I need some guidance

[Brandon FS]

What is it you are trying to achieve?
I am trying to create a simple Turing game where you can move around an object that fires at an AI while the AI fires at the object/user. the user and the AI player should take turns shooting. The bullets should ricochet off of the sides of the map.>


What is the problem you are having?
I am unfamilair with the Turing Language and I would like it if someone could provide a basic set of code that I can adapt(replacing the background, incorporating sounds into the game, changing the skin for each player. Keep in mind I am only asking for basic code, nothing far fetched. Thank you.


Describe what you have tried to solve this problem
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Post any relevant code (You may choose to attach the file instead of posting the code if it is too long)
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Turing:

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Please specify what version of Turing you are using
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[Raknarg]

You're going to have a hard time getting people to do any actual programming for you here, we advocate creating things yourself. You learn more.

[Zren]

> I am trying to create a simple Turing game

If this is your first project, then a particle engine is probably not a simple game.

> where you can move around an object that fires at an AI while the AI fires at the object/user.

Change that to 2 Players, and you might be able to pull this off. Writing a good AI is a project all on it's own.
Moving an object around the screen can be found in the Turing Turorial forum.
http://compsci.ca/v3/viewforum.php?f=3

> the user and the AI player should take turns shooting.

Use a variable to store which players turn it is. When you reach the last player's turn, wrap around to the first player.
You should first try to design this with an unknown amount of players (2 or more). But only if you've learnt arrays.

> The bullets should ricochet off of the sides of the map.

Look for a Particle Engine. A custom one where each particle either stores the distance it's travelled or the number of collisions it's had, so that the particle will stop moving. If you don't do that, it will bounce forever.

> unfamilair with the Turing Language

The Turing Walkthrough is a fairly good primer if you're jumping from another language.

[Brandon FS]

Thank you for the replies, Ie deicided to try and program a different game. But my game does not seem to be working, If one of you guys could tell me where I went wrong and how i can get my program running I would appreciate it. Thank you.

Here is the Code:

Turing:

%I do not own any of the backgrounds or sprites used to make the program setscreen ("graphics : 400;300,offscreenonly") color (white) color (black) View.Update var map : array 1 .. 2  of int %Makes it so that a numeral will represent                              %the map (easier coding) map (1) := Pic.FileNew ("Map1.jpg")%Incorpirating the first map map (2) := Pic.FileNew ("Plains.jpg")%Incorporating the second map var char1 : int := Pic.FileNew ("8bitspartan.JPG") var chars : array char of boolean%allows me to use the keyboard var posx, posy : int%characters position/velocity posx := 50 posy := 50 var velx, vely : int velx := 0 vely := 0 var HP : int%Player HP (Health Points) var FHP : int%Full HP or health Limit) HP := 100 FHP := 150 var grav : int := 10%Gravity(acceleration of gravity/the speed at which velocity changes) var damage : int := 15 const JS : int := 90%Jump Speed proc Movement %Coding that enables the Jump feature if chars (KEY_UP_ARROW) and posy < maxy - 30 and whatdotcolor (posx + 10,posy - 10) = black then vely := JS end if %Left movement if chars (KEY_LEFT_ARROW) and whatdotcolour (posx-15, posy + 24) not= black then velx :=-15 end if %Right movement if chars (KEY_RIGHT_ARROW) and whatdotcolour (posx + 10, posy +24) not= black then velx := 15 else velx := 0 end if if whatdotcolor(posx +20, posy + 60) = yellow then%Player loses health when touched by yellow HP-= damage end if end Movement

Mod Edit:
Please wrap all turing code in:

code:

[syntax="turing"] ... code ... [/syntax]

So that we get proper whitespace and colorized syntax.

[Tony]

In what way is it not working?

[Brandon FS]

When I run the program it says that it is executing but a few seconds after it says the program is finished being ran and no screen pops up

[Brandon FS]

bump

[Zren]

At what point do you actually draw anything?

[Brandon FS]

Zren @ Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:26 pm wrote:

At what point do you actually draw anything?

I am new with the turing language, if you have spotted something that is causing my program not to open up and have visible graphics, can you please tell me what it is.
This is a basic project for my grade 10 programming class.

[Dreadnought]

Brandon FS wrote:

if you have spotted something that is causing my program not to open up and have visible graphics, can you please tell me what it is.

It's quite the opposite, we can't spot anything that would make your program create any visible output.
Which part(s) of your program do you think should be drawing things to the screen?

[Brandon FS]

Dreadnought @ Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:55 pm wrote:

Brandon FS wrote:

if you have spotted something that is causing my program not to open up and have visible graphics, can you please tell me what it is.

It's quite the opposite, we can't spot anything that would make your program create any visible output.
Which part(s) of your program do you think should be drawing things to the screen?

Is there anyway you could tell me the command or commands to give my program visible output.
If you could I would appreciate it, like i said im in grade 10 and this is my first graphics programming assignment

[Brandon FS]

I would edit the title of the post but people have already commented on the post

[Tony]

Don't do offscreenonly for now -- that buffers all the output until you call View.Update

[Brandon FS]

Tony @ Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:39 pm wrote:

Don't do offscreenonly for now -- that buffers all the output until you call View.Update

whenever I run my program it says that it is executing and a few seconds after it says execution finished. Every time I run the program no window appears and the game is unplayable.

Thank you for the help so far Tony

[Brandon FS]

Brandon FS @ Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:46 pm wrote:

Tony @ Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:39 pm wrote:

Don't do offscreenonly for now -- that buffers all the output until you call View.Update

whenever I run my program it says that it is executing and a few seconds after it says execution finished. Every time I run the program no window appears and the game is unplayable.

Thank you for the help so far Tony

I do not mean that in a reluctant way, I am being sincere when I say thank you