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Scoring and Levels

It is truly amazing how primitive I made this scoring and level system. The thing does about as much as the old Atari games, but hey, it is a start.

Inside the Line_Test() function the code increments a variable which tests itself for a MAX condition. This is where the number of lines is counted. Once that MAX condition is exceeded the number of lines gets reset and the level increased. Then, in our main code, another function we call is the Is_Game_Won() function. It is called to find out if they have gone over the maximum number of levels in the game. In our case, the MAX levels is ten, but you can make it whatever you would like it to be.

The other function we added was one to keep track of the score. As expected it is called Adjust_Score() and performs the same type of adjustment we did for the levels. The only difference is that if the user exceeds the maximum score we simply reset their score to the maximum amount. Nothing fancy, but it works as it is supposed to, which is always a nice side effect. This function is called from the main module based upon how many lines they achieved in one swoop. So, the more lines they eliminate at once the more points they would achieve.

When they have reached the end of the game our main code sets the state to GS_WON and simply restarts them. It is in that section that we would perform credits and special winning sequences. But, I was lacking in both art and creativity when I coded it, so they just restart the game.

Here are the Line_Test(), Adjust_Score(), and Is_Game_Won() functions. I'll let you sort through the main code yourself and see what alterations I made.

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