Randomly Appearing Ball

[esplonky]

I want to make a ball appear at a random time in a random place, then disappear once the player0 touches and then repeat. right now, i have an affixed time and place for the ball to appear by doing this:

 

 

 

f = f + 1

if f = 100 then ballx = 47
if f = 100 then bally = 35

if collision(player0,ball) then f = 0

if f = 0 then ballx = 200
if f = 0 then bally = 200

 

how do I:

 

1. make it take longer to appear

2. randomize location without it going out of bounds

3. make it make the player move faster for 5 seconds after it was touched

Edited February 15, 2012 by esplonky

[accousticguitar]

That sounds like Chase It (the link is in my sig), though I don't have numbers one and three for options.

[+atari2600land]

Time in seconds are variables of 60. For example: 2 seconds would be 120, 3 seconds would be 180, and 4 seconds would be 240. (bB numbers don't go above 255.) It depends on how long you would want it to appear. For more than 5 seconds, you could do this (which would have to use another variable):

g=g+1
if g>59 then g=0 : f=f+1
if f=6 then f=0 : ballx=(rand/2)+20 : bally=(rand/4)+20

The above code is for 6 seconds. For five seconds, you would just reduce the part "if f=6" to "if f=5".

To make it make the player move faster after it was touched, you could do something like this:

if collision(player0,ball) then j{0}=1 : bally=100 : h=1 else h=2 : j{0}=0
i=i+1
if i>h && joy0left && player0x>20 then player0x=player0x-1
if i>h && joy0right && player0x<140 then player0x=player0x+1
if i>h && joy0up && player0y>20 then player0y=player0y-1
if i>h && joy0down && player0y<88 then player0y=player0y+1
if i>h then i=0

Edited February 15, 2012 by atari2600land

[esplonky]

Sweet thanks guys!!!

[esplonky]

that just made my player move fast always, and it should be temporary speed up too