[TI-84 Plus] Maze Wars

[programmer_to_be]

Hey people! I'm currently working on a game called MazeWars. This game already has a map in it. I will make probably two or three levels too. I already have one copy of the game almost done, but I made another copy of the game called, MazeAttk. I am making this game from scratch. No tutorials to help me. Currently on the almost done version, there are stars, you, and an enemy who shoots at you. If you have any suggestions, please post them.

[Super Speler]

Time limit. Whenever you shoot an enemy the timer goes up

[programmer_to_be]

Sounds good, sounds good. I think I'll put that in the next version. Like, I'll program the original game, then optimize, then add in features! Thanks for the suggestion.

[Super Speler]

Different types of weopons? Rocket Launcher slow and powerful, Shotgun fast and medium? Oh and Automatic Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher's are a must.

[programmer_to_be]

Yeah, that would be cool. I'm first gonna like I said, get the main engine running. Then add in some cool features. Maybe like health packages randomly placed? And if you kill some enemies, they leave behind weapons.

[Super Speler]

Remember if you need help with optimizations post code =].

[programmer_to_be]

Okay. Man, Weregoose helped me with this last night. It was a one-line code for each getKey command for moving. Here is mine:

While 1
getKey→K
If K=24:Then
If [J](A,B-1)=0:Then
B-1→B
Output(A,B+1," "
Output(A,B,"o-------------------------the theta sign
End
End


Can someone please help me make this into one line again? I remember it used not( in it.

[Super Speler]

While 1
B-(getKey=24)not([J](A,B-1))-1→B
Output(A,B+1," "
Output(A,B,"o-------------------------the theta sign
End
End

I might of made a typo there.

[programmer_to_be]

Could you explain that please? Last night, Weregoose was working on something else so he couldn't explain it to me. He was working on a different code.

[kalan_vod]

While 1
B-(getKey=24 and not([J](A,B-1→B
Output(A,Ans+1," /space is there
Output(A,Ans,"o-------------------------the theta sign
End

Well you want to use boolean logic as much as you can, in most cases. If getkey=24 and [J](A,B-1)=0 then it will B-1→B, and B is in Ans so you can just use Ans in the output since Ans is faster.

Edit: I assume you will end the loop some how? And make sure you define A and B before the loop starts.

[Weregoose]

That was the one-liner I pointed out. Although, I would replace [font="courier new"]getKey

[kalan_vod]

Well there isn't any other code there, but I would store the key and Repeat the loop till that certain key is press unless it needed to be a cerain char. in a string.

[DarkerLine]

I might be missing something, but can't you do combine the two output statements int one?

[kalan_vod]

Yeah that's right! lol I didn't see that one >.<. Umm, I am not sure what the placements can be though.

[Super Speler]

I was looking at this code and had an idea... using a for( loop to store location. The value changes based on last key pressed.