Midway mini-game arcade!, Buy coins, play games, win tickets, buy stuff! Options

[Alt_Jack]

This is, in a word, epic. It's an event-ed version of the old coin exchange in the original Pokemon games (you know, $500 for 10 coins, blow them all on the slots and win nothing? ) , and it's difficult.
First step is to C/P this into your Game Interpreter script section, to fix the math used for event variables: http://www.rpgmakervx.com/variables-fix

Next, you will create at least 5 items, events, and variables (which see a lot of use) and some other random junk, all to make it work. And, as usual, I don't have a demo that you can just pull the stuff from. Without further complaining, let's begin:

[Show/Hide] items you need

Bonus coins - scope: none, occasion: never price: I put 200
Doll #1 (at least) - scope: none, occasion: never consume: NO ->these are what you purchase in this case, but can also be weapons, items, etc. I use the dolls because they represent hidden/special characters that you can add to your party.
coin pouch - again, scope: none, occasion: never, consume: no -> you need this to carry your coins in, like the Pokemon game house. Kinda pointless, if you ask me.
Arcade ticket - (same conditions as above, but consume=yes)
Ticket box - the ticket equivallent of the coin pouch. Again, kinda pointless

[Show/Hide] shop

The usual shop event, except that they only sell the bonus coins (at the indicated price) and you can't sell anything to them. You can start off with a condition branch that checks if you have the coin pouch

[Show/Hide] ticket bank

This is where you store all of the tickets you hope to win, because the game only lets you carry 99 of them
condition branch=if ticket box is in inventory (if not, they tell you off)
show choices: remove all tickets, keep tickets, trade for cash
when remove all tickets
control variables: tickets= 1 (or 0, which may give you an error. This resets it from a previous change)
control variables: tickets = arcade ticket in inventory
change items arcade ticket, - (minus/decrease) variable tickets
control variables: ticket bank+ variable tickets
text: Tickets in ticket bank \v[X] ->the X represents whatever variable number the ticket box is, and shows it in the text
When keep tickets
(nothing. It just exits)
When trade for cash
control variables tickets = 1
control variables tickets = arcade tickets in inventory
change items arcade tickets (decrease) variable tickets
control variables * (multiply by slightly less than what you paid for them, i.e if they cost $3, you cash them in for $2. Yay Capitalism~! )
change gold + (increase) variable tickets

[Show/Hide] slot machine

BTW, I don't endorse gambling. I just make a lot of events about it.
show choices: play, leave
when play
control variables bet = 0
text: How much will you bet?
input number: bet, 2 digits (since the max. is 99 )
change items bonus coins - (decrease) variable bet (thanks for your money! )
control variables X - random number 1-7
control variables Y - random number 1-7
control variables Z - random number 1-7
text [ \v[X] ] [ \v[Y] ] [ \v[Z] ] -> if written correctly, this displays the number results in 3 brackets in the text
Call common event: results/rules -> this common event represents the rules, which is if you get, say, two 7's in a row, you win 3 tickets for every 1 coin that you bet. If that's confusing, see below

[Show/Hide] rules/results

these are the outcomes for your slot game above. This is the formula I used for pairs (to make it a "flush" , just add the Z variable condition branch underneath) :

condition branch variable X = 1
>condition branch variable Y =1 -> i.e if the first two numbers are the same, do the following)
control variables bet (multiply by) 3 -> 3 is the number of tickets you win per coin that you bet. 1 coin = 3 tickets, 2 = 6, etc
change items arcade ticket + variable bet ->this is where the 3 times your coin bet comes into play, and when it finally makes sense

you'll have to make one of these for number 1 to 7, and then another 7 for the 3 in a row

[Show/Hide] buy stuff

finally, I get to buy something.

label: start
control variables tickets = arcade ticket in inventory
show choices: purchase (whatever, we'll say character) , exit
>when purchase
text: purchase which character?
tickets in box: \v[the ticket variable number]
tickets in bank \v[the ticket bank variable number]
show choices: (list 2 characters and their prices) , more (to show more characters and repeat this process), return
>when (the 1st character)
show choices: remove from box, remove from bank (cash or credit, basically)
when remove from box
condition branch variable tickets > (greater than the price, to check if you have enough)
change items: doll #1 (you trade it for your new character)
control variables tickets - (minus the price)
change items: arcade tickets (minus the price, again)

>else: text you don't have enough tickets in your box \v (ticket bank number)
branch end
when remove from bank
(same deal, but change the variables to remove it from your bank, instead of your box)
when return: jump to label: start

[Show/Hide] add new member

A new party member? I wonder who it'll be?

label: main
show choices: doll 1, 2 , 3 , more
when doll 1 (repeat for each)
condition branch doll 1 is in invetory (do you really have it? )
Text: (what it is)
show choices: add to party, remove from party, return to main
when change: add to party: add (that character)
when remove from party
change party: remove (that same character)
when return to main
jump to label: main

I made another game that you can get tickets from, which I'll post later. Or you can use your own mini-games.

This post has been edited by Alt_Jack: May 14 2011, 01:15 PM

[Alt_Jack]

Chicken Chaser

Addictive, stupid, frustrating, and fun. No, I'm not talking about online dating, I'm talking about this game. As the title suggets, you see how many chickens you can catch in 30 seconds.

[Show/Hide] get me there

you talk to a farmer or someone then:
player transfer: (the chicken coup map)
start timer: 30 seconds (the pressure's on! )

[Show/Hide] chickens

These end up being very fast

activate - button press (you can't catch them just by bumping into them! )
set move route - custom - repeat movement: move away from player, move random (so that the chicken runs away from you, then in a random direction, then repeats)
speed 2-4X normal (4x means 4 times your own walking speed, which is very fast)
frequency: highest

-I told you they were hard to catch-

the event code itself: control variable: chicken (add) +1 (keeps a running tally on how many you caught, if any)
erase event

[Show/Hide] time's up!

parallel process event
condition branch: when timer = 1 second or less (like, say, 0 )
>stop timer
(It's here that you apply the rules/outcome to this game, much like the slot game above)
control variable: chicken = 0 (no more chickens. *sob* )
transfer player (back to where you were)
erase event (optional, I guess)

Have fun, and I'm not responsible for any broken keyboards, fingers and/or keys that result from you playing this game.

[Redd]

Could you please provide a demo? They look pretty cool but I don't have VX, and I'm sure people would want to see it in action first

[Alt_Jack]

Could you please provide a demo? They look pretty cool but I don't have VX, and I'm sure people would want to see it in action first

...no.
I can give you a Youtube clip like I did with some of my other masterpieces, but I don't need the hassle of doing all those extra steps of uploading a 1-map game with virtually nothing in it; that's kind of a waste of my time.
Besides, it seems like there might still be a few (minor) bugs in it. At least I posted the variables fix; I had to do this without it.

[Redd]

Okay, a youtube video would be cool

[Alt_Jack]

So, apparently it's here:

Most of the video was actually me playing Chicken Chaser (like, 7 times), but that was cut.

This post has been edited by Redd: May 14 2011, 10:35 PM

Reason for edit: You can put YouTube videos in posts with the code [youtube]"your vid id goes here (i.e. vXxrnwTadPY)[/youtube] ;) - Redd

[Redd]

Looks.... pretty freaking awesome

[RzrBladeMontage]

Looking good Jack! You're a real handy man when it comes to events!

[Alt_Jack]

Looks.... pretty freaking awesome

Most of it is Vlad's work; I just stuck in the events and made them work as best I could. I need to slow down those chicken, though.
Strangely enough, there are more "hidden' characters than regular characters! lol