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My girlfriend used to smoke, I used to bum hers because I thought it was cool.

Marlboro's.

But yeah, shit is nasty now, she quit and so did I; I missed my lung capacity.

Okay, so I'm developing my first solo game.

I've got code so that you have 10 lives.

but while the enemy is touching you you lose them equal to the framerate.

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if (_root.player.hitTest(this)){
_root.lives --;
}
}

how do I make it so you can only lose one life per hit?

Also, I've been trying to code temporary invulnerability when the player is hurt, so they have time to recover. I have no idea how to implement this haha. Can anyone shine some light in this direction on that? I'd REALLY appreciate any help I can get, as I'm very new to all this coding business.

Here's a demo of the game if you'd like to play it to get a feel for what I'm talking about.

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/2503...e loaderewd.php

THANKS!

it works quite nicely. I modified it so that my ship fits perfectly into the boundaries, I didn't know what the bottom part was for, then I realized how the stage was numbered and fixed it up to fit my ship perfectly.

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
var speed = 7;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {
_x -= speed;
_rotation = -15;
} else {
if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {
_x += speed;
_rotation = 15;
} else {
_rotation = 0;
}
}
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if (this._y>378) {
this._y = 378
}
if (this._y<0) {
this._y = 0
}
if (this._x>374) {
this._x = 374
}
if (this._x<25) {
this._x = 25
}
}

and here's a demo if anyone is interested. I'm gonna work on figuring out how to make it shoot next :).

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/160309/8 1261_boundaries_finished.php

Hey guys, I'm very new to actionscript, and so far all I've managed to do is make a my spaceship move. but what I want to do next is make it so that it can't move out of the stage. I've only been able to find code that will reduce my speed variable to 0; which I mean I can't move no mo' :c.

I'm using AS2, and I'd be very appreciative if someone could explain to me a that sort of hitTest. I can modify it to make enemies and such hurt my player, and do just about anything else with it once I"m able to comprehend it.

so far all I can do is make him move and rotate by myself lol, but I plan to make this a learning experience haha.

I got this, let me throw something together real fast, just a run and jump cycle right?

Okay, well that is a great piece of advice it doesn't tell me where to get a start, haha.

Coding is one of the most complex things I have ever tried to teach myself. It's like learning a new language; except every time you mispronounce something then the teacher yells "SYNTAX ERROR" in your face.

All I know right now is timeline control and the trace function haha.

Is there a certain game I can make that will get me on my feet? Teach me how to use variables and bounds and strings and such properly?

Or do I have to make a bunch of different tests implementing small bits of each type of code?

I have art down very well, it's the coding I really need to learn.

Hey! maybe someone wants to learn art and can teach me coding as a trade-off :3.

but that's unlikely.

so can someone point me in the right direction? +10 internets lol.

Oh, maybe share where you got your start and how you built from there?

Thanks guys :).

You assumed correctly.

I just don't like hitting the quote button I guess.

Simple pleasures soldier, simple pleasures.

At 2/17/09 01:17 AM, gamejunkie wrote: Years of hard work, and realistically anything that is necessary. "ANYTHING". But then again I only say that because it worked for me. And rest assured I have a lot more than 1 million dollars. I'm 41 and retired when I was 35, and neither myself or my family will ever need to work again.

Mind sharing some of those financial tips Mr.Rockefeller?

Shit, I've been in an on/off relationship with a girl for the past year. During which I learned a lot of valuable life lessons and lost my virginity etc...

When we first started dating I was such a polite little bastard, 17, a pansy, and very needy.

She broke up with me and I hated her, we didn't speak for months.

She's 16, she somehow lost her fucking virginity to a married man with two kids, he's a 28 year old pedophile with very manipulative tendencies. He lives with his mom.

After we reconnected, I had to sit there and be her emotional fucking pincushion and listen about how "he'll never leave her for me" and other shit like that. Fuck those were bad fucking times.

Weeks later I "got lucky" and lost my virginity to her, sex sucked at first.

Then she slowly drifted away from the pedophile, and I dated her. God she's done so much stupid shit in the past, and part of me really hates her for it and thinks I deserve better. She's never cheated or anything, but just kind of been a slut.

Anyway We've had sex 200+ times easily by now, and I've learned to become a beast in the sack. I guess that's one thing I can thank her for. She always says things like "I love you" or "I'm so glad you're mine" and I just can't look past what she's done with the 28 year old guy. Man I'm a stubborn prick.

Our relationship is doomed to fail, I mask these feelings when I'm with her, but every once in a while they still come up. I can't forgive what she's done, it's just so vile in my eyes. The day Another girl telegraphs some interest is the day I make my next move.

Holy fuck I typed a lot.

Whatever, she's had 3 dicks (mine included) and I've only had one pussy, sounds unfair to me.