MtG Life Counter

Posted by jtreu, Posted on November 8, 2011

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Hey. Made a simple, 2-person MtG life counter. Using the ui.lua, and ZoomEven config.
Inspiration:
Button Counter Forum Post
Button Events Template

Feel free to comment/update. Would like to include dice roll and poison counter tally at some point.

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local ui = require("ui")
 
--HALF BACKGROUND--
local Rect = display.newRect(0, 0, 340, 240)
Rect:setFillColor( 64, 64, 64, 255 )
 
--CALLING COUNTER and SCORE and BUTTON--
 
local counter = 20
local counter2 = 20
 
local score
local score2
 
--CREATING BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY--
 
local button1press = function ( event )
        counter = counter - 1
        score.text = ''..counter
end
 
local button2press = function ( event )
        counter = counter + 1
        score.text = ''..counter
end
 
local button3press = function ( event )
        counter2 = counter2 + 1
        score2.text = ''..counter2
end
 
local button4press = function ( event )
        counter2 = counter2 - 1
        score2.text = ''..counter2
end
 
 
local button1 = ui.newButton{
                        default = "arrow.png",
                        over = "arrow2.png",
                        onPress = button1press,
                        emboss = true
}
                
local button2 = ui.newButton{
                        default = "arrow.png",
                        over = "arrow2.png",
                        onPress = button2press,
                        emboss = true
}
                        
local button3 = ui.newButton{
                        default = "arrow.png",
                        over = "arrow2.png",
                        onRelease = button3press,
                        emboss = true           
}
        
local button4 = ui.newButton{
                        default = "arrow.png",
                        over = "arrow2.png",
                        onRelease = button4press,
                        emboss = true
}
        
        
--DISPLAY BUTTONS--
button1.x = 60; button1.y = 70
button1.rotation = 270
button1.xScale = .7; button1.yScale =.7
 
button2.x = 60; button2.y = 150
button2.rotation = 90
button2.xScale = .7; button2.yScale =.7
 
button3.x = 60; button3.y = 330
button3.rotation = 270
button3.xScale = .7; button3.yScale =.7
 
button4.x = 60; button4.y = 410
button4.rotation = 90
button4.xScale = .7; button4.yScale =.7
                                
                        
--DISPLAY SCORE--
score = display.newText( 0, 0, 0, native.systemFontBold, 120 )
score:setTextColor( 255, 255, 255 )
score.x = 200; score.y = 110
score.rotation = 180
 
score2 = display.newText( 0, 0, 0, native.systemFontBold, 120 )
score2:setTextColor( 255, 255, 255 )
score2.x = 200; score2.y = 370