Hot Potato

{Introduction }

In this game, you will start a timer with a random countdown of a number of seconds. When the timer is off, the game is over and whoever is holding the potato has lost! Watch the tutorial on the MakeCode YouTube channel.

{Step 1}

Add an event to run code when ||input:button A is pressed||.

input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, function () {
})

{Step 2}

Make a ||variables:timer|| variable and ||variables:set|| it to a ||math:random value|| between 5 and 15.

The value of ||variables:timer|| represents the number of seconds left before someone is caught holding the potato.

let timer = 0
input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, function () {
    // @highlight
    timer = randint(5, 15)
})

{Step 3}

Add code to ||basic:show|| that the game started.

let timer = 0
input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, function () {
    timer = randint(5, 15)
    // @highlight
    basic.showIcon(IconNames.Chessboard)
})

{Step 4}

Put in a loop to repeat code ||loops:while|| ||variables:timer|| ||logic:is positive||. When timer is negative, the game is over.

let timer = 0
input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, function () {
    timer = randint(5, 15)
    basic.showIcon(IconNames.Chessboard)
    // @highlight
    while (timer > 0) {
    }
})

{Step 5}

Inside the ||loops:while|| loop, add code to ||variables:decrease|| the timer for every ||basic:pause|| of one second.

let timer = 0
input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, function () {
    timer = randint(5, 15)
    basic.showIcon(IconNames.Chessboard)
    while (timer > 0) {
        // @highlight
        timer += -1
        // @highlight
        basic.pause(1000)
    }
})

{Step 6}

After the ||loops:while|| loop is done, add code to ||basic:show|| that the game is over.

let timer = 0
input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, function () {
    timer = randint(5, 15)
    basic.showIcon(IconNames.Chessboard)
    while (timer > 0) {
        timer += -1
        basic.pause(1000)
    }
    // @highlight
    basic.showIcon(IconNames.Skull)
})

{Step 7}

|Download| your code to your micro:bit, tape it to a potato and play the game with your friends!

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