Thats pretty nice Tyler!! Well done. A few suggestions on how to take it further...
You know when you jump, you add +0.4 everytime and then -0.4 everytime for the up and down parts.. How about you try to make it more realistic.. Make another variable called speed# and when you jump, set it to a positive number (like 1.0).. Then every loop ass speed# to the y position. This will make it move upwards, obviously... Next, make it so that it subtracts from speed# every frame, something like -0.01. This means speed# will get smaller every frame and the upward jump will gradualyl slow down and eventually will start moving your character downwards again. You need to make it stop moving the character down when it has collided with the floor.
Also - have you looked into timer-based movement? That way you wouldnt have to limit the frame rate to 60fps. Have you done much about speed/time maths at school yet (if memory serves me, you are one of the younger members of the forum?)
Finally, Code neatness. I remember when I did my degree they were VERY strict on this and you could lose up to 25% of your marks if your code wasn't indented and remarked properly. Now lets face it, most programmers never put remarks because it breaks the train of thought - however, the odd remark about when a section starts and ends can be usefull.. The biggest problem is indenting. Basically, whenever you "nest" something, like a for or do loop, you should indent the contents, like this:
Or
do
print "hello"
for i = 1 to 10
print "I am a fish"
next y
loop
That is much easier to read than fully left-aligned code, such as you submission at the top.
FYI: The current challenge in the challenges thread is a program that will automatically indent and neaten code up. I think Ric might be doing a 20-liner compressor/decompressor too
Anyone care to challenge us?
Hehehe
Anyways - well done on that, its a nice program! Keep it up.
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