The L variable is used to keep track and progress the Levels/Attack Waves of the game, after the player successfully survives a Level it increments to the next on, so, naturally, we want to start at Level 1 (L=1)
EVENT GAMEINIT
LET L = 1 ; Level (starts at 1)
LET LIVES = 3
AT 0 16
DISPLAY LIVES
AT 0 1
SHOWSCORE
AT 0 25
SHOWHIGH
Here's a full list of the Global Variables used by Shmupkit, I've tried to leave as many as possible free for you own use in your games. VARIABLES USED BY SHMUPKIT ========================== A -
A simple GAME OVER message, similar to the GET READY one in the Restart Screen Event: EVENT LOSTGAME AT 10 12 REPEAT 10 READ A CHR A DELAY 5 ENDREPEAT DELAY 100 DATA 'G' 'A' 'M' 'E' ' ' 'O' 'V' 'E
What happens when a player is killed?, we decrement their lives and update the lives counter on screen EVENT KILLPLAYER SUBTRACT 1 FROM LIVES ; reduce number of lives remaining AT 0 16 ; upda
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