anotherRover.lua

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--
-- anotherRover.lua
--
-- Another failed attempt at a rover game
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-- Get local reference to the game globals
local game = globalGame

-- Create the act object
local act = game.newAct()

local json = require( "json" )

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-- Init the act
function act:init()
	-- Remember to put all display objects in act.group
	-- loads data from media/anotherRover/level1.txt
	-- ALL SHAPES MUST HAVE THE X and Y Coordinates filped, and x needs to be subracted from act.lua 
	-- 		while drawing because of the orientation change
	local level = system.pathForFile( "media/anotherRover/level1.txt", system.ResourceDirectory )
	local objs = json.decodeFile( level )

	-- loops through the loaded level and draws the objects	
	for i = 1, #objs do
		local  obj = objs[i]
		if obj.shape == "square" then
			display.newRect( act.group, act.width - obj.y, obj.x, 50, 50 )
		elseif obj.shape == "upRamp" then
			local vertices = {25, 25, -60, 25, 25, -25}
			local t = display.newPolygon( act.group, act.width - obj.y, obj.x, vertices )
			t.rotation = 90
		elseif obj.shape == "downRamp" then
			local vertices = {-25, -25, 60, 25, -25, 25}
			local t = display.newPolygon( act.group, act.width - obj.y, obj.x, vertices )
			t.rotation = 90
		elseif obj.shape == "circle" then
			display.newCircle( act.group, act.width - obj.y, obj.x, 20 )
		else
			print( "idk how to draw: " .. obj.shape )
		end
	end

end


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-- Corona needs the scene object returned from the act file
return act.scene