Can someone help me figure out how to use a "while" loop on an sprite interaction? I see the example in the docs, but could use a bit more context. Can someone explain why this doesn't work as expected?
on interact do
power = 6
while power>0 do
ask "attack?" then
option "yes" then
say "you attacked!"
power--
end
option "no" then
say "no damage"
end
end
end
end
in fact, running that code will crash the Playdate. Can I not have a "while" inside the interact? If not, can someone suggest another way to loop dialog?
While loops can’t go on forever. There’s a 400 iteration limit. Your while loop can only exit if the user says yes, therefore it has a possibility of going on forever and therefore violates the 'rules of Pulp'
What you should do instead is put your ask into a custom event. Then call it from the interact event.
on interact do
power = 6
call "attackEvent"
end
on attackEvent do
ask "attack?" then
option "yes" then
say "you attacked!"
power--
if power>0 then
call "attackEvent"
end
end
option "no" then
say "no damage"
if power>0 then
call "attackEvent"
end
end
end
end
