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Good for you for trying to add new features to your game!  The way I learn how to add new features is I look for projects that have a feature that I like, then I download them and look at the code to figure out how they made the feature.  Then, I make a small project and try to build the feature myself, adding one small thing at a time, testing it again and again until it does what I want.

You have asked for help on a lot of different items:  let me address the Lives one and let others take on the rest of the list.  To add Lives to a project is pretty easy.  Define a variable called Lives that can be seen by all sprites.  Set it to the number you want to start with on a Green Flag script somewhere.  Then set up the poison objects that are going to take lives away.  The poison objects can be sprites or they can be specially colored items painted on the background, it all depends on how you want to sense them.  If they are sprites, you can simply add blocks to the poison sprites that say "If touching <your good guy sprite>,  change Lives by -1" .  If you are using specially colored items, you will need to add blocks to your good guy, something like "if touching <color of poison items>, change Lives by -1".  The last thing you might want is something to happen when you run out of lives.  This can be done with a set of blocks run off a Green Flag hat saying something like "wait until <Lives = 0>, say Game Over, stop all" .  Good luck, I hope that helps.

Ok, yay! Got the life thing down. I also have score and time- I think I'll be able to make more levels, but since there is a timer, I need a little help. In the game the cat has to collect muffins (lol!). I want it to be that the cat has to get atleast five muffins on the first level before the time runs out, then when the time runs out (if the cat has five muffins or more) it will take her to the next level.

ok, i'l try to help with the level thing...
first make a variable called muffins. then use these 2 scripts for the cat or whatever the character is
<when green flag clicked>
<forever>
<if> <touching[ muffin
<change{ muffins   }by( 1


<when green flag clicked>
<reset timer>
<forever>
<if> <( <{ level }> <=> 1 )>
<wait until><( <timer> <>> 179 )>
<if> <( <{ muffins   }> <>> 4 )>
<change{ level }by( 1
<else>
<set{ level }to( 1

something like that. i hope i helped!

Last edited by funkymonkey (2008-01-05 12:48:49)

what do you mean? what is the problem

funkymonkey, you never want to use "timer =180", because the timer can be 179.95 one time you check it, and 180.12 the next time.  You always want to use the "timer > " test, rather than an equality test.

pachipachi wrote:

I'm not excactly sure how to make level 2... I thought I could but, turns out it's more complicated for me. D:

what do you want to happen in level 2?

you need to have a variable called level. it will make everything easier i think. first im going to edit the first scripts that i gave you, using the level variable

Ok, thanks.    I have already made a variable called level, and I've been successful in getting the level to work, but I want to put in things that won't show up in any other levels, like another enemy.

pachipachi wrote:

I am making something very similiar to SnackaCat

what is the link to SnakaCat? i want to see it

pachipachi wrote:

Thanks! Here is the Snackacat link:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Dthen/3801

thanks. after looking at that, i think you should add a high score table for your version in the description or something. it wuld make it funner to try to beat someone else's record

do you still need any help?

oops. thats because of the forever block. so i think it will work normally if you just use this:
<when green flag clicked>
<if> <( <{ level }> <=> 2 )>
<wait until><( <timer> <>> 179 )>
<if> <( <{ muffins   }> <>> 9 )>
<change{ level }by( 1
<else>
<set{ level }to( 2

but im not exactly sure

Last edited by funkymonkey (2008-01-05 16:27:40)