Game Frozen

[Primordial Ooze]

For some reason this code is causing my game to not work. I have checked all the if statements and they are correctly structured. I'm wordering if maybe i'm using too many &&'s on a single line.

   rem 2600 De Amigo
  rem a Samba De Amimo clone for the 2600
  rem Updated: October 11, 2008
  rem Website: http://planetarydefense.freepgs.com

  rem includes
  
  rem 6 lives kernal
  rem include 6lives.asm
 
  rem setup all the game variables
 
  rem variable to hold note direction
  dim notedirection = a
  
  rem set the rom size
  set romsize 2k
 
  rem set the tv format to NTSC
  set tv ntsc
 
  rem turn on smartbranching
  set smartbranching on

  rem kernel options
 
  rem enable no blank lines
  set kernel_options no_blank_lines

  rem set the color of the background to white
  COLUBK = 0
  
  rem set the playfield color to black
  COLUPF = 14

  rem set the score field color
  scorecolor = 128

  rem set the color of the miss counter
  lifecolor = 66

  rem define the playfield
  playfield:
  ................................
  ................................
  ................X...............
  ................................
  ................................
  ................................
  ........X..............X........
  ................................
  ................................
  ................X...............
  ................................
  ................................
end

  rem enable the "High Definition" playfield hack
  pfscroll upup : pfscroll upup

  rem define first note sprite
  player0:
  %00111100
  %00111100
  %00111100
  %00111100
  %00111100
  %00111100
  %00111100
  %00111100
end

rem start a new game

startNewGame

rem start the player with 0 strikes
lives = 0

rem define the miss counter
lives:
%00000000
%01000010
%00100100
%00011000
%00011000
%00100100
%01000010
%00000000
end

rem reset player's score to 0
score = 0

rem set first note's inital x position off screen
player0x = 79

rem set first note's inital y position off screen
player0y = 51

rem set the note's initial direction to 0 (none)
notedirection = 2

gameLoop

rem if the reset switch is pressed, start a new game
if switchreset then startNewGame

rem set note's color to white
COLUP0 = 14

rem move the note cue based on the notes direction

rem if notedirection is 1(up) move the note cue up
if notedirection = 1 then player0y = player0y - 1

rem if notedirection is 2(down) move the note cue down
if notedirection = 2 then player0y = player0y + 1

rem if notedirection is 3(left) move the note cue left
if notedirection = 3 then player0x = player0x - 1

rem if notedirection is 4(left) move the note cue right
if notedirection = 4 then player0x = player0x + 1

rem if the notedirection is up(1) and thejoystick is
rem up while it is colliding with the playfield
rem give the user points and move the arrow back
rem to the center
if collision(player0, playfield) && joy0up && notedirection = 1 then score = score + 1:player0x = 79:player0y = 51

rem if the player misses the up note then give the
rem player a miss and move the arrow back to the center
if player0y > 16 then lives = lives + 32:player0x = 79:player0y = 51

rem if the notedirection is down(2) and the joystick is
rem down while it is colliding with the playfield
rem give the user points and move the arrow back
rem to the center
if collision(player0, playfield) && joy0down && notedirection = 2 then score = score + 1:player0x = 79:player0y = 51

rem if the player misses the down note then give the
rem player a miss and move the arrow back to the center
if player0y < 78 then lives = lives + 32:player0x = 79:player0y = 51

rem if the notedirection is left(3) and the joystick is
rem left while it is colliding with the playfield
rem give the user points and move the arrow back
rem to the center
if collision(player0, playfield) && joy0left && notedirection = 3 then score = score + 1:player0x = 79:player0y = 51

rem if the player misses the left note then give the
rem player a miss and move the arrow back to the center
if player0x > 44 then lives = lives + 32:player0x = 79:player0y = 51

rem if the notedirection is right(4) and the joystick is
rem rightt while it is colliding with the playfield
rem give the user points and move the arrow back to
rem the center
if collision(player0, playfield) && joy0right && notedirection = 4 then score = score + 1:player0x = 79:player0y = 51

rem if the player misses the rightt note then give the
rem player a miss and move the arrow back to the center
if player0x < 109 then lives = lives + 32:player0x = 79:player0y = 51

rem if the player misses 3 times it's game over
if lives > 128 then gameOver

rem draw the screen
drawscreen

goto gameLoop

rem Game Over Screen
gameOver

gameOverLoop
rem if the reset switch is pressed, start a new game
if switchreset then startNewGame

rem if the joystick fire button is pressed start a new game
if joy0fire then startNewGame

rem set first note's color to white
COLUP0 = 14

rem draw the screen
drawscreen

goto gameOverLoop

Please take a look and let me know what you find.

 

Sincerely,

 

Open Source Pong

[+Random Terrain]

If you'd post the .bas file too, it would be a lot easier for people to check. Instead of needing to copy your code, make a blank file, paste your code, then save it, they could just download your program and immediately get to work on it. Also, that web site mentioned in your code is no longer available.

 

Now to the problem. You don't have any code that actually checks the joystick (except for when it's tied to collision detection).

[Primordial Ooze]

Fixed, i reversed the lines that deal with the player missing the note and it when the player started a game the player would automatically lose. I reverse the comparison and now it works.

 

Small problem though, for some reason the lives counter isn't showing up in the game. I did everything required to make the lives counter work and it won't show. Any ideas?

 

Sincerely,

 

Open Source Pong

 

P.S. This time i attached the .bas file for reference.

Edited October 29, 2008 by Open Source Pong

[+Random Terrain]

Notice anything funny here:

 

   rem include 6lives.asm

 

 

 

Thanks for posting the .bas file. Makes it a lot easier.

[Primordial Ooze]

Silly me, what a dumb mistake. Thanks and welcome.