Hi there, first time poster and newbie flash maker here. Anyway, I’ve been using these forums and various other online resources to make a break out-style game, only where instead of bricks there are balls and they bounce around when they hit into something.
I successfully made a start screen that when the button is clicked it takes you to the next frame, where the actual game is. the problems i’m having are as follows:
-If I wanted to, how would I get the objects to start where I have set them up (i just put a bunch of the movie clip for the ball I am using in a layout in the frame)? I’m not sure I want to do this yet, i’m just asking in case i decide to change how the game is played.
-If the balls are not starting in a set position but rather are just bouncing around the screen off of each other, how to I (A) keep them above a certain line, while keeping the ‘paddle’ below that line and (B) how do I have them disappear only when the ball that you bounce off the paddle touches them (the way bricks disappear in brick out, only if the bricks were bouncing around off of each other in the mean time)?
-this one might be simple: how do I make a counter that shows the score (which = the number of balls that have disappeared) (and hten have that final score show up on the end page)?
-how do I keep the game from going to the end page before the game ends (the Stop() command doesn’t work because then the game doesn’t play, it’s just frozen on the first scene), and then once it does end (when the player misses hitting hte ball back up into the screen, and it falls) how do I have it go there automatically? I’m not looking to have lives, I just can’t get it to stay on the actual game.
-this one might be harder, i’m not sure. How do I have the balls reset/reappear once the player has eliminated them all, while continuing to count the score (thus continuing the game still, just with a new set of bricks)?
Sorry for this long-winded post, but I’m new at this and this seemed the best place to go for help! I know there’s kind of a lot here, but any help anyone can offer would be excellent.
Thanks! -Javeson1
