"Time Crisis"-like game, suggestions/help needed

[skatelhs]

Hi.
I am making a games similar to Time Crisis, the one in the arcades where you put your foot down on the big metal thing and your character hides behind something, making enimies not be able to shoot at you.

So far I've got the crosshair and bullet-counter thing.

code:

View.Set ('offscreenonly') var x, y, button, bulletsleft : int bulletsleft := 8 loop     %Bullets Left Shown at Top     locate (1, 1)     put "Bullets Left in the Clip: ", bulletsleft     Mouse.Where (x, y, button)     %CROSSHAIR%     locatexy (maxx div 2, maxy div 2)     %Triple-Thick Horizontal Line     drawline (x - 30, y, x + 30, y, black)     drawline (x - 30, y - 1, x + 30, y - 1, black)     drawline (x - 30, y + 1, x + 30, y + 1, black)     %Triple-Thick Vertical Line     drawline (x, y - 30, x, y + 30, black)     drawline (x - 1, y - 30, x - 1, y + 30, black)     drawline (x + 1, y - 30, x + 1, y + 30, black)     %Clearing Screen of Crosshair     View.Update     cls     %BUTTON-CLICKING%     %Bullets-Left Count     if button = 1 then         bulletsleft := bulletsleft - 1         delay (250)         %Reload Warning         if bulletsleft <= 0 then             bulletsleft := 0             locate (2, 1)             put "Out of Ammo!  Press R to reload"             %No Ammo Left sound             sound (80, 40)         end if         %Gunshot Spiral thing         if bulletsleft > 0 and button = 1 then             locatexy (maxx div 2, maxy div 2)             drawoval (x, y, 2, 2, red)             delay (15)             cls             drawoval (x, y, 4, 4, red)             delay (15)             cls             drawoval (x, y, 8, 8, red)             delay (15)             cls             drawoval (x, y, 12, 12, red)             delay (15)             cls             drawoval (x, y, 18, 18, red)             delay (15)             cls             %Gun Shooting Sound             sound (400, 20)             sound (350, 20)             sound (300, 20)             sound (250, 20)             sound (200, 20)         end if     end if end loop

I was wondering if anyone had some better bullet-shoot and the no-bullets-left sounds, because mine really suck. Also, can anyone make it so when you press 'r' bulletsleft becomes equal to 8? I dont really understand the whole boolean thing that most everone uses.
Also, if you had any suggestions on improvements i could make that would also be great.
thanks
(also, if anyone does some of this ii wouldnt mind donating my bits, i dont really even know what they are for )

[Tony]

for sounds you can just load .wav or even .mp3 (i think)

as for boolean. Its a true/false variable that are used as flags. Basically when a sertain action happens, you set appropriate flag to true so that at another point you can check the status of your flag to find out if sertain even should take place or not.

Such as display a sertain object while objectFlag = true.

Then you would have a procedure that contols those flags and raises or lowers them (true/false)