Fish "Game Simulator" 1.7! Now with more COLORS! :D

• Features:
• Startup Screen
• 3 fish (can be any color in the game with the exception of white and black)
• Seaweed Background
• 1 2 Ways to kill the fish (starvation, using the kill button or overfeeding)
• 2 Controls now only one, as the fish now moves on its own.
• 1 Health monitor
• Infinite food
• restart screen (uses latest version on pastebin)

1. there are currently no known bugs

Jiloacom, on 28 August 2014 - 01:29 PM said:

Pretty neat! I can't wait for more to be added to this :)/>

thewmatt, on 28 August 2014 - 10:25 PM said:

Jiloacom, on 28 August 2014 - 01:29 PM said:

Pretty neat! I can't wait for more to be added to this :)/>

What should I add to this?

Jiloacom, on 28 August 2014 - 10:56 PM said:

thewmatt, on 28 August 2014 - 10:25 PM said:

Jiloacom, on 28 August 2014 - 01:29 PM said:

Pretty neat! I can't wait for more to be added to this :)/>

What should I add to this?

Hm.. Well, now that I think about it, I can't think of any suggestions for this..

thewmatt, on 28 August 2014 - 11:27 PM said:

I could use help on making parallel work with this so you wouldnt need the space bar to update everything
;)/>/> when i tried the feeding wouldnt work

start timer
while true do
  os.pullEvent
  if timer
    move
    start new timer
  if feed key
    feed
  end
end

flaghacker, on 29 August 2014 - 10:47 AM said:

thewmatt, on 28 August 2014 - 11:27 PM said:

I could use help on making parallel work with this so you wouldnt need the space bar to update everything
;)/>/> when i tried the feeding wouldnt work

Pseudo code (I'm on mobile):

start timer
while true do
  os.pullEvent
  if timer
	move
	start new timer
  if feed key
	feed
  end
end

No need to use the parallel API.

local id = os.startTimer()
while true do
  local event = {os.pullEvent()}
  if event[ 1 ] == "timer" and event[ 2 ] == id then
    --#move
    id = os.startTimer()
  elseif event[ 1 ] == "key" and event[ 2 ] == "feed" then
    --#feed
  end
end

KingofGamesYami, on 29 August 2014 - 01:27 PM said:

flaghacker, on 29 August 2014 - 10:47 AM said:

Let me clean up that code…

local id = os.startTimer()
while true do
  local event = {os.pullEvent()}
  if event[ 1 ] == "timer" and event[ 2 ] == id then
    --#move
    id = os.startTimer()
  elseif event[ 1 ] == "key" and event[ 2 ] == "feed" then
    --#feed
  end
end

flaghacker, on 29 August 2014 - 01:48 PM said:

KingofGamesYami, on 29 August 2014 - 01:27 PM said:

flaghacker, on 29 August 2014 - 10:47 AM said:

Let me clean up that code…

local id = os.startTimer()
while true do
  local event = {os.pullEvent()}
  if event[ 1 ] == "timer" and event[ 2 ] == id then
	--#move
	id = os.startTimer()
  elseif event[ 1 ] == "key" and event[ 2 ] == "feed" then
	--#feed
  end
end

Thanks, typing symbols is a pain on my phone. Scrolling even more…

thewmatt, on 30 August 2014 - 12:58 AM said:

flaghacker, on 29 August 2014 - 01:48 PM said:

KingofGamesYami, on 29 August 2014 - 01:27 PM said:

flaghacker, on 29 August 2014 - 10:47 AM said:

Let me clean up that code…

local id = os.startTimer()
while true do
  local event = {os.pullEvent()}
  if event[ 1 ] == "timer" and event[ 2 ] == id then
	--#move
	id = os.startTimer()
  elseif event[ 1 ] == "key" and event[ 2 ] == "feed" then
	--#feed
  end
end

Thanks, typing symbols is a pain on my phone. Scrolling even more…

thanks guys! ill implement this in the program ASAP

--Variables
local fishX = 10
local fishY = 10
local fishHealth = 20
local space = 57
local feed = 33
local h = colors.green
local fishLook = true -- true means left false means right
--Functions
function fishFeed()
    if key == feed then
    term.setCursorPos(5,5)
    term.setBackgroundColor(colors.lightBlue)
    print("Feeding Your Fish!")
    sleep(.50)
    fishHealth = fishHealth+1
if fishY > 18 then
fishY = 2
elseif fishY < 2 then
fishY = 18
end
end
--Health ColorChangers
if fishHealth < 5 then
h = colors.red
elseif fishHealth < 10 then
h = colors.orange
    elseif fishHealth > 15 then
h = colors.green
elseif fishHealth > 9 then
h = 1
elseif fishHealth < 5 then
h = colors.red
end
if fishHealth > 20 then
init()
term.setCursorPos(5,5)
term.setBackgroundColor(colors.lightBlue)
    print("Your Fish Was Overfed!")
    sleep(1)
    term.setBackgroundColor(colors.black)
    term.clear()
    error()
    end
    if fishHealth < .5 then
init()
    term.setCursorPos(5,5)
    term.setBackgroundColor(colors.lightBlue)
    print("Your Fish Starved To Death!")
    sleep(1)
    term.setBackgroundColor(colors.black)
    term.clear()
    error()
    end
end
function fishMove()
  term.setBackgroundColor(colors.lightBlue)
  term.clear()
  term.setCursorPos(1,1)
  term.setTextColor(1)
  term.write("Fish's Life: ")
  term.setTextColor(h)
  term.write(fishHealth)
  term.setCursorPos(fishX,fishY)
  term.setTextColor(colors.black)
  term.setBackgroundColor(colors.orange)
  if fishLook then
    print("(O<")
    else if fishLook == false then
	  print(">O)")
    end
  end
    move = math.random(4)
    fishHealth = fishHealth - .5
    if move == 1 then
	  fishX = fishX-1
	  fishLook = true
	  elseif move == 2 then
	  fishX = fishX+1
	  fishLook = false
	  elseif move == 3 then
	  fishY = fishY-1
	  elseif move == 4 then
	  fishY = fishY+1
  
   end
  end
local id = os.startTimer(1)
while true do
  local event = {os.pullEvent()}
  if event[ 1 ] == "timer" and event[ 2 ] == id then
    fishMove()
    id = os.startTimer(1)
  elseif event[ 1 ] == "key" and event[ 2 ] == feed then
   
  end
end

while true do
  local event = {os.pullEvent()}
  if event[ 1 ] == "timer" and event[ 2 ] == id then
    fishMove()
    id = os.startTimer(1)
  elseif event[ 1 ] == "key" and event[ 2 ] == feed then
    --#nothing, absolutely nothing is shown happening here...
  end
end

KingofGamesYami, on 30 August 2014 - 01:52 AM said:

while true do
  local event = {os.pullEvent()}
  if event[ 1 ] == "timer" and event[ 2 ] == id then
	fishMove()
	id = os.startTimer(1)
  elseif event[ 1 ] == "key" and event[ 2 ] == feed then
	--#nothing, absolutely nothing is shown happening here...
  end
end

TheOddByte, on 05 September 2014 - 03:22 PM said:

As nitro said, you shouldn't use sleep as it ignores timers.
That's because the sleep function is basically something like this

Spoiler

sleep = function( sRate )
	local timer = os.startTimer( sRate )
	repeat
		local e = { os.pullEvent( "timer" ) }
	until e[2] == timer
end

As you can see it uses the event system, and it only listens to a specific timer, this causes all other events and timers to be ignored

And I have a suggestion, since you posted a pastebin link you might as well remove the code in the post or put it in a spoiler.
Could you also post some screenshots? It would be nice to see how it looks without having to download it first.

print("Feeding Your Fish!")
fishHealth = fishHealth+1.5
sleep(.50)
id = os.startTimer(1)

nitrogenfingers, on 11 September 2014 - 10:02 AM said:

I agree in your code it's quite hard- in future you should isolate drawing and updates in your program to make event handling like this easier.
This would be a very quick and dirty fix:

print("Feeding Your Fish!")
fishHealth = fishHealth+1.5
sleep(.50)
id = os.startTimer(1)

But I'd recommend isolating the draw and updates. That way you can fire separate timer events (wherever you would use a sleep call) and handle each one individually.

nitrogenfingers, on 05 September 2014 - 05:01 AM said:

You shouldn't be using sleep() when you're capturing os.timer events. If you feed your fish at the wrong time the sleep event captures and I think ignores the os.timer that fires, meaning the fish will be stationary and cannot be overfed.

I reckon you should add some more fish and maybe some seaweed. Feels a bit like a virtual aquarium which could be a nice thing to leave running on a monitor on a server for people to occasionally feed.

theoriginalbit, on 24 September 2014 - 04:33 AM said:

try creating a thread in Ask a Pro to get help. You're more likely to get more visibility for your problem there.

thewmatt, on 23 October 2014 - 02:49 AM said:

Help?

theoriginalbit, on 23 October 2014 - 03:15 AM said:

thewmatt, on 23 October 2014 - 02:49 AM said:

Help?

you were asking for help