Countdown Timer

Game Development ChoiceScript Help
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The game I’m working on (my first) has a time limit in game time. You have 1 hour to get out before the explosion, so I put in *set time -1 (or more) at various places, and give the time remaining at the end of each scene.

I can put in a time check regularly:
*if time <1 goto_scene explosion

Or I can put this in a subroutine in each scene, and refer to it regularly.

But can I put in some kind of universal time check to cover the entire game that takes me to the explosion scene, to avoid repeating this check numerous times?

Thanks!

2

The easiest way would be to have a check every time the time changes. Just copy/paste the code where you need it.

*set time -1
*if time<1
*goto_scene explosion

3

Does the MC have a whatch? If yes could make time a regular stat, having a start value of 60 at the beginning and decreasing with every scene exactly like @andymwhy proposed.

4

The short answer is no, ChoiceScript does not support continually running checks. All checks have to be done in line with the rest of the game. Assuming you want a relatively simple, ‘timer hits zero and you lose’, the best way is probably to stick it in as part of a gosub that also reduces the time.

*gosub countdown_timer

*label countdown_timer
*set time -1
*if time <= 0
  *goto boom_you_die
*return

If you want to reduce time more than 1 tick at a time, just preface the *gosub with a *set time - #.

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Thanks all - it looks like I was thinking along the right lines initially.