - IF IT IS EQUAL TO 1 THEN IT HAS BEEN PRESSED ***
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%001
      ENDIF
      REM *** BINARY HAS TO BE USED SO THAT ZERO IS NOT RETURNED ***
   IF KEYSTATE(45)=1
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%010
      ENDIF
   IF KEYSTATE(57)=1
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%100
      ENDIF
ENDFUNCTION KEYPRESSED
REM *** SENDS VALUE BACK TO PROGRAM FROM FUNCTION - IN THIS CASE KEYPRESSED - HOWEVER ONLY ONE THING CAN BE PASSED BACK***
REM *** THE Z, X AND SPACE BAR ARE CONVERTED INTO THE BINARY SPECIFIED IN THIS FUNCTION***
FUNCTION HANDLESHIP()
PASTE IMAGE 9,0,0
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %001) > 0
      ANGLE = WRAPVALUE(ANGLE-5);
   ENDIF
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %010) > 0
      ANGLE = WRAPVALUE(ANGLE+5);
   ENDIF
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %100) > 0 AND TIMER() - LASTFIRED > 1000
      REM *** MAKES SURE THAT THERE IS A SECOND IN BETWEEN THE FIRING OF THE MISSILES ***
      LAUNCHMISSILE()
   ENDIF
   ROTATE SPRITE SHIP, ANGLE
   REM *** BOTH CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE TRUE FOR IF STATMENT TO WORK ***
   REM *** BOTH HAVE TO BE MORE THAN ZERO, ONE AND TWO FOR THE PRINT OUTCOME TO OCCUR ***
   REM *** WRAPVALUE TAKES AN ANGLE AND RETURNS ITS VALUE OF BETWEEN 0' AND 360 ***
   REM *** BECAUSE CONTINUOUS KEYBOARD VALUES ARE BEING USED, THE SHIP WILL CONTINUOUSLY ROTATE WHEN Z OR X IS PRESSED ***
ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION INITIALISEGAME()
   SET DISPLAY MODE 1024,768,32
   INK 1, 1
   REM *** THE SCREEN DISPLAY IN PIXELS IS SET HERE ***
   LOAD IMAGE "background.PNG", 9
   LOAD IMAGE "ship.PNG", 2
   REM *** THIS COMMAND LOADS THE SHIP IMAGE ***
   SPRITE SHIP, SCREEN WIDTH()/2, SCREEN HEIGHT()/2, 2
   OFFSET SPRITE SHIP, SPRITE WIDTH(SHIP)/2, SPRITE HEIGHT(SHIP)/2
   REM *** SETS THE IMAGE TO CENTRE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE IMAGE, RATHER THAN THE TOP LEFT ***
   LASTFIRE=TIMER()
   REM *** THIS SETS HOW MANY MISSILES CAN BE FIRED PER SECOND - TAKES VARIABLES FROM HANDLESHIP FUNCTION ***
   LOAD IMAGE "MISSILE.BMP",3
   MISSILENUMBER=FIRSTMISSILE
   FOR COUNT = 0 TO 9
      MISSILEMOVES(COUNT)=0
   NEXT COUNT
   CREATEASTEROID()
   STARTPOSITIONFORASTEROIDS()
ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION LAUNCHMISSILE()
   IF SPRITE EXIST(MISSILENUMBER)
      EXITFUNCTION
   ENDIF
   REM *** THIS IS USED BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO USE A NUMBER THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN USED - SEE LAST LINE OF CODE IN THIS FUNCTION ***
   REM *** PRINT "FIRE" ***
   SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE X(SHIP), SPRITE Y(SHIP),3
   OFFSET SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE WIDTH(MISSILENUMBER)/2, SPRITE HEIGHT(MISSILENUMBER)/2
   REM *** MOVES CO-ORDINATES FROM TOP LEFT OF SPRITE TO MIDDLE OF SPRITE ***
   ROTATE SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE ANGLE(SHIP)
   REM *** MAKES SURE THAT IT ROTATES WITH THE SPACESHIP ***
   MOVE SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, 30
   REM *** MOVES MISSILE BY 30 PIXELS ***
   REM INC MISSILENUMBER
   LASTFIRED = TIMER()
   MISSILENUMBER=MISSILENUMBER MOD 10 + FIRSTMISSILE
   REM *** DIV GIVES THE WHOLE NUMBER, MOD GIVES THE REMAINDER ***
   REM *** MAKES IT SO NUMBERS (MISSILES) CAN ONLY BE USED 10 TIMES. HOWEVER, ONCE THE MISSILE HAS GONE OF THE SCREEN IT CAN BE RE-USED ***
   ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION HANDLEMISSILES()
   FOR SPRITENUMBER=FIRSTMISSILE TO FIRSTMISSILE + 9
      IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENUMBER)
         MOVE SPRITE SPRITENUMBER,15
         REM *** THIS LINE SAYS THAT IF THE SPRITE EXISTS, THEN IT IS GOING TO BE MOVED BY 15 PIXELS EACH TIME ***
         SPRITEHIT = SPRITE HIT(SPRITENUMBER, 0)
         REM *** USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ONE SPRITE HAS HIT ANOTHER ***
            IF SPRITEHIT >1
            REM *** IF SPRITE HIT IS ONE IT WILL DELETE SPIRTEHIT ***
               DELETE SPRITE SPRITEHIT
               DELETE SPRITE SPRITENUMBER
               POST = SPRITENUMBER - FIRSTMISSILE
               MISSILEMOVES(POST)=0
               ELSE
         POST = SPRITENUMBER - FIRSTMISSILE
         INC MISSILEMOVES(POST)
             IF MISSILEMOVES(POST)>=40
         DELETE SPRITE (SPRITENUMBER)
      MISSILEMOVES(POST)=0
      ENDIF
      REM *** POST IS JUST A VARIABLE CREATED ***
      REM *** THIS SAYS THAT WHEN THE MISSILE IS FIRED, THE SPRITE WILL BE DELETED WHEN IT MOVES 40 TIMES THE PREVIOUSLY SPECIFIED 15 PIXELS. AKA - 40*15 WHICH EQUILS 600 ***
      REM *** WHEN THE MISSILE HAS MOVED 600 PIXLES, AND OVER THE END OF THE SCREEN, IT WILL BE DELETED. THIS ALLOWS THE USER TO THEN RE-FIRE A MISSILE ONCE IT HAS DISSAPEARED OF THE SCREEN ***
   ENDIF
   ENDIF
   NEXT SPRITENUMBER
ENDFUNCTION

REM *** AN ARRAY OCCURS IN ALL LANGUAGES NOT JUST DB - IT IS A DATATYPE CAPABLE OF HOLDING MORE THAN ONE VALUE ***

function createasteroid()
Create animated sprite asteroid, "asteroid.jpg",4,4,1
REM *** CALLS THE ASTEROID SPRITE ***
sprite asteroid, 640,500,1

offset sprite asteroid, sprite width(asteroid)/2, sprite height(asteroid)/2
randomize timer()
REM *** RANDOMIZES THE ASTEROID SPIRTE - TIMER ACTS LIKE A SEED***
for spriteno=asteroid+1 to asteroid+9
   clone sprite asteroid, spriteno
   REM *** CLONES THE CONSTANT ASTEROID***
next spriteno
endfunction

function startpositionforasteroids()

REM *** BELOW SETS THE STARTING POSITIONS FOR THE ASTEROID SPRITES ***
for spriteno=asteroid to asteroid+9
side=rnd(3)
select side
case 0
   x=rnd(screen width())
   y=0
   angle=rnd(180)+90
endcase

case 1
   x=screen width()
   y=rnd(screen height())
   angle=rnd(180)+180
endcase

case 2
   x=rnd(screen width())
   y=screen height()
   angle=rnd(180)+270
endcase

case 3
   x=0
   y=rnd(screen height())
   angle=rnd(180)
endcase

endselect
rotate sprite spriteno,angle
REM *** MAKES THE SPRITE ROTATE ***
sprite spriteno,x,y,1
next spriteno
endfunction

function handleasteroids()
   for spriteno = asteroid to asteroid+9
   IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENO)

   REM *** CALLS ASTEROIDS INCASE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DESTROID ***
   move sprite spriteno,2.0
   REM *** SETS SPEED OF MOVING SPRITE ***
   if sprite Y(spriteno) <0
      sprite spriteno,sprite X(spriteno), screen height(),1
   endif
   if sprite y(spriteno)> screen height()
      sprite spriteno, sprite x(spriteno),0,1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)<0
      sprite spriteno, screen width(), sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)>screen width ()
      sprite spriteno,0,sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   REM *** ABOVE WRAPS THE SPIRES AROUND THE SCREEN - WHEN ONE DISSAPEARS ANOTHER ENTERS***
   play sprite spriteno,1,16,100
   ENDIF
   next spriteno
endfunction

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Non-working version:

REM ***** Main Source File *****
REM
#CONSTANT SHIP 1
#CONSTANT FIRSTMISSILE 101
#CONSTANT ASTEROID 51
REM *** CONSTANT IS SOMETHING THAT STAYS THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM - THE MAIN VALUE CHANGES EVERY OTHER VALUE WHEN IT IS REFFERED TO***
GLOBAL KEYPRESSED AS BYTE
GLOBAL ANGLE AS INTEGER
GLOBAL LASTFIRED AS INTEGER
GLOBAL MISSILENUMBER AS INTEGER
GLOBAL DIM MISSILEMOVES(9)
REM *** GLOBAL MEANS CAN BE SEEN BY ANY FUNCTION THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM - NOT JUST ONE ***
valinput = menu()
 if valinput = 1
INITIALISEGAME()
DO
HANDLEKEYBOARD()
HANDLESHIP()
HANDLEMISSILES()
HANDLEASTEROIDS()
if valinput = 2
INITIALISEGAME()
DO
HANDLEKEYBOARD()
HANDLESHIP()
HANDLEMISSILES()
HANDLEASTEROIDS2()
if valinput = 3
INITIALISEGAME()
DO
HANDLEKEYBOARD()
HANDLESHIP()
HANDLEMISSILES()
HANDLEASTEROIDS3()
LOOP
ENDIF
REM *** DETERMINING WHETHER TO EXIT PROGRAM, GO TO HELP MENU OR START PROGRAM DEPENDING ON USER CHOICE ***
 if valinput = 4
    help()
 endif
  if valinput = 5
      end
 endif
until valinput = 5
WAIT KEY
END
FUNCTION HANDLEKEYBOARD()
   KEYPRESSED=0
   IF KEYSTATE(44)=1
   REM *** 44 IS THE VALUE OF Z - IF IT IS EQUAL TO 1 THEN IT HAS BEEN PRESSED ***
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%001
      ENDIF
      REM *** BINARY HAS TO BE USED SO THAT ZERO IS NOT RETURNED ***
   IF KEYSTATE(45)=1
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%010
      ENDIF
   IF KEYSTATE(57)=1
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%100
      ENDIF
ENDFUNCTION KEYPRESSED
REM *** SENDS VALUE BACK TO PROGRAM FROM FUNCTION - IN THIS CASE KEYPRESSED - HOWEVER ONLY ONE THING CAN BE PASSED BACK***
REM *** THE Z, X AND SPACE BAR ARE CONVERTED INTO THE BINARY SPECIFIED IN THIS FUNCTION***
FUNCTION HANDLESHIP()
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %001) > 0
      ANGLE = WRAPVALUE(ANGLE-5);
   ENDIF
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %010) > 0
      ANGLE = WRAPVALUE(ANGLE+5);
   ENDIF
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %100) > 0 AND TIMER() - LASTFIRED > 500
      REM *** MAKES SURE THAT THERE IS A SECOND IN BETWEEN THE FIRING OF THE MISSILES ***
      LAUNCHMISSILE()
   ENDIF
   ROTATE SPRITE SHIP, ANGLE
   REM *** BOTH CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE TRUE FOR IF STATMENT TO WORK ***
   REM *** BOTH HAVE TO BE MORE THAN ZERO, ONE AND TWO FOR THE PRINT OUTCOME TO OCCUR ***
   REM *** WRAPVALUE TAKES AN ANGLE AND RETURNS ITS VALUE OF BETWEEN 0' AND 360 ***
   REM *** BECAUSE CONTINUOUS KEYBOARD VALUES ARE BEING USED, THE SHIP WILL CONTINUOUSLY ROTATE WHEN Z OR X IS PRESSED ***
ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION INITIALISEGAME()
   SET DISPLAY MODE 1024,768,32
   REM *** THE SCREEN DISPLAY IN PIXELS IS SET HERE ***
   COLOR BACKDROP 1
   LOAD IMAGE "SHIP.JPG", 2
   REM *** THIS COMMAND LOADS THE SHIP IMAGE ***
   SPRITE SHIP, SCREEN WIDTH()/2, SCREEN HEIGHT()/2, 2
   OFFSET SPRITE SHIP, SPRITE WIDTH(SHIP)/2, SPRITE HEIGHT(SHIP)/2
   REM *** SETS THE IMAGE TO CENTRE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE IMAGE, RATHER THAN THE TOP LEFT ***
   LASTFIRE=TIMER()
   REM *** THIS SETS HOW MANY MISSILES CAN BE FIRED PER SECOND - TAKES VARIABLES FROM HANDLESHIP FUNCTION ***
   LOAD IMAGE "MISSILE.BMP",3
   MISSILENUMBER=FIRSTMISSILE
   FOR COUNT = 0 TO 9
      MISSILEMOVES(COUNT)=0
   NEXT COUNT
   CREATEASTEROID()
   STARTPOSITIONFORASTEROIDS()
ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION LAUNCHMISSILE()
   IF SPRITE EXIST(MISSILENUMBER)
      EXITFUNCTION
   ENDIF
   REM *** THIS IS USED BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO USE A NUMBER THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN USED - SEE LAST LINE OF CODE IN THIS FUNCTION ***
   REM *** PRINT "FIRE" ***
   SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE X(SHIP), SPRITE Y(SHIP),3
   OFFSET SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE WIDTH(MISSILENUMBER)/2, SPRITE HEIGHT(MISSILENUMBER)/2
   REM *** MOVES CO-ORDINATES FROM TOP LEFT OF SPRITE TO MIDDLE OF SPRITE ***
   ROTATE SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE ANGLE(SHIP)
   REM *** MAKES SURE THAT IT ROTATES WITH THE SPACESHIP ***
   MOVE SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, 30
   REM *** MOVES MISSILE BY 30 PIXELS ***
   REM INC MISSILENUMBER
   LASTFIRED = TIMER()
   MISSILENUMBER=MISSILENUMBER MOD 10 + FIRSTMISSILE
   REM *** DIV GIVES THE WHOLE NUMBER, MOD GIVES THE REMAINDER ***
   REM *** MAKES IT SO NUMBERS (MISSILES) CAN ONLY BE USED 10 TIMES. HOWEVER, ONCE THE MISSILE HAS GONE OF THE SCREEN IT CAN BE RE-USED ***
   ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION HANDLEMISSILES()
   FOR SPRITENUMBER=FIRSTMISSILE TO FIRSTMISSILE + 9
      IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENUMBER)
         MOVE SPRITE SPRITENUMBER,15
         REM *** THIS LINE SAYS THAT IF THE SPRITE EXISTS, THEN IT IS GOING TO BE MOVED BY 15 PIXELS EACH TIME ***
         SPRITEHIT = SPRITE HIT(SPRITENUMBER, 0)
         REM *** USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ONE SPRITE HAS HIT ANOTHER ***
            IF SPRITEHIT >1
            REM *** IF SPRITE HIT IS ONE IT WILL DELETE SPIRTEHIT ***
               DELETE SPRITE SPRITEHIT
               DELETE SPRITE SPRITENUMBER
               POST = SPRITENUMBER - FIRSTMISSILE
               MISSILEMOVES(POST)=0
               ELSE
         POST = SPRITENUMBER - FIRSTMISSILE
         INC MISSILEMOVES(POST)
             IF MISSILEMOVES(POST)>=40
         DELETE SPRITE (SPRITENUMBER)
      MISSILEMOVES(POST)=0
      ENDIF
      REM *** POST IS JUST A VARIABLE CREATED ***
      REM *** THIS SAYS THAT WHEN THE MISSILE IS FIRED, THE SPRITE WILL BE DELETED WHEN IT MOVES 40 TIMES THE PREVIOUSLY SPECIFIED 15 PIXELS. AKA - 40*15 WHICH EQUILS 600 ***
      REM *** WHEN THE MISSILE HAS MOVED 600 PIXLES, AND OVER THE END OF THE SCREEN, IT WILL BE DELETED. THIS ALLOWS THE USER TO THEN RE-FIRE A MISSILE ONCE IT HAS DISSAPEARED OF THE SCREEN ***
   ENDIF
   ENDIF
   NEXT SPRITENUMBER
ENDFUNCTION

REM *** AN ARRAY OCCURS IN ALL LANGUAGES NOT JUST DB - IT IS A DATATYPE CAPABLE OF HOLDING MORE THAN ONE VALUE ***

function createasteroid()
Create animated sprite asteroid, "asteroid.jpg",4,4,1
REM *** CALLS THE ASTEROID SPRITE ***
sprite asteroid, 640,500,1

offset sprite asteroid, sprite width(asteroid)/2, sprite height(asteroid)/2
randomize timer()
REM *** RANDOMIZES THE ASTEROID SPIRTE - TIMER ACTS LIKE A SEED***
for spriteno=asteroid+1 to asteroid+9
   clone sprite asteroid, spriteno
   REM *** CLONES THE CONSTANT ASTEROID***
next spriteno
endfunction

function startpositionforasteroids()

REM *** BELOW SETS THE STARTING POSITIONS FOR THE ASTEROID SPRITES ***
for spriteno=asteroid to asteroid+9
side=rnd(3)
select side
case 0
   x=rnd(screen width())
   y=0
   angle=rnd(180)+90
endcase

case 1
   x=screen width()
   y=rnd(screen height())
   angle=rnd(180)+180
endcase

case 2
   x=rnd(screen width())
   y=screen height()
   angle=rnd(180)+270
endcase

case 3
   x=0
   y=rnd(screen height())
   angle=rnd(180)
endcase

endselect
rotate sprite spriteno,angle
REM *** MAKES THE SPRITE ROTATE ***
sprite spriteno,x,y,1
next spriteno
endfunction

function handleasteroids()
   for spriteno = asteroid to asteroid+9
   IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENO)

REM *** CALLS ASTEROIDS INCASE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DESTROID ***
   move sprite spriteno,0.5
   REM *** SETS SPEED OF MOVING SPRITE ***
   if sprite Y(spriteno) <0
      sprite spriteno,sprite X(spriteno), screen height(),1
   endif
   if sprite y(spriteno)> screen height()
      sprite spriteno, sprite x(spriteno),0,1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)<0
      sprite spriteno, screen width(), sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)>screen width ()
      sprite spriteno,0,sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   REM *** ABOVE WRAPS THE SPIRES AROUND THE SCREEN - WHEN ONE DISSAPEARS ANOTHER ENTERS***
   play sprite spriteno,1,16,100
   ENDIF
   next spriteno
endfunction

function handleasteroids2()
   for spriteno = asteroid to asteroid+9
   IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENO)

REM *** CALLS ASTEROIDS INCASE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DESTROID ***
   move sprite spriteno,1.0
   REM *** SETS SPEED OF MOVING SPRITE ***
   if sprite Y(spriteno) <0
      sprite spriteno,sprite X(spriteno), screen height(),1
   endif
   if sprite y(spriteno)> screen height()
      sprite spriteno, sprite x(spriteno),0,1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)<0
      sprite spriteno, screen width(), sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)>screen width ()
      sprite spriteno,0,sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   REM *** ABOVE WRAPS THE SPIRES AROUND THE SCREEN - WHEN ONE DISSAPEARS ANOTHER ENTERS***
   play sprite spriteno,1,16,100
   ENDIF
   next spriteno
endfunction

function handleasteroids3()
   for spriteno = asteroid to asteroid+9
   IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENO)

REM *** CALLS ASTEROIDS INCASE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DESTROID ***
   move sprite spriteno,1.5
   REM *** SETS SPEED OF MOVING SPRITE ***
   if sprite Y(spriteno) <0
      sprite spriteno,sprite X(spriteno), screen height(),1
   endif
   if sprite y(spriteno)> screen height()
      sprite spriteno, sprite x(spriteno),0,1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)<0
      sprite spriteno, screen width(), sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)>screen width ()
      sprite spriteno,0,sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   REM *** ABOVE WRAPS THE SPIRES AROUND THE SCREEN - WHEN ONE DISSAPEARS ANOTHER ENTERS***
   play sprite spriteno,1,16,100
   ENDIF
   next spriteno
endfunction

function menu()
REPEAT
CLS
   SET CURSOR 260,200
   REM *** SETTING POSITION OF CURSOR ON SCREEN ***
   SET TEXT TO BOLD
   SET TEXT FONT "ARIAL"
   SET TEXT SIZE 30
   INK RGB(0,255,0), 1
   REM *** SETTING FOREGROUND COLOUR AND BACKGROUND COLOUR ***
      PRINT "MENU"

SET CURSOR 260,230
   SET TEXT SIZE 15
   INK RGB(255,0,0),1
      PRINT "1. START GAME - LEVEL ONE"

SET CURSOR 260,240
   SET TEXT SIZE 15
   INK RGB(0,0,255),1
      PRINT "2. START GAME - LEVEL TWO"

SET CURSOR 260,250
   SET TEXT SIZE 15
   INK RGB(255,255,0),1
      PRINT "3. START GAME - LEVEL THREE"

SET CURSOR 260,260
   SET TEXT SIZE 15
   INK RGB(255,255,255),1
      PRINT "4. HELP"

SET CURSOR 260,270
   SET TEXT SIZE 15
   INK RGB(0,255,0),1
      PRINT "5. EXIT"

REM *** INPUTS ARE VALIDATED HERE BY THE PROGRAM ***
   SET CURSOR 260,290
      INPUT "PLEASE CHOOSE A NUMBER  ", INPUT$
         LENINPUT = LEN (INPUT$)
         REM *** LENINPUT is storing the length of the input. ***
            VALINPUT = VAL (INPUT$)
            REM *** VALINPUT stores the validated result of the input. ***
               STRVALINPUT$ = STR$(VALINPUT)
              REM *** STRVALINPUT$ converts the validated input back to a sting. ***
                  LENSTRVALINPUT = LEN(STRVALINPUT$)
                  REM *** Holds the length of the validated string. ***

IF LENSTRVALINPUT<>LENINPUT OR VALINPUT <1 OR VALINPUT >3
      SET CURSOR 260,310
      PRINT "ERROR"
      WAIT KEY
   ENDIF

UNTIL LENSTRVALINPUT = LENINPUT AND VALINPUT >0 AND VALINPUT <4
endfunction valinput

function help()

print "hello"
  REM *** PRINTS USER HELP MENU ***
  wait key
ENDFUNCTION

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REM ***** Main Source File *****
REM
#CONSTANT SHIP 1
#CONSTANT FIRSTMISSILE 101
#CONSTANT ASTEROID 51
REM *** CONSTANT IS SOMETHING THAT STAYS THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM - THE MAIN VALUE CHANGES EVERY OTHER VALUE WHEN IT IS REFFERED TO***
GLOBAL KEYPRESSED AS BYTE
GLOBAL ANGLE AS INTEGER
GLOBAL LASTFIRED AS INTEGER
GLOBAL MISSILENUMBER AS INTEGER
GLOBAL DIM MISSILEMOVES(9)
REM *** GLOBAL MEANS CAN BE SEEN BY ANY FUNCTION THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM - NOT JUST ONE ***
valinput = menu()
 if valinput = 1
INITIALISEGAME()
DO
HANDLEKEYBOARD()
HANDLESHIP()
HANDLEMISSILES()
HANDLEASTEROIDS()
if valinput = 2
INITIALISEGAME()
DO
HANDLEKEYBOARD()
HANDLESHIP()
HANDLEMISSILES()
HANDLEASTEROIDS2()
if valinput = 3
INITIALISEGAME()
DO
HANDLEKEYBOARD()
HANDLESHIP()
HANDLEMISSILES()
HANDLEASTEROIDS3()
LOOP
ENDIF
REM *** DETERMINING WHETHER TO EXIT PROGRAM, GO TO HELP MENU OR START PROGRAM DEPENDING ON USER CHOICE ***
 if valinput = 4
    help()
 endif
  if valinput = 5
      end
 endif
until valinput = 5
WAIT KEY
END
FUNCTION HANDLEKEYBOARD()
   KEYPRESSED=0
   IF KEYSTATE(44)=1
   REM *** 44 IS THE VALUE OF Z - IF IT IS EQUAL TO 1 THEN IT HAS BEEN PRESSED ***
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%001
      ENDIF
      REM *** BINARY HAS TO BE USED SO THAT ZERO IS NOT RETURNED ***
   IF KEYSTATE(45)=1
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%010
      ENDIF
   IF KEYSTATE(57)=1
      KEYPRESSED=KEYPRESSED||%100
      ENDIF
ENDFUNCTION KEYPRESSED
REM *** SENDS VALUE BACK TO PROGRAM FROM FUNCTION - IN THIS CASE KEYPRESSED - HOWEVER ONLY ONE THING CAN BE PASSED BACK***
REM *** THE Z, X AND SPACE BAR ARE CONVERTED INTO THE BINARY SPECIFIED IN THIS FUNCTION***
FUNCTION HANDLESHIP()
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %001) > 0
      ANGLE = WRAPVALUE(ANGLE-5);
   ENDIF
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %010) > 0
      ANGLE = WRAPVALUE(ANGLE+5);
   ENDIF
   IF (KEYPRESSED && %100) > 0 AND TIMER() - LASTFIRED > 500
      REM *** MAKES SURE THAT THERE IS A SECOND IN BETWEEN THE FIRING OF THE MISSILES ***
      LAUNCHMISSILE()
   ENDIF
   ROTATE SPRITE SHIP, ANGLE
   REM *** BOTH CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE TRUE FOR IF STATMENT TO WORK ***
   REM *** BOTH HAVE TO BE MORE THAN ZERO, ONE AND TWO FOR THE PRINT OUTCOME TO OCCUR ***
   REM *** WRAPVALUE TAKES AN ANGLE AND RETURNS ITS VALUE OF BETWEEN 0' AND 360 ***
   REM *** BECAUSE CONTINUOUS KEYBOARD VALUES ARE BEING USED, THE SHIP WILL CONTINUOUSLY ROTATE WHEN Z OR X IS PRESSED ***
ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION INITIALISEGAME()
   SET DISPLAY MODE 1024,768,32
   REM *** THE SCREEN DISPLAY IN PIXELS IS SET HERE ***
   COLOR BACKDROP 1
   LOAD IMAGE "SHIP.JPG", 2
   REM *** THIS COMMAND LOADS THE SHIP IMAGE ***
   SPRITE SHIP, SCREEN WIDTH()/2, SCREEN HEIGHT()/2, 2
   OFFSET SPRITE SHIP, SPRITE WIDTH(SHIP)/2, SPRITE HEIGHT(SHIP)/2
   REM *** SETS THE IMAGE TO CENTRE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE IMAGE, RATHER THAN THE TOP LEFT ***
   LASTFIRE=TIMER()
   REM *** THIS SETS HOW MANY MISSILES CAN BE FIRED PER SECOND - TAKES VARIABLES FROM HANDLESHIP FUNCTION ***
   LOAD IMAGE "MISSILE.BMP",3
   MISSILENUMBER=FIRSTMISSILE
   FOR COUNT = 0 TO 9
      MISSILEMOVES(COUNT)=0
   NEXT COUNT
   CREATEASTEROID()
   STARTPOSITIONFORASTEROIDS()
ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION LAUNCHMISSILE()
   IF SPRITE EXIST(MISSILENUMBER)
      EXITFUNCTION
   ENDIF
   REM *** THIS IS USED BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO USE A NUMBER THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN USED - SEE LAST LINE OF CODE IN THIS FUNCTION ***
   REM *** PRINT "FIRE" ***
   SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE X(SHIP), SPRITE Y(SHIP),3
   OFFSET SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE WIDTH(MISSILENUMBER)/2, SPRITE HEIGHT(MISSILENUMBER)/2
   REM *** MOVES CO-ORDINATES FROM TOP LEFT OF SPRITE TO MIDDLE OF SPRITE ***
   ROTATE SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, SPRITE ANGLE(SHIP)
   REM *** MAKES SURE THAT IT ROTATES WITH THE SPACESHIP ***
   MOVE SPRITE MISSILENUMBER, 30
   REM *** MOVES MISSILE BY 30 PIXELS ***
   REM INC MISSILENUMBER
   LASTFIRED = TIMER()
   MISSILENUMBER=MISSILENUMBER MOD 10 + FIRSTMISSILE
   REM *** DIV GIVES THE WHOLE NUMBER, MOD GIVES THE REMAINDER ***
   REM *** MAKES IT SO NUMBERS (MISSILES) CAN ONLY BE USED 10 TIMES. HOWEVER, ONCE THE MISSILE HAS GONE OF THE SCREEN IT CAN BE RE-USED ***
   ENDFUNCTION

FUNCTION HANDLEMISSILES()
   FOR SPRITENUMBER=FIRSTMISSILE TO FIRSTMISSILE + 9
      IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENUMBER)
         MOVE SPRITE SPRITENUMBER,15
         REM *** THIS LINE SAYS THAT IF THE SPRITE EXISTS, THEN IT IS GOING TO BE MOVED BY 15 PIXELS EACH TIME ***
         SPRITEHIT = SPRITE HIT(SPRITENUMBER, 0)
         REM *** USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ONE SPRITE HAS HIT ANOTHER ***
            IF SPRITEHIT >1
            REM *** IF SPRITE HIT IS ONE IT WILL DELETE SPIRTEHIT ***
               DELETE SPRITE SPRITEHIT
               DELETE SPRITE SPRITENUMBER
               POST = SPRITENUMBER - FIRSTMISSILE
               MISSILEMOVES(POST)=0
               ELSE
         POST = SPRITENUMBER - FIRSTMISSILE
         INC MISSILEMOVES(POST)
             IF MISSILEMOVES(POST)>=40
         DELETE SPRITE (SPRITENUMBER)
      MISSILEMOVES(POST)=0
      ENDIF
      REM *** POST IS JUST A VARIABLE CREATED ***
      REM *** THIS SAYS THAT WHEN THE MISSILE IS FIRED, THE SPRITE WILL BE DELETED WHEN IT MOVES 40 TIMES THE PREVIOUSLY SPECIFIED 15 PIXELS. AKA - 40*15 WHICH EQUILS 600 ***
      REM *** WHEN THE MISSILE HAS MOVED 600 PIXLES, AND OVER THE END OF THE SCREEN, IT WILL BE DELETED. THIS ALLOWS THE USER TO THEN RE-FIRE A MISSILE ONCE IT HAS DISSAPEARED OF THE SCREEN ***
   ENDIF
   ENDIF
   NEXT SPRITENUMBER
ENDFUNCTION

REM *** AN ARRAY OCCURS IN ALL LANGUAGES NOT JUST DB - IT IS A DATATYPE CAPABLE OF HOLDING MORE THAN ONE VALUE ***

function createasteroid()
Create animated sprite asteroid, "asteroid.jpg",4,4,1
REM *** CALLS THE ASTEROID SPRITE ***
sprite asteroid, 640,500,1

offset sprite asteroid, sprite width(asteroid)/2, sprite height(asteroid)/2
randomize timer()
REM *** RANDOMIZES THE ASTEROID SPIRTE - TIMER ACTS LIKE A SEED***
for spriteno=asteroid+1 to asteroid+9
   clone sprite asteroid, spriteno
   REM *** CLONES THE CONSTANT ASTEROID***
next spriteno
endfunction

function startpositionforasteroids()

REM *** BELOW SETS THE STARTING POSITIONS FOR THE ASTEROID SPRITES ***
for spriteno=asteroid to asteroid+9
side=rnd(3)
select side
case 0
   x=rnd(screen width())
   y=0
   angle=rnd(180)+90
endcase

case 1
   x=screen width()
   y=rnd(screen height())
   angle=rnd(180)+180
endcase

case 2
   x=rnd(screen width())
   y=screen height()
   angle=rnd(180)+270
endcase

case 3
   x=0
   y=rnd(screen height())
   angle=rnd(180)
endcase

endselect
rotate sprite spriteno,angle
REM *** MAKES THE SPRITE ROTATE ***
sprite spriteno,x,y,1
next spriteno
endfunction

function handleasteroids()
   for spriteno = asteroid to asteroid+9
   IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENO)

   REM *** CALLS ASTEROIDS INCASE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DESTROID ***
   move sprite spriteno,0.5
   REM *** SETS SPEED OF MOVING SPRITE ***
   if sprite Y(spriteno) <0
      sprite spriteno,sprite X(spriteno), screen height(),1
   endif
   if sprite y(spriteno)> screen height()
      sprite spriteno, sprite x(spriteno),0,1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)<0
      sprite spriteno, screen width(), sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)>screen width ()
      sprite spriteno,0,sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   REM *** ABOVE WRAPS THE SPIRES AROUND THE SCREEN - WHEN ONE DISSAPEARS ANOTHER ENTERS***
   play sprite spriteno,1,16,100
   ENDIF
   next spriteno
endfunction

function handleasteroids2()
   for spriteno = asteroid to asteroid+9
   IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENO)

   REM *** CALLS ASTEROIDS INCASE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DESTROID ***
   move sprite spriteno,1.0
   REM *** SETS SPEED OF MOVING SPRITE ***
   if sprite Y(spriteno) <0
      sprite spriteno,sprite X(spriteno), screen height(),1
   endif
   if sprite y(spriteno)> screen height()
      sprite spriteno, sprite x(spriteno),0,1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)<0
      sprite spriteno, screen width(), sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)>screen width ()
      sprite spriteno,0,sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   REM *** ABOVE WRAPS THE SPIRES AROUND THE SCREEN - WHEN ONE DISSAPEARS ANOTHER ENTERS***
   play sprite spriteno,1,16,100
   ENDIF
   next spriteno
endfunction

function handleasteroids3()
   for spriteno = asteroid to asteroid+9
   IF SPRITE EXIST(SPRITENO)

   REM *** CALLS ASTEROIDS INCASE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DESTROID ***
   move sprite spriteno,1.5
   REM *** SETS SPEED OF MOVING SPRITE ***
   if sprite Y(spriteno) <0
      sprite spriteno,sprite X(spriteno), screen height(),1
   endif
   if sprite y(spriteno)> screen height()
      sprite spriteno, sprite x(spriteno),0,1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)<0
      sprite spriteno, screen width(), sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   if sprite x(spriteno)>screen width ()
      sprite spriteno,0,sprite y(spriteno),1
   endif
   REM *** ABOVE WRAPS THE SPIRES AROUND THE SCREEN - WHEN ONE DISSAPEARS ANOTHER ENTERS***
   play sprite spriteno,1,16,100
   ENDIF
   next spriteno
endfunction

function menu()
REPEAT
CLS
   SET CURSOR 260,200
   REM *** SETTING POSITION OF CURSOR ON SCREEN ***
   SET TEXT TO BOLD
   SET TEXT FONT "ARIAL"
   SET TEXT SIZE 30
   INK RGB(0,255,0), 1
   REM *** SETTING FOREGROUND COLOUR AND BACKGROUND COLOUR ***
      PRINT "MENU"

   SET CURSOR 260,230
   SET TEXT SIZE 15
   INK RGB(255,0,0),1
      PRINT "1. START GAME - LEVEL ONE"

   SET CURSOR 260,240
   SET TEXT SIZE 15
   INK RGB(0,0,255),1
      PRINT "2. START GAME - LEVEL TWO"

 SET CURSOR 260,250
   SET TEXT SIZE 15
   INK RGB(255,255,0),1
      PRINT "3. START GAME - LEVEL THREE"

   SET CURSOR 260,260
   SET TEXT SIZE 15
   INK RGB(255,255,255),1
      PRINT "4. HELP"

   SET CURSOR 260,270
   SET TEXT SIZE 15
   INK RGB(0,255,0),1
      PRINT "5. EXIT"

REM *** INPUTS ARE VALIDATED HERE BY THE PROGRAM ***
   SET CURSOR 260,290
      INPUT "PLEASE CHOOSE A NUMBER  ", INPUT$
         LENINPUT = LEN (INPUT$)
         REM *** LENINPUT is storing the length of the input. ***
            VALINPUT = VAL (INPUT$)
            REM *** VALINPUT stores the validated result of the input. ***
               STRVALINPUT$ = STR$(VALINPUT)
              REM *** STRVALINPUT$ converts the validated input back to a sting. ***
                  LENSTRVALINPUT = LEN(STRVALINPUT$)
                  REM *** Holds the length of the validated string. ***

   IF LENSTRVALINPUT<>LENINPUT OR VALINPUT <1 OR VALINPUT >3
      SET CURSOR 260,310
      PRINT "ERROR"
      WAIT KEY
   ENDIF

UNTIL LENSTRVALINPUT = LENINPUT AND VALINPUT >0 AND VALINPUT <4
endfunction valinput

function help()

  print "hello"
  REM *** PRINTS USER HELP MENU ***
  wait key
ENDFUNCTION

www.lizardinternet.com/NONWORKING.zip

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Posted: 11th Jun 2008 16:13

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Hi. Firstly you need to give the media for your game and you shouldn't ask for people to code in a feature or correct your whole project. I'll try awnser some of your questions then.

1) Add a variable. At the start just put "score=0". When the player hits an astoroid just put "score=score+1". To display the score on the screen put "text 100,100,str$(score)" in the main loop (the two numbers are screen co-ordinates fiddle around with them till you get the number in the correct place).

2) I expect that you missile is always comming out of the same place regardless of where the ship is. One way to do this is to position the missile at your ships center, then rotate it by the ships angle and then move it forward. It will then look like it comes straigt out of the front of your space ship.

3) You need to put in a speed value. before the game starts "speed#=0.5" (you need the hash if doing decimals). Then you need to change the movement thign so instead of moving the player by a set amount it is moved by speed# ("move object 1,speed#"). You then need something that puts up this speed. e.g. when your score reaches a certain value or after a period of time.

5) You can test the collision between the ship and the astoriod. "If object collision(1,astoriod)=1". You can then use the goto command to take the player outside the main loop and into another where it just texts "game over on the screen" (use the text command again). You can then use another goto command to jump back to the main loop. Look up goto commands in the helpfile I use them all the time.

6) You could either make it so when the score = a certain value or you could cycle through every astoriod checking if they exist or not.

Hope this helped.

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Posted: 12th Jun 2008 01:59

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Helped a lot, thanks! However, I have not been able to get the score to work. Nothing comes up! I've also got some problems where it says the background image that I am loading does not exist, when it does! I've inputed the relevent code, but nothing appears. I've inputed most of the other things you said as well. I got the menu to work and the levels to work.

Here is the script, which includes all the media: www.lizardinternet.com/game.zip

You help is much appreciated.

Thanks,
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