cursive minnow
I’ve been trying to work on making a falling catcher game, where there is a ‘catcher’ catching falling objects. I just don’t know where I should start since, I’m not very knowledgeable yet with these new commands. Can anyone give me an example on how it can work so I can understand how it works? 
A visualize of what I’m trying to do
amber oracle
@cursive minnow I swear I have seen a video of Dan's where there is rain and you are catching the drops. Let me Google.
Here it is.
Same concepts. You just need to decide what it looks like.
Learning Processing Dan's book is very good. It's not a video but you will see some good starter ideas.
cursive minnow
Ok tysm!
strange radish
I don't do the rain catching in this processing course, but the section on object interaction with dist() coudl be useful! https://youtu.be/4JzDttgdILQ?t=16909
cursive minnow
Thank you Dan, I’ll take a look on it
cursive minnow
Learning Processing Dan's book is very good. It's not a video but you will see s...
Let's say If I wanted to put a tally like a ratio for example: Caught: 2, Missed: 7 would I put a decision structure? how could I do this sorry I'm a little new but I've been working on some progress with Dan's book.
amber oracle
You need 2 variables. 1 to hold caught and 1 to hold missed.
Then you simply do the math.
Total = caught + missed.
Missed/total= percentage of missed.
Caught/total = percentage of caught.
Percentage of missed + percentage of caught = 100%
amber oracle
Let's say If I wanted to put a tally like a ratio for example: Caught: 2, Missed...
There is no decision involved. Just math.
obtuse yoke
theoretically at least 😉 built-in rounding might not agree with you on that 100% for certain ratios xD
amber oracle
theoretically at least 😉 built-in rounding might not agree with you on that 100...
True depending on the data type.
obtuse yoke
I think even then? 0.333333333333 get's rounded at some point I assume
not sure how doubles handle that, honestly never tried
obtuse yoke
Yep, don't overcomplicate things :D
obtuse yoke
sometimes things are just way easier than they seem
obtuse yoke
if you're using processing, you could just do it in the draw loop?
might be a bit inefficient though
cursive minnow
But just a ratio, no decision.
by ratio like the image i sent u can see
everytime the catcher touches one object it adds up, and then if the object reachs to the bottom then it adds 1 to miss.
cursive minnow
hold up lemme write a text rq
cursive minnow
and then you just display those values!
wdym display lol
obtuse yoke
as in, write this on the screen
cursive minnow
?
obtuse yoke
you wanted to that no?
cursive minnow
yes but like caught extacyl 2
and missed exactly 7
Like I want it start on zero ofc and then tally up to depending how much I caught and missed
obtuse yoke
yeah you can totally do that, just replace the 2 with the value of your caught variable, and the 7 with the value of the missed variable!
cursive minnow
yeah you can totally do that, just replace the 2 with the value of your caught v...
Gotcha!
amber oracle
If you use an int data type it will just drop any decimal numbers
obtuse yoke
You can do it 
cursive minnow
Thank you! 🙏
amber oracle
You got this. Check in for advice.
amber oracle
@cursive minnow Here is how I do it in the game I am working on.java efficiency = (enemies_killed/enemy_count)*100;
I display it to the screen like this.java text("EFFICIENCY", column_1, row_3); text(int(efficiency), column_2, row_3);
I convert it to int() so it drops the decimals without rounding. Calculation is done with floats. You cannot get a percentage without being able to have .65. To do that you use a double or a float data type.
cursive minnow
I convert it to int() so it drops the decimals without rounding. Calculation is ...
I see now thx!
What’s does row 3 and Columns for etc?
I basically did like every time I catcher something, I would do a ‘’if statement’s’
amber oracle
I will show you let me get on my laptop.
obtuse yoke
guessing those variables correlate to certain x and y values on the screen
cursive minnow
Alr no worries take your time but
cursive minnow
guessing those variables correlate to certain x and y values on the screen
Yeah I just got confused 😅
amber oracle
Thanks I'll work on that when I have the time column_1 = width/4+100;
column_2 = width*.750-250;
row_1 = height/4 + 100;
row_2 = height/4 + 150;
row_3 = height/2;
row_4 = height/4 + 200;
row_5 = height/2 + 50;```@cursive minnow correct. I just named them instead of having confusing numbers.
amber oracle
Putting text on a screen is kinda trial and error.
amber oracle
Alr I get it now! I’ll prob do it in evening Since I gtg now
Ok have a nice day.
cursive minnow
Ok have a nice day.
U too
cursive minnow
Putting text on a screen is kinda trial and error.
Just the function part inside the text confused me
amber oracle
Understandable. No biggie. Check back if you need help.
cursive minnow
Understandable. No biggie. Check back if you need help.
Will do
cursive minnow
Ok have a nice day.
Mick you know the rain drop game
cursive minnow
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=http://learnin...
How could I turn the catcher not from mouse x and y and into void key presses like left and right
I just wanna move the catcher catching rain drops not by mouse but by keys
obtuse yoke
save the x location of the basket in a global variable, then when a certain key is pressed, you either add or remove a bit from that variable. Then just draw the basket at a fixed y coordinate with that x variable
cursive minnow
Can you show me an example i don’t get@it
amber oracle
@cursive minnow You want a switch statement nested in an if statement. java if(keyPressed){ switch(key){ case 'a' : move left break; case 's' etc.... } }
I'ma t work on my phone, but look up. keyPressed, keyCode and key in the processing reference. You will see how the keyboard inputs are used in Processing.
I will be home after 4pm EST. I will show you how I handle it in my game.
Also the above is not working code. I used words instead of expressions for understanding.
cursive minnow
I'ma t work on my phone, but look up. keyPressed, keyCode and key in the process...
Ok Ty!
I’ll see you at 4 pm then I’ll prob need that help
amber oracle
@cursive minnow I am going to rake for a bit until it gets dark so I will have my phone but not my laptop. I will give you some thing to look at for a minute.
//Moves ship
void move(ArrayList<Actor> actors) {//argument is the ArrayList containing the ship and asteroids
if (keyPressed) {//boolean is true when any key is //pressed
switch(key) {//looks at WHAT key was pressed
case 'w':
case 'W'://north Character that moves up in a -y //direction. Will accept upper and lower //case letter. Each case down, left, etc.
y -= y_speed;
break;
case 's':
case 'S'://south
y += y_speed;
break;
case 'a':
case 'A'://east
x -= x_speed;
break;
case 'd':
case 'D'://west
x += x_speed;
break;
case 'q':
case 'Q'://northwest
x -= x_speed;
y -= y_speed;
break;
case 'e':
case 'E'://northeast
x += x_speed;
y -= y_speed;
break;
case 'z':
case 'Z'://northwest
x -= x_speed;
y += y_speed;
break;
case 'c':
case 'C'://northwest
x += x_speed;
y += y_speed;
break;
case 'x'://This is a button I can use to test a //method to see if it works before I //control it.
case 'X':
//Test method goes here
break;
case ' '://fire s_bullet. This is the space bar key
add_S_bullet();
break;
}
}
}```I made some comments that explain what is going on. If you have any questions, I can explain in more detail.
amber oracle
How could I turn the catcher not from mouse x and y and into void key presses li...
Based on this you would only need cases for A and D east and west.
cursive minnow
Based on this you would only need cases for A and D east and west.
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@amber oracle Maybe could you implement in the rain drop code?
be much easier to understnad
http://learningprocessing.com/examples/chp10/example-10-10-rain-catcher-game Could you maybe put this in an 'A' and 'D' key so I could understand because I'm a lil confused
So the catcher would be moved by A and D left and right
amber oracle
It is implemented. The ship is the rain catcher. Show me what you have coded so far.
I was you a year ago. I started with Learning Processing. First the PDF on line. I did end up getting a hard copy on Thrift Books.
Start with just a square. Learn different ways to move the square. This isn't an overnight process.
amber oracle
http://learningprocessing.com/examples/chp10/example-10-10-rain-catcher-game Cou...
Start on Chapter 1 instead of 10.
cursive minnow
ohh
cursive minnow
Start on Chapter 1 instead of 10.
I will do that rn,
amber oracle
If you have any questions about what you are reading I can help you if you are stuck, but just giving you the method won't necessarily help you understand.
I love this book.
cursive minnow
cursive minnow
@amber oracle could I see like your sound part? For the game
Because I wanna add some sounds to my game, every time I catch and then a sound when I miss to catch it
amber oracle
<@794614434223882271> could I see like your sound part? For the game
It is on my to-do list, but I haven't implemented anything. I have played with the sound examples but for a day. No digging in yet.
cursive minnow
It is on my to-do list, but I haven't implemented anything. I have played with t...
OH
amber oracle
Saturday I was working on getting it to save a score and display it back when the game is started
I have it working on the serial monitor.
cursive minnow
Mhm i see
amber oracle
@cursive minnow I think I updated my repository. When I get something done I upload so I have the last working version.
Here is the repo.
https://github.com/mwilke19/Space_shooter
This is the source code if you want to look at it.
Score tab is there so I did upload what I accomplished.