Next Steps
Extra Challenges
Now that you've finished up the project, here are some challenges and improvements that you might want to try:
Use Different Images
If you don't like the sprites we've used for the player and the treasure, you might want to try finding your own images to use. You'll need to have a link to whichever image you want to use. Here are some tips to help you figure out how to get image links.
Link to An Online Image
- https://www.wikihow.com/Get-the-URL-for-Pictures
- https://www.lifewire.com/copy-image-web-address-url-1174175
Link to An Image On Your Computer or Phone
Add Extra Text to Game Over Screen
Right now, the game over screen does not actually tell the player to press the Enter key to restart. Using what you've learned about the text() function, see if you can add a message to let the player know about the restart option. Maybe you can write something like "Press Enter to Play Again."
Change the Time Limit
Is 10 seconds enough time to rack up a high score? See if you can give the player a different time limit!
Change the Screen Size
If you'd like, see if you can make the play screen bigger. Can you remember where in the code we set the play screen size?
Change the Keyboard Controls
In our game, we controlled the character by using the four arrow keys. However, in many computer games, players can use the WASD scheme to move. W is up, A is left, S is down, and D is right.
If you want to use the letters, you can just replace the arguments we pass to the keyIsDown() function calls. To figure out the numeric key code for a letter, you can go to this site and press any key: http://keycode.info/
For example, here's what happens when I press the W key:
The number 87 is the key code, so if we wanted to check if the W key is pressed, we could write:
if(keyIsPressed(87))
You can do this process for any key that you'd like to try.