High score in simple flash game
Hello
I wrote a simple shot em up flash game and assigned a
variable for score. Now I want to be able to ask players to enter
their name and record the highest score.
As you can guess I'm a relative newbie, still ploughing my
way through action script tutorials. If there is a quick solution
I'd appecreciate a response. I just don't know where to get
started.
Thanks
This is an old technique but it works great using php:
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/High-sco-Glen_Rho-657/index.php
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[as]
package
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.ui.Mouse;
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.ui.Keyboard;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.media.SoundChannel;
import flash.net.SharedObject;
public class Game extends MovieClip
static var ship:MovieClip;
static var healthMeter:HealthMeter;
static var score:Score;
static var highScore:HighScore;
static var enemyShipTimer:Timer;
static var gameOverMenu:GameOverMenu;
static var startMenu:StartMenu;
static var startButton:StartButton;
static var pauseButton:PauseButton;
static var playButton:PlayButton;
static var mainMenuButton:MainMenuButton;
public var currentValue:Number;
public var sharedObject:SharedObject;
public function Game()
Key.initialize(stage);
ship = new Ship();
healthMeter = new HealthMeter();
var score:Score = new Score();
var highScore:HighScore = new HighScore();
addChild(score);
addChild(highScore);
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bestScore.visible = true;
healthMeter.x = 2.5;
healthMeter.y = 576;
gameOverMenu = new GameOverMenu();
gameOverMenu.x = 217;
gameOverMenu.y = 244;
addChild(gameOverMenu);
gameOverMenu.visible = false;
gameOverMenu.playAgainButton.addEventListener("mouseDown", newGame);
startMenu = new StartMenu();
mainMenuButton = new MainMenuButton();
startButton = new StartButton();
startMenu.x = 151;
startMenu.y = 111;
startButton.x = 93;
startButton.y = 426;
mainMenuButton.x = 656;
mainMenuButton.y = 483;
addChild(mainMenuButton);
mainMenuButton.visible = false;
stage.addChildAt(startMenu, 0);
addChild(startButton);
startMenu.visible = true;
startButton.visible = true;
startMenu.visible = true;
startButton.addEventListener("mouseDown", newGame);
mainMenuButton.addEventListener("mouseDown", mainMenu);
pauseButton = new PauseButton();
pauseButton.x = 896;
pauseButton.y = 63;
pauseButton.addEventListener("mouseDown", PauseGame);
playButton = new PlayButton();
playButton.x = 896;
playButton.y = 63;
addChild(playButton);
playButton.visible = false;
playButton.addEventListener("mouseDown", PlayGame);
static function gameOver()
mainMenuButton.visible = true;
healthMeter.visible = false;
pauseButton.visible = false;
gameOverMenu.visible = true;
enemyShipTimer.stop();
for (var i in EnemyShip.list)
EnemyShip.list[i].kill();
ship.takeDamage(-ship.maxHealth);
function newGame(e:Event)
addEventListener(Event.DEACTIVATE, PauseGame);
bestScore.visible = false;
gameScore.visible = true;
addChild(pauseButton);
addChild(healthMeter);
addChild(mainMenuButton);
enemyShipTimer = new Timer(750);
enemyShipTimer.addEventListener("timer", sendEnemy);
addChild(ship);
healthMeter.visible = true;
startMenu.visible = false;
mainMenuButton.visible = false;
startButton.visible = false;
healthMeter.visible = true;
pauseButton.visible = true;
playButton.visible = false;
gameOverMenu.visible = false;
ship.visible = true;
ship.x = 367;
ship.y = 542;
enemyShipTimer.start();
currentValue = 0;
updateDisplay();
function mainMenu(e:Event)
removeEventListener(Event.DEACTIVATE, PauseGame);
bestScore.visible = true;
gameScore.visible = false;
removeChild(mainMenuButton);
removeChild(ship);
healthMeter.visible = false;
startMenu.visible = true;
mainMenuButton.visible = false;
startButton.visible = true;
healthMeter.visible = false;
pauseButton.visible = false;
playButton.visible = false;
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enemyShipTimer.removeEventListener("timer", sendEnemy);
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playButton.visible = true;
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enemyShipTimer.addEventListener("timer", sendEnemy);
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pauseButton.visible = true;
playButton.visible = false;
public function Counter()
reset();
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var enemy = new EnemyShip();
stage.addChildAt(enemy, 0);
addToValue(1);
function addToValue( amountToAdd:Number ):void
currentValue = currentValue + amountToAdd;
updateDisplay();
function setValue( amount:Number ):void
currentValue = amount;
updateDisplay();
function reset():void
currentValue = 0;
updateDisplay();
function updateDisplay():void
gameScore.scoreDisplay.text = currentValue.toString();
function getFinalScore():Number
return gameScore.currentValue;
public function GameOverScreen()
sharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("natdScores");
public function setFinalScore( scoreValue:Number ):void
gameScore.text = scoreValue.toString();
if (sharedObject.data.bestScore == null)
sharedObject.data.bestScore = scoreValue;
else if ( scoreValue > sharedObject.data.bestScore )
sharedObject.data.bestScore = scoreValue;
bestScore.text = sharedObject.data.bestScore.toString();
sharedObject.flush();
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[as]
package
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.ui.Mouse;
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.ui.Keyboard;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.media.SoundChannel;
import flash.net.SharedObject;
import flash.text.TextField;
public class Game extends MovieClip
static var ship:MovieClip;
static var healthMeter:HealthMeter;
static var score:Score;
static var highScore:HighScore;
static var enemyShipTimer:Timer;
static var gameOverMenu:GameOverMenu;
static var startMenu:StartMenu;
static var startButton:StartButton;
static var pauseButton:PauseButton;
static var playButton:PlayButton;
static var mainMenuButton:MainMenuButton;
public var currentValue:Number;
public var sharedObject:SharedObject;
public function Game()
Key.initialize(stage);
ship = new Ship();
healthMeter = new HealthMeter();
var score:Score = new Score();
var highScore:HighScore = new HighScore();
addChild(score);
addChild(highScore);
gameScore.visible = false;
bestScore.visible = true;
healthMeter.x = 2.5;
healthMeter.y = 576;
gameOverMenu = new GameOverMenu();
gameOverMenu.x = 217;
gameOverMenu.y = 244;
addChild(gameOverMenu);
gameOverMenu.visible = false;
gameOverMenu.playAgainButton.addEventListener("mouseDown", newGame);
startMenu = new StartMenu();
mainMenuButton = new MainMenuButton();
startButton = new StartButton();
startMenu.x = 151;
startMenu.y = 111;
startButton.x = 93;
startButton.y = 426;
mainMenuButton.x = 656;
mainMenuButton.y = 483;
addChild(mainMenuButton);
mainMenuButton.visible = false;
stage.addChildAt(startMenu, 0);
addChild(startButton);
startMenu.visible = true;
startButton.visible = true;
startMenu.visible = true;
startButton.addEventListener("mouseDown", newGame);
mainMenuButton.addEventListener("mouseDown", mainMenu);
pauseButton = new PauseButton();
pauseButton.x = 896;
pauseButton.y = 63;
pauseButton.addEventListener("mouseDown", PauseGame);
playButton = new PlayButton();
playButton.x = 896;
playButton.y = 63;
addChild(playButton);
playButton.visible = false;
playButton.addEventListener("mouseDown", PlayGame);
static function gameOver()
mainMenuButton.visible = true;
healthMeter.visible = false;
pauseButton.visible = false;
gameOverMenu.visible = true;
enemyShipTimer.stop();
for (var i in EnemyShip.list)
EnemyShip.list[i].kill();
ship.takeDamage(-ship.maxHealth);
function newGame(e:Event)
addEventListener(Event.DEACTIVATE, PauseGame);
bestScore.visible = false;
gameScore.visible = true;
addChild(pauseButton);
addChild(healthMeter);
addChild(mainMenuButton);
enemyShipTimer = new Timer(750);
enemyShipTimer.addEventListener("timer", sendEnemy);
addChild(ship);
healthMeter.visible = true;
startMenu.visible = false;
mainMenuButton.visible = false;
startButton.visible = false;
healthMeter.visible = true;
pauseButton.visible = true;
playButton.visible = false;
gameOverMenu.visible = false;
ship.visible = true;
ship.x = 367;
ship.y = 542;
enemyShipTimer.start();
currentValue = 0;
updateDisplay();
function mainMenu(e:Event)
removeEventListener(Event.DEACTIVATE, PauseGame);
bestScore.visible = true;
gameScore.visible = false;
removeChild(mainMenuButton);
removeChild(ship);
healthMeter.visible = false;
startMenu.visible = true;
mainMenuButton.visible = false;
startButton.visible = true;
healthMeter.visible = false;
pauseButton.visible = false;
playButton.visible = false;
ship.takeDamage(ship.maxHealth);
gameOverMenu.visible = false;
function PauseGame(e:Event)
enemyShipTimer.removeEventListener("timer", sendEnemy);
stage.frameRate = 0;//
pauseButton.visible = false;
playButton.visible = true;
function PlayGame(e:Event)
enemyShipTimer.addEventListener("timer", sendEnemy);
stage.frameRate = 30;//
pauseButton.visible = true;
playButton.visible = false;
public function Counter()
reset();
function sendEnemy(e:Event)
var enemy = new EnemyShip();
stage.addChildAt(enemy, 0);
addToValue(1);
function addToValue( amountToAdd:Number ):void
currentValue = currentValue + amountToAdd;
updateDisplay();
function setValue( amount:Number ):void
currentValue = amount;
updateDisplay();
function reset():void
currentValue = 0;
updateDisplay();
public function updateDisplay():void
TextField(gameScore.getChildByName("scoreDisplay")).text = currentValue.toString();
TextField(bestScore.getChildByName("bestScore")).text = currentValue.toString();
function getFinalScore()
return gameScore.currentValue;
public function GameOverScreen()
sharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("natdScores");
public function setFinalScore( scoreValue:Number ):void
gameScore.text = scoreValue.toString();
if (sharedObject.data.bestScore == null)
sharedObject.data.bestScore = scoreValue;
else if ( scoreValue > sharedObject.data.bestScore )
sharedObject.data.bestScore = scoreValue;
bestScore.text = sharedObject.data.bestScore.toString();
sharedObject.flush();
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Greetings,
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I have this file http://www.strille.net/tutorials/snake/snakeGameWithHighscore.zip which I partly understand how it works with my Flash knowladge.
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y = gameHeight-2; // y start position near the bottom
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delete map[tailMC._x/blockSize][tailMC._y/blockSize]; // delete the value in the array m
tailMC.removeMovieClip(); // delete the MC
snakeEraseCounter++; // increase erase snake counter
} else { // GAME OVER if it is on a snake block or outside of the map
if (playRec) {
startGame(true);
} else {
gameOver();
return;
ticks++;
function replayMain() {
for (var n=0;n<replaySpeed;n++) {
main();
function gameOver() {
textMC.gotoAndStop("gameOver"); // show "game over" text
delete game.onEnterFrame; // quit looping main function
gameRunning = false; // the game is no longer running
enterHighscore();
function placeFood(foodMC) {
if (playRec) {
var xFood = parseInt(recFood.charAt(recFoodPos*3)+recFood.charAt(recFoodPos*3+1), 36);
var yFood = parseInt(recFood.charAt(recFoodPos*3+2), 36);
recFoodPos++;
} else {
do {
var xFood = random(gameWidth);
var yFood = random(gameHeight);
} while (map[xFood][yFood]); // keep picking a spot until it's a vacant spot (we don't want to place the food on a position occupied by the snake)
if (xFood < 36) {
recFood += " "+new Number(xFood).toString(36);
} else {
recFood += new Number(xFood).toString(36);
recFood += new Number(yFood).toString(36);
if (foodMC == "new") { // create a new food movie clip
foodMC = game.food.attachMovie("foodMC", foodCounter, foodCounter);
foodCounter++;
foodMC._x = xFood*blockSize; // place the food
foodMC._y = yFood*blockSize; // place the food
map[xFood][yFood] = foodMC; // save a reference to this food movie clip in the map
//- Highscore functions
loadHighscores();
enterHighscoreKeyListener = new Object();
enterHighscoreKeyListener.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.ENTER) {
playerName = highscores.enterHighscoreMC.nameTextField.text;
if (playerName == undefined || playerName == "") {
playerName = "no name";
saveHighscore();
Key.removeListener(enterHighscoreKeyListener);
Key.addListener(keyListener);
highscores.enterHighscoreMC._visible = false;
loadedRecordingNumber = -1;
startGame(true);
function enterHighscore() {
if (score >= lowestHighscore) {
highscores.enterHighscoreMC._visible = true;
highscores.enterHighscoreMC.focus();
Key.removeListener(keyListener);
Key.addListener(enterHighscoreKeyListener);
} else {
loadedRecordingNumber = -1;
startGame(true);
function getLoadedRecordingNumberHighscorePos(num) {
for (var n=0;n<10;n++) {
if (num == highscores[n].recFile) {
return n;
function loadHighscores() {
vars = new LoadVars();
vars.onLoad = function(success) {
for (var n=0;n<10;n++) {
var mc = highscores.attachMovie("highscoreLine", n, n);
mc._x = 5;
mc._y = 5+n*12;
mc.place.text = (n+1) + ".";
mc.name.text = this["name"+n];
mc.score.text = this["score"+n];
mc.recFile = parseInt(this["recFile"+n]);
lowestHighscore = parseInt(this.score9);
if (!gameRunning) {
loadRecording(random(10));
delete this;
if (this._url.indexOf("http") != -1) {
vars.load("highscores.txt?" + new Date().getTime());
} else {
vars.load("highscores.txt");
function loadRecording(num) {
vars = new LoadVars();
vars.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success && this.recTurn.length) {
recTurn = this.recTurn;
recFrame = this.recFrame;
recFood = this.recFood;
startGame(true);
} else {
loadRecording((num+1)%10);
return;
delete this;
loadedRecordingNumber = num;
if (this._url.indexOf("http") != -1) {
vars.load("rec"+loadedRecordingNumber+".txt?" + new Date().getTime());
} else {
vars.load("rec"+loadedRecordingNumber+".txt");
function saveHighscore() {
sendVars = new LoadVars();
for (var n in _root) {
if (_root[n] != sendVars) {
sendVars[n] = _root[n];
returnVars = new LoadVars();
returnVars.onLoad = function() {
if (this.status == "ok") {
loadHighscoresInterval = setInterval(function() {
loadHighscores();
clearInterval(loadHighscoresInterval);
}, 1000);
delete sendVars;
delete this;
sendVars.sendAndLoad("enterHighscore.php", returnVars, "POST");
function startClicked() {
if (!gameRunning || playRec) {
if (highscores.enterHighscoreMC._visible) {
Key.removeListener(enterHighscoreKeyListener);
Key.addListener(keyListener);
highscores.enterHighscoreMC._visible = false;
startGame(false);
function viewGame(lineMC) {
loadRecording(lineMC.recFile);
statusTextField.text = "Loading " + lineMC.name.text + "'s game...";
Now what is left to do is somehow to iclude educational quiz in this game/code. First idea that came to me is same thing Ned suggested: to create some unique movie clip which would contain all data/questions lined up but main problem for me is how to "trigger" that movie clip to play only AFTER end user clicks on "Start game" or SPACE to restart? Not sure how to solve this issue? -
Hello everyone,
I know this is a subject that gets covered a lot as i have found a ton of tutorials that show a million dfferent ways to create a high scores board on a flash game. So i decided to go out on a limb and pick a tutorial out to try. Well I have now tried 3 different ones and have yet to get a working high scores board with my game.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/How_to_c-Nick_Kuh-771/index.ph p
That is the link to the most recent attempts to creat my high scores board. When i finished everything the way the tutorial said it seemed like everything would work and then it just didnt. After spending oh about 40 plus hours trying to make a high scores board i am getting very frustrated. My game is scripted in AS2 and i have access to mysql and can set up unlimited databases.
Can anyone please help me by sending an easy to follow tutorial that will work with AS2? I would just like any kind of help right now as I feel ALL of my valid ideas have been ehausted. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help!
kapelskicPlease don't cross post in these forums
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Does anyone know a High score system out there thats compatible with flash/android dev
Something similar to open openfeint.I think Jesse Freeman (http://active.tutsplus.com/author/jesse-freeman/) has done some work on high score system with his game. Not sure if he has posted anything yet on how or what he did.
Chris Griffith -
How can I make a high scores list?
I've heard a lot of options. I've tried writing to a perl script, I've read about signing an applet (which seems needlessly complicated). I just would like to know what is the easiest way to save a list of 10 high scores for a game that I'm making? If anyone out there has tried this already any advice would be REALLY appreciated
thanks!What I'm trying to do is make just a high scores list for the game as a whole. It will be one high scores list of 10 names/scores that will be there for the applet. I already have everything set up to read the scores and order the scores in the program, i just need to know what the best way to save them permanently for the next time they need to be used is. I have the scores saved in a string array and I could write all the code myself to get those strings set up in whatever format I may need. But I just need to know how to save them once the applet is closed.
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High Score Table: Writing a Simple Text File with Flash and PHP
I am having a problem getting Flash to work with PHP as I need Flash to read and write to a text file on a server to store simple name/score data for a games hi score table. I can read from the text file into Flash easily enough but also need to write to the file when a new high score is reached, so I need to use PHP to do that. I can send the data from flash to the php file via POST but so far it is not working. The PHP file is confirmed as working as I added an echo to the file which displayed a message so I could check that the server was running PHP - the files were also uploaded to a remote server so I could test them properly. Flash code is as follows:
//php filewriter
var myLV = new LoadVars();
function sendData() {
//sets up variable 'hsdata' to send to php
myLV.hsdata = myText;
myLV.send("hiscores.php");
I believe this sends the variable 'myText' to the php file as a variable called 'hsdata' which I want the php file to write into a text file. The mytext variable is just a long string that has all the scores and names in the hiscore. OK, XML would be better way of doing this but for speed I just want to get basic functionality working, so storing a simple text sting is adequate for now. The PHP code that reads the Flash 'hsdata' variable and writes it to the text file 'scores.txt' follows:
<?php
//assigns to variable the data POSTed from flash
$flashdata = $_POST["hsdata"];
//file handler opens file and erases all contents with w arg
$fh = fopen("scores.txt","w");
//adds data to file
fwrite ($fh,$flashdata);
//closes file
fclose ($fh);
echo 'php file is working';
?>
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated - once I can get php to write simple text files I should be ok. Thanks.Thanks for your help.
I have got Flash working to a certain extent with PHP using loadVars but have been unable to get flash to receive a variable declared in PHP. Here's my Flash code:
var outLV = new LoadVars();
var inLV = new LoadVars();
function sendData() {
outLV.hsdata = "Hello from Flash";
outLV.sendAndLoad("http://www.mysite.com/hiscores/test23.php",inLV,"post");
inLV.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
//sets dynamic text box to show variable sent from php
statusTxt.text = phpmess;
} else {
statusTxt.text = "No Data Received";
This works ok and the inLV.onLoad function reports that it is receiving data but does not display the variable received from PHP. The PHP file is like this:
<?php
$mytxt =$_POST['hsdata'];
$myfile = "test23.txt";
$fh = fopen($myfile,'w');
//adds data to file
fwrite($fh, $mytxt);
//closes file
fclose ($fh);
$mess = "hello there from php";
echo ("&phpmess=$mess&");
?>
The PHP file is correctly receiving the hsdata from flash and writing it to a text file, but there seems to be a problem with the final part of the code which is intended to send a variable called 'phpmess' back to Flash, this is the string "hello there from php". How do I set up Flash and PHP so that PHP can send a variable back to Flash using echo? Really have tried everything but am totally baffled. Online tutorials have given numerous different syntax configurations for how the PHP file should be written which has really confused me - any help would be greatly appreciated. -
Hosting a server for simple game related info, rankings, high scores, etc.
I have a quick question about servers. I want to implement a ranking system for one of my games, the server would store player high scores and world rankings based on their score and perhaps other fairly easy stuff. Writing the server and communicating from
it with the app is the easy part in my mind, ive done it numerious times for personal projects (Like a Raspberry PI based quadrocopter i wrote). My question is this. If i wrote the server where do i host it? How do people typically host their servers that
are simple like this? Do they get a static ip address and host it from a extra computer in there homes? Im not talking about big corporations like microsoft that have large server centers, just individual developers like me. Any thoughts?
thank you for your time.Yes, the server app runs on the machine it is hosted on.
See http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/services/mobile-services/ to get started with Azure Mobile Services.
If you want to write a web service yourself from scratch you'll need to pick your technology and look for documentation there. It's off topic in this forum, but check out http://www.asp.net/get-started and the http://forums.asp.net/ forums for asp.net.
--Rob -
I'd like to hire someone to create a simple interactive game in director or flash
I can do some simple things with lingo and actionscript, but I have been given the task to create an interactive game that will be interfaced through a touchscreen. This is beyond my scope and would like some advice on where to turn for help. I have (briefly) explored some of the sites that advertise this type of service and so far they expect a huge budget and very long development timeframe.
I really am looking for some basic stuff, a timer, a kept (high) score, random placement of (objects), an interface to scroll left and right allowing a larger game area than the 1280x1024 the touchscreen allows, collecting semi-hidden objects, jigsaw-type assembly of objects on another background scene using only the "found" pieces, etc.
I supply all graphic elements, and only need the programming - in such a way that I can change the graphics if necessary.
I do have a budget, and could use some advice on who may be available at a reasonable cost to my client.
Thank you,
James Patrick
- I am very flexible to make this more simple. I would appreciate advice as this is on the fast track.I've done this many times for a variety of clients, and specifically for touch-screen kiosks. The basic difference with the touch-screen is to go in mouse
-show vs. mouse-hide mode, and to keep the buttons and controls big enough for fingers.I also use a hidden menu (or control panel) button in my kiosk applications, so the user can change settings easily without having to use a mouse/keyboard.
I generally do the game development in Flash, but I use Director as a shell (import the Flash files into Director) for the purpose of checking system requirements (RAM, video codecs, etc) and other system controls, which of course can't be done in Flash. Director also has more capabilities in terms of deploying the application. I can send you some sample games I've developed over the years.
I may be able to assist you on a temporary contact basis, although we'd have to discuss scope to determine if your needs are a match for my capabilites and schedule. Let me know how to contact you offline.
Thanks. -
Flash Game Submit Score Problem
I need to modify the flash game Replay button as Submit button and to redirect to other page(gamescore.html) after clicking the Submit button. I am new to flash. I don't know how to modify the script. Please help me. Here is the total score display portion of the script where replay button is there:
//Set the total score
_totalScore = _distanceToCity + _distanceToCity * ((_obstacleCount - _obstacleHit)/_obstacleCount);
_retry.score_txt.text = _totalScore.toString();
_retry.distance_txt.selectable = false;
_retry.time_txt.selectable = false;
_retry.obstacles_txt.selectable = false;
_retry.obstaclesHit_txt.selectable = false;
_retry.score_txt.selectable = false;
_retry.buttonMode = true;
_retry.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, retry);
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function retry(event:MouseEvent):void
try
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removeChild(MovieClip(event.currentTarget));
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catch(err:Error)
trace("catch error 1009 on retry");i'm surprised score ever reaches 500 because _root.score and
score (in the context of that onEnterFrame handler are different.
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