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Restart Screen Event - Shmupkit

This event runs whenever the game first starts or restarts after the player is killed.


The important thing here is that we need to reset the Sprite Counter (S) to 0, our Initialise Sprite event will then increment it to the correct number of sprites on screen


I've also dropped in a typewriter style GET READY! message using the code from the MPAGD manual!


EVENT RESTARTSCREEN

LET S = 0			; initialise the sprite counter
AT 0 1				; position the cursor Line 0 Column 1
SHOWSCORE			; display the score

AT 10 12			    ; Cursor at L10 C2
REPEAT 10			; do this 10 times
READ A				; read next item into A
CHR A				; Display A
DELAY 5				; short wait
ENDREPEAT			; all items displayed?
DELAY 100			; longer wait


DATA 'G' 'E' 'T' ' ' 'R' 'E' 'A' 'D' 'Y' '!'


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Hello, I'm Bruce and I write games for old 8bit computers using Jonathan Cauldwell's excellent Multi-Platform Arcade Games Designer (MPAGD)

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I've written a few successful* games for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and MSX platforms that have been (largely) well received including Twenty Four Hour Parsley People scoring a 10 out of 10 on Planeta Sinclair.

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In my blog I am sharing lots of the code that I wrote for my games, in a way that you can use in your own games.   I've commented it so that you'll learn some of the techniques I use to create interesting new mechanics and help your games stand out from the pack.

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MPAGD includes lots of standard scripts, they're great to get you started, but if you're new (or just rusty) when it comes to writing code, hopefully my tutorials will help you get started and  turn your imagination into awesome 8 bit games!

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