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Wednesday Workshop #123 (24 Oct 2007) The Number Challenge Create a game with numbers in it!

simple algebra game by Edmund for Workshop #123 Catch the correct algebra as it falls. Mouse ;Well, this code is a disaster and an optimization nighmare. ;If anyone is learning to code, don't learn from me. ;drop me a comment if you read this ;simple algebra game v. 1.2 ;3 11 2007 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;read me;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;ever wish you could practice doing simple algebra? ;me neither ;but here's how you play the game ;use the mouse to move your player (that number in the <{}>) ;catch equations that your number completes to get points ;the higher your number is, the more points you get ;once you catch an equation, your number changes (or it should) ;if you don't catch the wrong equation, you lose points ;if an equation that your number completes falls to the bottom of the screen, you lose points ;the game gets harder as you keep playing ;there is a cheat to be used when you're frustrated ;it's somewhere in the code ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Const ScreenWidth=640, ScreenHeight=480 ;set up basics SetBuffer BackBuffer() SeedRnd MilliSecs() Graphics screenwidth, screenheight ;create variables Global score = 0 Global timer Global chance = 25 ;types Type player Field x Field y Field image$ Field id End Type Type number Field id$ Field x Field y Field speed Field score End Type Type point Field x Field y Field image$ Field time End Type ;types over ;build player Global player.player = New player player\x = MouseX() player\y = MouseY() ;build over ;menu loop While Not KeyHit(3) Cls Text 250,80,"The Numbers Game" Text 250,140,"by Edmund" Text 250,180,"hit 1 to learn to play" Text 250,200,"hit 2 to begin game" Flip If KeyHit(3) ;exit menu Exit EndIf While KeyDown (2) ;view instructions Cls Text 10,40,"20x = 80" Text 400,120,"25/x = 5" Text 300,180,"4x = 24" Text 200,350,"<{5}> < == that's you" Text 0,0,"score : 50" Text 0,420,"this is what the game looks like, catch the equation that your number completes Text 0,440,"To gain more points. If you miss a fitting equation, you lose points" Text 0,460,"(search the code for a cheat)" Flip Delay 50 Wend Wend Cls ;make sure this menu gets wiped Flip Cls FlushKeys() ;get the difficulty level Global difficulty = Input$("enter the maximum number you want the game to reach (difficulty) :") player\id = 1 player\image = "<{" + player\id + "}>" ;mainloop While Not KeyHit(1) Cls ;create new numbers timer = timer + 1 If timer > chance timer = 0 Newnumber() EndIf ;create numbers over ;call functions updatepoint() updatenumber() updateplayer() writeworld() ; cheat in this function ;call over Flip Delay 50 Wend ;create a new number, give it a random position and generate a random equation Function newnumber() number.number = New number number\x = Rand(10,500) number\y = - 10 firstnum = Rand(1,difficulty) whathappens = Rand(1,3) If whathappens = 1 ; multiplication secondnum = Rand(1,difficulty) thirdnum = firstnumsecondnum number\id$ = secondnum + " x" + "=" + thirdnum EndIf If whathappens = 2 ;division secondnum = Rand(1,difficulty) thirdnum = firstnumsecondnum number\id$ = thirdnum + "/ x" + "=" + secondnum EndIf If whathappens = 3 ;subtraction secondnum = Rand(1,difficulty2) thirdnum = secondnum - firstnum number\id$ = secondnum + "- (" + thirdnum + ")= x" EndIf number\score = firstnum number\speed = Rand(1,3) End Function ;move the numbers down, if they fall pass the bottom, delete them Function updatenumber() For number.number = Each number number\y = number\y + number\speed If number\y > screenheight - 5 If number\score = player\id score = score - number\score newpoint(number\score,2,number\x,number\y) EndIf Delete number EndIf Next End Function ;update player position, find if there is player number contact, if so compute out come Function updateplayer() player\x = MouseX() player\y = MouseY() For number.number = Each number ;should be moved to the updatenumber function If player\x < number\x + 70 And player\x + 50 > number\x And player\y < number\y + 20 And player\y + 20 > number\y If number\score = player\id score = score + number\score ;add to score player\id = Rand(1,difficulty - 1) player\image = "<{" + player\id + "}>" newpoint(number\score,1,number\x,number\y) difficulty = difficulty + 1 Delete number Else score = score - number\score ;take from score newpoint(number\score,2,number\x,number\y) Delete number EndIf EndIf Next End Function ;draw player, number, point, and score Function writeworld() Text player\x,player\y,player\image For number.number = Each number If KeyDown(57) ; <--- cheat here Text number\x,number\y - 10,number\score EndIf Text number\x,number\y,number\id Next For point.point = Each point Text point\x,point\y,point\image Next Text 0,0,"score: " + score End Function ;create a new point (number indicated, 1 = position 2 = negative, x of point, y of point) Function newpoint(num,form,x,y) point.point = New point point\x = x point\y = y If form = 1 point\image$ = "( plus " + num + " score )" EndIf If form = 2 point\image$ = "( minus " + num + " score )" EndIf point\time = 50 End Function ;move the point up and delete it when it's time runs out Function updatepoint() For point.point = Each point point\y = point\y - 1 point\time = point\time - 1 If point\time < 0 Delete point EndIf Next End Function

Wednesday Workshop #123

The Number Challenge

simple algebra game