Game Timer Question

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I have created a game similar to pong and at the end I have made a “Game Over” text appear for 5 seconds before the game resets. The problem is, when the game resets, the timer seems to not work anymore. Any ideas on how I can fix this. Below is the code: (the class for timer is separate if it is necessary I can attach it as well)

float ballx;
float bally;

float ballr = 20;

float xspeed = 7;
float yspeed = 4;

float recty = 750;
float rectw = 150;
float recth = 40;

Timer timer;


void setup() {
  size(800,800);
  timer = new Timer(5000);
  timer.start();
  ballx = width*0.5;
  bally = height*0.8;
 
 
}
   

void draw() {
  background(0);
  //ball
  fill(28,200,255);
  ellipse(ballx,bally,40,40);
  ballx=ballx+xspeed;
  bally=bally+yspeed;
  
  fill(255);
  rectMode(CENTER);
  rect(mouseX, recty, rectw, recth, 30);
  
  //boundaries

 if (ballx>width){
    xspeed=-7;
  }
  if (ballx<0){
    xspeed=7;
  }
  
  if (bally<0){
    yspeed=4;
  }
  
  
  if (bally-ballr/2>height) {
    textSize(130);
    text("GAME OVER", 70, 200);
    
    if (timer.isFinished()) {
    reset();
    }
  } else if (ballx>mouseX-rectw/2 && 
    ballx<mouseX+rectw/2 &&
    bally+ballr/2>recty-23 ) {
    yspeed = -random(8,10);
    xspeed = random(-12,14);
  }
}//func 

void reset() {

  ballx=400;
  bally=200;

  xspeed = 7;
  yspeed = 4;
}
2

New problem just surfaced. When the code first starts the ball spawns super low but after the first game over it spawns right and the game over timer doesn’t work. :frowning:

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3

If you play last long enough the timer doesn’t work after the first round either

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4

Please avoid duplicate posts

5

thats my bad i wont do it again. i didnt fell like i had stated my question out well or laid the code out clearly in the first one

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6

Don’t worry. Does it work now with the help in the other discussion?

7

I’m still working on the code but the response was super helpful and the concept is much clearer now.

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8

So I’m 99% sure it will work once I finish it

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