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iOS

Posted by jordan baker
jordan baker
49 Points

SpriteKit - End game after certain amount of time

Would it be possible to end the game after a certain period of time? Say 5 minutes goes by and if the player survived they would get a "you win!" screen.

it seems like you should be able to do

 self.lastUpdateTimeInterval = currentTime;

    if ( self.totalGameTime > 300 ) {

[self performGameWin];

 }

performGameWin would trigger

- (void) performGameWin {

    [self.backgroundMusic stop];

    SKTransition *reveal = [SKTransition flipHorizontalWithDuration:0.5];
    GameWinScene *gameWinScene = [[GameWinScene alloc]  initWithSize:self.size];
    [self.view presentScene:gameWinScene transition: reveal];

}

I'm still learning and I'm ghetto rigging a lot of my code, so I'm not surprised that this isn't working. Any help would be much appreciated!

EDIT: I can't get the markdown to display the code correctly. Hopefully this makes sense. Sorry about the mess :(

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

formatted your code for you. this animation shows you how to format it

2 Answers

Robert Bojor
PLUS
Robert Bojor
Courses Plus Student 29,439 Points
Robert Bojor
Robert Bojor
Courses Plus Student 29,439 Points

Hi Jordan,

You could do something like this...

Define a lastCheckTimeInterval, lastUpdateTimeInterval and totalTimePassed:

@property (nonatomic) NSTimeInterval lastCheckTimeInterval;
@property (nonatomic) NSTimeInterval lastUpdateTimeInterval;
@property (nonatomic) NSTimeInterval totalTimePassed;

Define a method that gets called from the game loop:

- (void)updateWithTimeSinceLastUpdate:(CFTimeInterval)timeSinceLast {
    self.lastCheckTimeInterval += timeSinceLast;
    if (self.lastCheckTimeInterval > 1) {
        self.lastCheckTimeInterval = 0;
        self.totalTimePassed++;
    }
    if (self.totalTimePassed > 30) {
        // Call method for ending the game
    }
}

And the game loop will look something like this:

- (void)update:(NSTimeInterval)currentTime {
    // Handle time delta - If frames drop below 60fps
    CFTimeInterval timeSinceLast = currentTime - self.lastUpdateTimeInterval;
    self.lastUpdateTimeInterval = currentTime;
    if (timeSinceLast > 1) { // more than a second has passed since the last update
        timeSinceLast = 1.0 / 60.0;
        self.lastUpdateTimeInterval = currentTime;
    }

    [self updateWithTimeSinceLastUpdate:timeSinceLast];

    // the rest of your game loop logic
}

The code in the game loop will account for time delta - dropping below 60fps will normally distort your seconds count if you do it just using currentTime. Once the timeSinceLast is calculated, the updateWithTimeSinceLastUpdate: method is called and that's where you decide when to end the game. I have hardcoded the 30 sec threshold but you can use a variable there if needed.

Hope this helps.

PS I haven't tested it but I believe you will need to initialize self.totalTimePassed to 0 first, so you don't get an error when it will try to increment it.

jordan baker
jordan baker
49 Points
jordan baker
jordan baker
49 Points

Thanks for your answer. I followed your suggestions, but two things go wrong with this solution. The first problem is that for some reason inserting the handle time delta code messes up the game loop and no enemies (spacedogs) appear.

After 10 seconds (i changed it to 10 for quicker testing purposes) the game tries to call the method for ending the game, but it just causes the game to freeze up (no errors, just freezing.)

Any ideas why? I'm not even getting an error so I can't debug it.

EDIT: I solved the freezing up problem, but the no enemies bug still exists. Trying to troubleshoot it without errors is tough. Let me know if you or anyone has any suggestions.

Robert Bojor
Robert Bojor
Courses Plus Student 29,439 Points
Robert Bojor
Robert Bojor
Courses Plus Student 29,439 Points

Move the call to line [self updateWithTimeSinceLastUpdate:timeSinceLast]; at the end of the update method. Like I said, I haven't had the time to test the solution - will do and come back.