Hey guys.. i am trying to make a game, and in the game “bombs” drop, and if one drops on you it is supposed to make you lose a life. However, they are not making you lose lives yet. I have my lives as a variable, and the bomb is a sprite. Could you help me? Thanks!!

Make a variable called lives, and when the bomb drops on you, you can have a script that senses that when the sprite is touching a bomb, then decrease the lives by -1.

AmazingUsername wrote:

Make a variable called lives, and when the bomb drops on you, you can have a script that senses that when the sprite is touching a bomb, then decrease the lives by -1.

That is what i did!!

Could you post you code then?

when green flag clicked

set [lives v] to [5 ]
forever/[scratchblocks]

    if<touching [bomb v] ?>then
    change [lives v] by (-1)
[/scratchblocks]

wait (0.001) secs

end


the 0.001 secs makes it so you won't constantly die
Edit: sorry, i'm really bad at making these, I hope you can understand…

You need a forever loop. Also, it would make more sense to wait until the bomb isn't touching you, instead of 0.001 seconds, like this:

 when gf clicked
Set [Lives] to (5)
Forever
If (touching [bomb]?) then
Wait until (not (touching [bomb]?)
Change [Lives] by (-1)

help i dont know how to decrease my lives when my sprite touches blue or the ghost. please help this is very urgent

LittleTrixta2 wrote:

help i dont know how to decrease my lives when my sprite touches blue or the ghost. please help this is very urgent

If you want help quickly you'd be much better starting your own topic than adding to someone else's.

Modify the script shown.

 when gf clicked
Set [Lives] to (5)
Forever
If  <<touching [ghost]?> or <touching color [#000088] ?>>  then
Change [Lives] by (-1)
Wait until <<not <touching [ghost]?>> and <not <touching color [#000088] ?>>>
end

Im having trouble getting my lives variable to decrease too. Ive tried all the previous suggestions. Its a game when bomb are coming at you and on one side of you is your home land which isa sprite. If the bomb touches you, it goes away. If not and it goes to your homeland it is suppost to delete one (out of three) lives. i can't get it to delete thoughh. Can I have some help?

Abbygh - what does your code look like and which sprite is it attached to?

Abbygh wrote:

Im having trouble getting my lives variable to decrease too. Ive tried all the previous suggestions. Its a game when bomb are coming at you and on one side of you is your home land which isa sprite. If the bomb touches you, it goes away. If not and it goes to your homeland it is suppost to delete one (out of three) lives. i can't get it to delete thoughh. Can I have some help?

bjazmoore wrote:

Abbygh - what does your code look like and which sprite is it attached to?

You should really start your own topic rather than necroposting on someone else's.

If you do a script that says'If touching ‘bomb’ then change ‘lives’ by'-1' then on ‘lives’ it will say'-1'.Maybe try this!
if{touching{bomb}} then
if{lives}={2} then
change lives to 1





Or like that script and so on.

I have one where if you click one of the balls and it turns black then you lose a life, I did the broadcast things but they don't go out in order, the project is Water Quest copy. Please help!