# First Game! Need help with simple ActionScript

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-game-need-help-with-simple-actionscript/283669>\
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**Created:** [March 9, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-game-need-help-with-simple-actionscript/283669 "2009-03-09T21:06:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![DangerJuice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@DangerJuice](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DangerJuice)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-game-need-help-with-simple-actionscript/283669/1 "2009-03-09T21:06:38Z")

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:pac: **Hey!** I’ve been working on my **first game** for a little while. Although it’s my first one I’ve been doing a little bit of Java before, and I followed this great tutorial in the beginning:

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/platform\_game.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/platform_game.htm)

I’ve been digging into the scripts and tweeking it to my liking, adding bunches of stuff, pretty neat graphics and so on, and I have to say I’m pretty happy with my job programming on my own so far … until I reached this annoyance.

I have a number of different kinds of enemies - all MovieClips and all with the same scripts on them (which I think is the problem…). When I only use ONE enemy on the stage it all works great, but when I add more my “pushback” code seem to mess up a bit… Here’s the deal:

When my character (\_root.char) touches an enemy (currently no instance name) I want this to happen:

- **Character is pushed back** (speed is set to positive/negative X, depending on which side of the enemy you’re on)
- **Character looses \_root.health** by set amount Y
- **Character is invulnerable** for Z milliseconds (along with pushback preventing multiple, painful hits to the face)

This is what the relevant code on my Enemies MC look like:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

```
	...
	...
	if (this.hitTest(_root.char)) {
		_root.enemytouch = true;

		[COLOR="Silver"]//This part determines direction ("leftby" if on left side of enemy) for pushback.[/COLOR]
		if (_root.char._x&lt;this._x) {
			_root.leftby = true;
		} else {
			_root.leftby = false;
		}

		[COLOR="silver"]//This part sets hurt = true if my character isn't dead, already hurt, or attacking.[/COLOR]
		if (!_root.dead && !_root.hurt && !_root.attacking) {
			_root.hurt = true;
		}

	} else {
		_root.enemytouch = false;
	}
	...
	...

```

}

This is the “hurt-detection” code part on my \_root.char MC:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

```
	...
	...

	if (_root.hurt) {
		
		[COLOR="silver"]//This section triggers the actual pushback[/COLOR]
		if (!_root.pushback) {
			if (_root.leftby) {
				speed = (-20);
			} else {
				speed = 20;
			}
			_root.pushback = true;
		}

		[COLOR="silver"]//This part checks resets it all, if I have gotten away from the enemy[/COLOR]
		if (!_root.enemytouch) {
			_root.hurt = false;
			_root.pushback = false;
			_root.health -= 5;
			this.gotoAndPlay("hurt");
		}
	}
	...
	...

```

}

As I said, it all works dandy, as far as there’s only one enemy with the code on the stage. In that case I might go far into an enemy, take a bunch of hits, fly out, and still take only Y damage.

Now if I use two enemies or more my character may drain half his healthbar if I jump into them (if I stand still and they only nudge me I’m fine, I only loose Y health).

I think the problem might be the “\_root.enemytouch”, as it is the same for all enemies, but I’m pretty sure it’s just bad code. Maybe setInterval would help for pushback, but I don’t know how to use it…

Anyway, I’m just wondering if anyone of you elite-skilled guys have any tips on better code? I appreciate all help I can get, being the noob I am!

Cheers!

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