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Card Game Number Variable
Hi!
I'm working on a project that involves a card game. There are six cards, and I would like to set it up with a number variable so that my user only needs to flip three cards to be able to move on.
I have the general idea of the number variable in the triggers, but I seem to be missing something as I keep selecting three cards and can't get the "Exit Course" layer to appear.
What am I missing? Attachment is below.
This trigger is on slide 1.1:
However, the CardCount variable never changes when the user is on that slide. So the trigger never runs.
- In order to use "when [var] changes," the variable change needs to happen on the slide where the trigger is.
- Since the variable doesn't change on 1.1, you need a different "when" for the trigger.
Also, triggers like these are on the Correct and Incorrect layers of the 6 scenario slides:
The program can't run a trigger if it's already jumped to another slide. So CardCount never gets above 0. The "Add value" trigger needs to be moved above/before the "Jump to slide" trigger.
- During development, it's a good idea to include a variable reference on the slides. That helps with troubleshooting, because you can see whether the variable is changing as expected or not.
- Here's more info on variables (including links to even more info): The Value of Variables | Articulate - Community
BTW, the file has a lot of triggers like this:
Any object with a Visited state will automatically change to Visited when clicked. So you don't need any of those triggers.
- Here's more info about built-in states: PRIMER: Take advantage of built-in states | Articulate - Community
