Ending the level

Hi guys,

New kid in town here...

The Construct is great and fun.

I built a small game in order to be familiar with the basic functionality. It's a simple game where the player needs to hit 15 balloons with its bows. When the hits are 15 I want let the game run the last boom animation and then terminate. But I don't know how to do this.

Any help will be appreciated.

Here is a screen shot:

<img src="http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/7df042261204e11ceb7e1801a98420db6g.jpg">

Try doing *whatever event* system > Application > next layout. to switch to the next layout.

Thanks.

I declared a global variable named FinishPeriod. After the 15th hit I do this variable to be increased by 1.

When it reaches to 100 then I the application is terminated.

But now I face another issue: Upon termination I want to give to player the choice of leaving the game or let him try again... In other words I don't know how to create and operate a menu...

BTW: Here is my progress so far:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kvu6esvvszs9b7v/Balloon.zip

I am very impressed from the easiness of Constructor. Within a few hours I've manage to learn and build a minimal game. It's a great tool!

Here is my first complete project.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kvu6esvvszs9b7v/Balloon.zip

Thanks.

I declared a global variable named FinishPeriod. After the 15th hit I do this variable to be increased by 1.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kvu6esvvszs9b7v/Balloon.zip

well this might sound somewhat technical but dont just do this:

number of hits >= 15

add 1 to global finishperiod

this is against the timedelta rules and the period will be dependant on the refresh speed of the monitor, instead try:

add timedelta to global finishperiod

timedelta is a system variable that will always return one second when added every tick and is screen refresh screen independant. maybe someone could explain that better :)

Thanks for the info, ramma. This information lights a bit, to my darkness of Constructor!

A timeline might help here

Create a new timeline and keep it as a separate object if you're using other timelines already (this will prevent future issues).

Set the first period (eg "Main") to -1 duration, making it run indefinitely

Set the second period (eg "Timeout") to however long you want the delay to be, eg. 2 seconds.

When your trigger event starts (eg. arrow hits = 15) end the first period ("Main")

Set the layout to change/end when the timeout period ends

OR

Make a function "end layout" using the function object

When arrow hits = 15, call function after delay of eg. 2000ms

Hi Squish,

indeed, this is a better solution for handling time events. I changed the project according to your guides lines.

Here is the updated project for all newcomers (like me) to Construct:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/rjut7gqhsqqaq8f/Balloon01.zip

Thanks for the tip.

Mediafire seems to be dead for some reason - I'll get back to you.

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/mediafire.com