Creating the Dice Battle Puzzle Game - The Essential Guide to Flash Games - page 392

break;
case GameStates.STATE_FADE_DICE_WAIT:
if (!checkForFadingDice()) {
gameState = nextGameState;
}
break;
case GameStates.STATE_FALL_DICE_WAIT:
if (!checkForFallingDice()) {
gameState = nextGameState;
}
break;
case GameStates.STATE_END_LEVEL:
endLevel();
gameState = GameStates.STATE_INITIALIZING;
break;
case GameStates.STATE_END_GAME:
endGame();
break;
case GameStates.STATE_WAIT:
framesWaited++;
if (framesWaited >= framesToWait) {
gameState = nextGameState;
}
break;
}
update();
render();
}

Capturing and scoring a player move
Besides the fact that nearly every line of code in dieClickListener has been changed to include
the word “die” or “dice” instead of “block,” the function of the code is almost identical to
blockClickListener in Color Drop. One minor but important difference is that this function
accepts an instance of CustomEventClickDie instead of CustomEventClickBlock . However, the big
difference is that we now calculate the score in this function instead of in removeClickedDice
( removeClickedBlocks in Color Drop), because we will use removeClickedDice for both the player
and computer move. By moving the score calculation here, removeClickedDice can remain a
universal function instead of having to know the context in which it was called.
The important code that we have added follows. First, we get the value of the dice by calling
getDiceValue passing clickedDiceArray as the parameter to get dicevalue . Then, we call
addToScore passing dicevalue .
var dicevalue:Number = getDiceValue(clickedDiceArray);
dispatchEvent(new CustomEventScoreBoardUpdate(

CustomEventScoreBoardUpdate.UPDATE_TEXT,Main.SCORE_BOARD_COMPUTER_LIFE,

String(computerLife)));

addToScore(dicevalue);