leamonade tycoon

[jimmyjoe36]

hi im starting to try to have a go making leamonade tycoon but havent programed very much lua apps. i was wondering how you would make the little people in the game move???????? plus does any other more experenced programmers want to help????????

[lsquish]

well, making lemondae tycoon would be a very hard challenge.
But i will help you all i can so, you say you wanted the people to move around.
Here's a simple script for 1 person.





width=screen.width()
height=screen.height() --set the screensize


imageofperson=image.load("icon.png") --load the image of person


white=color.new(255,255,255)--this is the colour white

randomn=0 --this is the variable that decides wehter he moves left, right....
person1X=200 --the persons X coridantes
person1Y=120 --the persond Y coridantes


function drawgame()
screen.fillrect(0,0,width,height,white); --draw the background
imageofperson:draw(person1X,person1Y) -- draw the person
screen.update()
end

while true do -- forever
randomn=math.random(1,4) --set random to 1,2,3or4
if randomn==1 then --move right
person1X=person1X+10
end
if randomn==2 then -- move left
person1X=person1X-10
end
if randomn==3 then --move up
person1Y=person1Y-10
end
if randomn==4 then --move DOWN
person1Y=person1Y+10
end
drawgame() --excutes the function drawgame()
os.sleep(50) --wait a bit
end

[jimmyjoe36]

thanks this what ive got so far

menu=image.load("images/menu.jpg")

function menu()
bg:draw(0,0)
screen.update()
os.sleep(200)
end

height = screen.height()
width= screen.width()
local black = color.new(0,0,0)
local colorWhite = color.new(255, 255, 255);

--load image
print("load images")

[lsquish]

Originally Posted by jimmyjoe36

thanks this what ive got so far

menu=image.load("images/menu.jpg")

function menu()
bg:draw(0,0)
screen.update()
os.sleep(200)
end

height = screen.height()
width= screen.width()
local black = color.new(0,0,0)
local colorWhite = color.new(255, 255, 255);

--load image
print("load images")

whats the "print("load images")"
if you want to draw a image you must have:
name of the image:draw(X position,Yposition)

Can you explaing exactly what you are trying to do

[jimmyjoe36]

tryin to load the menu background

[jimmyjoe36]

this the menu

[Habhome]

Originally Posted by jimmyjoe36

tryin to load the menu background

menu:draw(0,0,width,height)

This draws the image "menu" which you have loaded with:

menu=image.load("images/menu.jpg")

From x=0, y=0 to the screen width and height, thus filling the screen with the image.

(Also, the image cannot exceed 400x240 pixel)

[Zaffo]

I think it's better to use PNG images instead of JPEG. As with PNG every pixels has it's own color, while with JPEG you get blurry blech bla..... horrible text, as you can see in the menu image. Use the original source to save this image as .png

As Habhome says. The screen of the X-Fi2 is 400x240 pixels, using a background image with dimensions 480x320 isn't optimal. But I guess the Zen can work with it, it either runs out of screen space giving you a incomplete menu or the image has to be scaled down which is pointless.

But the start looks nice. I can't wait to play this game.

[Habhome]

I think we established a while ago that if the image exceeds 400x240 the application crashes. If I remember correctly that is.
I'd also suggest .PNG, for the reasons stated by Zaffo.

And on a note of animations. You don't need to make the game exactly like the original where you can see the people move about. I've played another version of this which is completely text/image based, and it's really fun.

[jimmyjoe36]

do u have a link to it plz

[Habhome]

Originally Posted by jimmyjoe36

do u have a link to it plz

http://www.funplanet.se/ go to "spel" then "safteriet". It's a version of it, very simple. And all in Swedish.

[jimmyjoe36]

thanks its alot simpler