Golden Flutes and Great Escapes: How to Write Your Own by Delton T. Horn
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22 Golden Flutes and Great Escapes As the flow chart shows, each round begins by revealing the current location, that is, telling the player where on Mars he is. This can be done quite simply as follows: 400 Q = LC(L1,L2): PRINT: PRINT" ","Your current coordinates are "; 410 PRINT LI;" : ";L2 Line 400 also sets variable Q equal to the obstacle number of the main map array location. Of course, this could be combined into a single line: 400 Q = LC(L1,L2): PRINT: PRINT" ", "Your current coordinates are";Ll;" : ";L2 However, you may recall from Chapter 2 that one of the supply objects is a compass.
This limits how long the explorer can roam aimlessly about. For the time being, set up the program so that it will only accept directional commands. That is, the player can only move north, south, east, or west through the map area. , southeast, are not allowed. These commands will be in the convenient form of the initial letter only. To move north, for example, simply enter "N". The directional commands can be recognized with a series of IF... THEN... statements: 720 IF Q$ = "N" GOTO 5100 730 IF Q$ = "S" GOTO 5120 740 IF Q$ = "E" GOTO 5140 750 IF Q$ = "W" GOTO 5160 Beginning the Program 23 The line numbers for the first command (line 5100) are arbitrarily selected.
Y *************************************************************** *********************************************** ********************************************************************* ****************** I'M BUILDING AN ENTIRE PLANET HERE! _ INSTRUCTIONS NOT READY ENTER 1 FOR AUTOMATIC CHARACTER OR 2 TO CREATE YOUR OWN? 2 HEALTH? 5000 HEALTH? -1 HEALTH? 87 SPEED? 96 POWER? 7 AIM? 55 HEALTH SPEED POWER DELTON 87% 96% 7% AIM 55% Please press 'ENTER' to play ? _ Your current coordinates are 7 : 9 YOUR COMMAND, DELTON?