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Life and Next Level Bonuses

noooway edited this page May 18, 2017 · 10 revisions

In this part I want to implement two bonuses: one that adds a life and another that allows to finish a level skipping remaining blocks.

First it is necessary to add code to recognize "Life" and "Next Level" bonuses:

function bonuses.bonus_collected( i, bonus, balls, platform )
   .....
   elseif bonuses.is_life( bonus ) then
      .....
   elseif bonuses.is_next_level( bonus ) then
      .....
   end
   .....
end

function bonuses.is_life( single_bonus )
   local col = single_bonus.bonustype % 10
   return ( col == 8 )
end

function bonuses.is_next_level( single_bonus )
   local col = single_bonus.bonustype % 10
   return ( col == 7 )
end

To reaction on "Add Life" bonus it is necessary to increase lives counter in the lives_display table. An appropriate function is implemented as lives_display.add_life(). I call it inside the bonuses.bonus_collected, where currently all other reactions on bonuses are placed. To do this, it is necessary to supply lives_display as an argument to bonus_collected, which requires to pass it all the way down from the game.update through collision-related functions (probably, not an optimal solution).

function game.update( dt )
   .....
   collisions.resolve_collisions( balls, platform,
                                  walls, bricks,
                                  bonuses, lives_display )
   .....
end

function collisions.resolve_collisions( balls, platform,
                                        walls, bricks,
                                        bonuses, lives_display )
   .....
   collisions.platform_bonuses_collision( platform, bonuses,
                                          balls, lives_display )
end

function collisions.platform_bonuses_collision( platform, bonuses,
                                                balls, lives_display )
   .....
      if overlap then
         bonuses.bonus_collected( i, bonus, balls, platform, lives_display )
      end
   .....
end

function bonuses.bonus_collected( i, bonus, balls, platform, lives_display )
   .....
   elseif bonuses.is_life( bonus ) then
      lives_display.add_life()
   elseif
   .....
end

function lives_display.add_life()
   lives_display.lives = lives_display.lives + 1
end
  1. Reaction on next level bonus:

3.1) In the right wall, the flag is activated if the bonus is caught.

function collisions.resolve_collisions( balls, platform,
                                        walls, bricks,
                                        bonuses, lives_display )
   .....
   collisions.platform_bonuses_collision( platform, bonuses,
                                          balls, walls,
                                          lives_display )
end


function collisions.platform_bonuses_collision( platform, bonuses,
                                                balls, walls,
                                                lives_display )
   .....
      if overlap then
         bonuses.bonus_collected( i, bonus,
                                  balls, platform,
                                  walls, lives_display )
      end
   .....
end

function bonuses.bonus_collected( i, bonus,
                                  balls, platform,
                                  walls, lives_display )
   .....
   elseif bonuses.is_next_level( bonus ) then
      walls.current_level_walls["right"].next_level_bonus = true
   end
   .....
end

3.2) The display of the wall is changed.

function walls.draw_wall( single_wall )
   .....
   love.graphics.setColor( 255, 0, 0, 100 )
   if single_wall.next_level_bonus then
      love.graphics.setColor( 0, 0, 255, 100 )
   end
   love.graphics.rectangle( 'fill',
                            single_wall.position.x,
                            single_wall.position.y,
                            single_wall.width,
                            single_wall.height )
   .....
end

3.3) If the platform touches the right wall, the game switches to the next level. It is more convenient to raise one more flag in the platform object and check it.

function collisions.platform_walls_collision( platform, walls )
   .....
      if overlap then    
         platform.bounce_from_wall( shift_platform, wall )
      end
   .....
end

function platform.bounce_from_wall( shift_platform, wall )
   platform.position.x = platform.position.x + shift_platform.x
   if wall.next_level_bonus then
      platform.activated_next_level_bonus = true
   end
end

function game.switch_to_next_level( bricks, levels )
   if bricks.no_more_bricks or platform.activated_next_level_bonus then
      .....
   end
end

3.4) The effect of the bonus is lost if next level is reached or all the balls are lost

function game.enter( prev_state, ... )
   .....
   if args and args.current_level then
      .....
      platform.remove_bonuses_effects()
      walls.remove_bonuses_effects()
   end      
end

function game.check_no_more_balls( balls, lives_display )
   if balls.no_more_balls then
       .....
         platform.remove_bonuses_effects()
         walls.remove_bonuses_effects()
       .....
   end
end

function platform.remove_bonuses_effects()
   platform.remove_glued_effect()
   platform.reset_size_to_norm()
   platform.activated_next_level_bonus = false
end

function walls.remove_bonuses_effects()
   walls.current_level_walls["right"].next_level_bonus = false
end

    Home
    Acknowledgements
    Todo

Chapter 1: Prototype

  1. The Ball, The Brick, The Platform
  2. Game Objects as Lua Tables
  3. Bricks and Walls
  4. Detecting Collisions
  5. Resolving Collisions
  6. Levels

    Appendix A: Storing Levels as Strings
    Appendix B: Optimized Collision Detection (draft)

Chapter 2: General Code Structure

  1. Splitting Code into Several Files
  2. Loading Levels from Files
  3. Straightforward Gamestates
  4. Advanced Gamestates
  5. Basic Tiles
  6. Different Brick Types
  7. Basic Sound
  8. Game Over

    Appendix C: Stricter Modules (draft)
    Appendix D-1: Intro to Classes (draft)
    Appendix D-2: Chapter 2 Using Classes.

Chapter 3 (deprecated): Details

  1. Improved Ball Rebounds
  2. Ball Launch From Platform (Two Objects Moving Together)
  3. Mouse Controls
  4. Spawning Bonuses
  5. Bonus Effects
  6. Glue Bonus
  7. Add New Ball Bonus
  8. Life and Next Level Bonuses
  9. Random Bonuses
  10. Menu Buttons
  11. Wall Tiles
  12. Side Panel
  13. Score
  14. Fonts
  15. More Sounds
  16. Final Screen
  17. Packaging

    Appendix D: GUI Layouts
    Appendix E: Love-release and Love.js

Beyond Programming:

  1. Game Design
  2. Minimal Marketing (draft)
  3. Finding a Team (draft)

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