Run Multiple Tabs?

Questions
1

I’m trying to make it so if you touch a (button) that says easy , on the main tab, you’ll start the flappy bird example on a different tab, idk how or where to put the code for that. I guess my code is to long to post on here…

2

@CodeLearnerMike There’s an example somewhere on this forum where someone wrote a program where you could run the different example programs from a menu. I don’t remember who wrote it or how long ago it was. Is that what you’re after.

3 

--# Main
-- Screen


function setup()
    currentScreen = Screen1()
end

function draw()
    background(0,0,0)
    currentScreen:draw()
end

function touched(touch)
    currentScreen:touched(touch)
end

--# Screen1
Screen1 = class()

function Screen1:init()
   font("Futura-CondensedExtraBold")
    fontSize(22)
    textMode(CENTER)     
end

function Screen1:draw()
    background(185, 81, 81, 255)
    text("Screen 1 tape Screen", WIDTH/2, HEIGHT/2) 
end

function Screen1:touched(touch)
    if touch.tapCount==1 then
       currentScreen = Screen2()
    end
end

--# Screen2
Screen2 = class()

function Screen2:init()
    font("AmericanTypewriter-Bold")
    fontSize(22)
    textMode(CENTER)    
end

function Screen2:draw()
    background(100, 41, 106, 255)
    text("Screen 2 double tap Screen", WIDTH/2, HEIGHT/2)
end

function Screen2:touched(touch)
    if touch.tapCount == 2 then
        currentScreen = Screen1()
    end
end
4

@CodeLearnerMike - might have got the wrong idea about what you are wanting to achieve, but - I thought you wanted to run separate programs by selecting options - so an easy mode, a harder mode and !!$#&!!! I’ll never be able to do that !!!

If so try looking under the first Craft demo (Learn Craft) where John has set several demo programs (each with their own setup) and run them from the Main.lua which is the last tab.

5

@dave1707 that may be a good place to start,seems everyone has a different way of doing things though lol , I wish all commands that work in lua were highlighted, like how function is purple. @Diablo76 it works by itself, but when I copy and paste the bubble example (cause it’s simple) code into screen2 I loose sceeen1s menu ,I tried getting the menu on screen1 to work but couldn’t … @Bri_G well by programs I mean different code from different tabs,so let’s say we have a main tab with code for a button that says Start ,and when touched it loads a second tab let’s say called screen2,and on screen2 it loads the most important code, the game itself.

6

@CodeLearnerMike Look at the code I have in this link. See if you might be able to use something like it. When you go into the different sites, press Done in the upper left of the screen to return back to the program.

https://codea.io/talk/discussion/8785/setting-up-a-game
7

@dave1707 Thanks that code is simple to understand, however could you edit it to allow for one of the buttons when touched to load a different tab with let’s say the bubble example, instead of main? I tried myself but just end up either getting errors,blank screen,etc.
I defiantly appreciate all your guys help.

8

@CodeLearnerMike Here’s an example to run Bubbles from a menu. Just to let you know, the Bubbles code here was modified to work with a menu, so you can’t just run any example code using this. As I said above, there’s an example somewhere in this forum that might let you run any example from a menu. I just haven’t found it yet. Copy this code then long press Add New Project to create this code into tabs.

--# Main

displayMode(FULLSCREEN)

function setup()
    rectMode(CENTER)
    emitter = Bubbles(0, 0)
end

function draw()
    if bubb then
        background(40, 40, 50)
        fill(255)
        text("Drag your finger to make bubbles", WIDTH/2, HEIGHT - 60)
        fill(255,0,0)
        text("Tap here to return to the menu.",WIDTH/2,HEIGHT-30)
        emitter:update()
        emitter:draw()
    else
        background(255, 154, 0, 255)
        fill(0)
        rect(WIDTH/2-10,HEIGHT/2-10,200,100)
        fill(255)
        rect(WIDTH/2,HEIGHT/2,200,100)
        fill(0)
        text("Tap here to start Bubbles",WIDTH/2,HEIGHT/2)        
    end
end

function touched(t)
    if t.state==BEGAN then
        if not bubb then
            if t.x>WIDTH/2-100 and t.x<WIDTH/2+100 and
                    t.y>HEIGHT/2-50 and t.y<HEIGHT/2+50 then
                bubb=true
            end
        elseif bubb and t.y>HEIGHT-70 then
            bubb=false
        end
    elseif t.state==MOVING and bubb then
        emitter.x = t.x
        emitter.y = t.y
        emitter:emit()
    end
end

--# Bubble

Bubbles = class()

function Bubbles:init(x, y)
    self.x = x
    self.y = y
    self.bubbles = {}
    self.maxbubbles = 100
    self.bubblecount = 0
end

function Bubbles:emit()
    if self.bubblecount < self.maxbubbles then
        local dir = vec2(0,1):rotate(math.random() - 0.5) * math.random(1,6)
        local size = math.random(10, 50)
        local life = math.random(30, 60)
        local bubble = {pos = vec2(self.x, self.y), 
                        dir = dir, 
                        size = size, 
                        life = life}
        table.insert(self.bubbles, bubble)
        self.bubblecount = self.bubblecount + 1
    end
end

function Bubbles:update()
    for k,v in pairs(self.bubbles) do
        v.pos = v.pos + v.dir
        v.life = v.life - 1
        if v.life == 0 then
            self.bubbles[k] = nil
            self.bubblecount = self.bubblecount - 1
        end
    end
end

function Bubbles:draw()
    pushStyle()
    ellipseMode(CENTER)
    stroke(255)
    strokeWidth(4)
    fill(153, 197, 210, 100)
    for k,v in pairs(self.bubbles) do
        ellipse(v.pos.x, v.pos.y, v.size)
    end
    popStyle()
end