How do I reset the game with default settings/use power ups for my game/apply combo or bonus points?

djdee

hi,
am creating a game with lots of power ups(attributes)i have scenes in order
1)start up screen
2)menu screen
3)game screen
4)game over screen
on the last scene i have replay button where i would like to have the "game screen" to b appeared with default settings. but instead 1st scene appears. i want even the score to b bought to zero. for powers like blast effect am using 1 of ur video as a guide but instead of using the change velocity effect behavior i use destroy behavior. video which am using is.

am i doing it correct??
and can u also show how a player can get combo points or bonus points when he/she kills a certain no. of enemies in a single shot.
pls help me.
thank you

The_Gamesalad_Guru

You need to use the change scene attribute in the replay button and have a rule when touch is pressed go to scene game and also put a change attribute score to 0. For the last part you should have an instructions menu telling the player about achievements.

djdee

hey fryingBaconStudios
thanks a lot. i got throw the scoring part, but i have no idea how to do the power up part (the blast effect). once i use it and i come back after clicking replay button it still kills some of my spawning actors. i use the same settings as shown in the above video. but instead of using the change velocity effect behavior i use destroy behavior. and what i meant with the combo score part was, how do i calculate it. what settings do i use to give away a bonus score when a person kills 2 or more enemies in a single shot.

djdee

and there is another problem. i want my actor to die after i click on it thrice. can u help me out with this .
thank u

The_Gamesalad_Guru

First you need game level attributes to track when a combo happens so say you have an attribute (integer) Game_Combo and have the events that trigger it add to it. So for instance a rule that says when actor Ship is destroyed (Change Attribute) game.combo to game.combo+1. So now you have a rule that says when (Attribute) game.combo = say 3 (change attribute) game.score to game.score * game.combo. It's the same pricibles you use for scoring just charting and linking attributes and telling them when to do what when. Don't be fooled by Gs's GUI you still have to assign and store information using attributes, it still all logic. You have to tell the computer to do what and with what and when. No offence but I'm not going to build your game for you, Just keep watching the videos and reading the cook book and read this, it's something I wrote for new users.

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djdee

thank u ...

thelgi

I've been having similar reset issues:

- When player dies or wins, they're taken to scene with the option to play again. In the play again button I have created a rule that when the button is pressed, it will change the score attribute to =0. However, when I press the button my old score remains.

But... if I put change the score to +1000, it restarts the game with the added 1000 points. So is there some specific way I should be typing my return to 0 command?