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Matt_872000

Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:02 pm


Might be making a game soon, need some help.

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Has anyone ever heard of the 8-bit nintendo game "Elevator Action"? It was a really fun game where you entered a building from the roof and had to make your way to the bottom floor to your escape vehicle while dodging men in black suits, all the while using many different elevators and stairs to get to the bottom.  I would like to program a game similair to it except with simultaneous 2 player action. The problem is I have no idea how I would do: random levels, AI, elevator control, etc. If someone would be willing to help  me out with problem solving and coding, I think we could make a really awesome game.


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Cervantes

Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:13 pm



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Sounds like fun.  The thing is, this is a very general question.  For that, I give you a very [url=http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=8808]general answer.  Specifically, look up collision detection, procedures and functions, and input (Input.KeyDown).  Maybe you'd want to learn to use files as well, because random levels wouldn't be all that good.  You'd probably want to prearrange your levels.  For that, you can use a file that has 0's and 1's and 2's etc. that symbolize different things (such as elevators, empty space, walls, and black men in suits that kill you.  :)

If you want more descriptive help, ask a more detailed question.  Post some code, or some ideas as to how your going to code some part of your program.  Let us know where you're heading and what your thought process is.


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Bored

Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:43 pm



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For the AI simply have them see what direction your in and move them in that direction.
For two Player look up use of canvases but I couldn't find a tutorial on the subject so use the turing help. Basically a canvas is like splitting the scrren up into smaller section to draw on. You just need to import GUI and use the GUI.Draw commands instead of the regular draw commands as GUI commands work with canvases
I've never seen the game but you could have the elvators just go up and when they hit the top stop for so long then travel down and stop at bottomvar edelay, height, direction : int := 0 
loop 
    if (height = 20) and edelay  10 then 
        edelay := 0 
        direction := 1 - direction 
        if direction = 0 then 
             height := height - 1
        elsif direction = 1 then 
             height  := height + 1 
        end if 
    elsif direction = 0 then 
        height := height - 1 
    elsif direction = 1 then 
        height  := height + 1 
    end if
    cls
    put height
    delay (250)
end loop 



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Matt_872000

Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:25 am



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Haha, the reason I was asking the general question was merely because i guess this is more of recruitment than an individual problem... lol