Higher/Lower Gambling Machine

This is a simple, but effective, type of gambling machine you can put into a Casino or Arcade. It works on the basis that the player recieves a number and then tries to guess if the next number will be higher or lower. It's rather simple, it just takes a large amount of copy/pasting of code due to the large number of conditional branches (fork conditions). This machine is set up so that the cost is 10 Gold and the reward is 20 Gold, if you want to change that then just edit the appropriate bits of text and Gold removal/addition.

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First off, you're going to have to decide if you want the machine to include pictures or not. If you want it to include pictures, you'll have to make these first. If not, then wherever the code below mentions "Show Picture" just replace it with the equivalent "Show Message".

Second of all, you need two variables, one named "Random Number One" and one named "Random Number Two" (or something to that effect.)

Third of all, make a common event called "Higher/Lower Machine" and have it set to "Call Event". The code for this comes later...

Now make an event for the machine that is the "Same Level As Hero" and "Push Button" activated. Have it have the following code:

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If Money > 10
   Show Message: "Should I play the Higher/Lower machine? I'll win twice my money back..."
   Show Choice: "Yes"/"No"
   [Yes Case]
      Call Event: Higher/Lower Machine
   End Case
   [No Case]
      Show Message: "Maybe another time..."
   End Case
Else Case
   Show Message: "I don't have enough money to play the machine."
End Case


Now go to the Common Event "Higher/Lower Machine" and make it's code the following:

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Change Money: $10 Remove
Show Message: "The numbers go from 1-12. Simply guess if the next number will be higher or lower!"
Change Variable: var[xxxx: Random Number One]: Set: Random (1 to 12)
Comment: NEW CYCLE STARTS HERE!
Comment: NEW CYCLE STARTS HERE!
Comment: NEW CYCLE STARTS HERE!
If var[xxxx: Random Number One] = 1 Then
   Play Sound Effect: A Sound Effect That Sounds Like A Roulette Wheel
   Show Picture: ID 1 = A Picture Of The Number One
   Show Choice: "Higher"/"Lower"
   [Higher Case]
   Change Variable: var[xxxx: Random Number Two]: Set: Random (1 to 12)
   If var[xxxx: Random Number Two] = 1 Then
      Play Sound Effect: A Sound Effect That Sounds Like A Roulette Wheel
      Show Picture: ID 1 = A Picture Of The Number One
      If var[xxxx: Random Number Two] > var[xxxx: Random Number One]
         Show Message: "You were correct! You won 20 Gold!"
         Change Gold: $20 Add
      Else
         Show Message: "You were wrong! You lost 10 Gold!"
      End Case
   Comment: REPEAT THE ABOVE IF STATEMENT FOR EVERY OTHER POSSIBLE "SECOND" NUMBER.
   Comment: I.E EVERY OTHER POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR THE VARIBALE NAMED "RANDOM NUMBER TWO".
   End Case
   [Lower Case]
   Change Variable: var[xxxx: Random Number Two]: Set: Random (1 to 12)
   If var[xxxx: Random Number Two] = 1 Then
      Play Sound Effect: A Sound Effect That Sounds Like A Roulette Wheel
      Show Picture: ID 1 = A Picture Of The Number One
      If var[xxxx: Random Number Two] < var[xxxx: Random Number One]
         Show Message: "You were correct! You won 20 Gold!"
         Change Gold: $20 Add
      Else
         Show Message: "You were wrong! You lost 10 Gold!"
      End Case
   Comment: REPEAT THE ABOVE IF STATEMENT FOR EVERY OTHER POSSIBLE "SECOND" NUMBER.
   Comment: I.E EVERY OTHER POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR THE VARIBALE NAMED "RANDOM NUMBER TWO".
   End Case
   End Case
Comment: REPEAT THE ABOVE, FROM WHERE THE COMMENT "NEW CYCLE STARTS HERE" IS, FOR EVERY POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF THE "FIRST" NUMBER.
Comment: I.E. EVERY OTHER POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR THE VARIABLE NAMED "RANDOM NUMBER ONE".


As you can see, there is a lot of repetition needed for this to work and that means you have to be on your toes to make sure you don't screw up when you're copying and pasting things around. Still, this is a solid system that works well and will help give your bars/casinos a bit more diversity. Or so I would hope.

Credit appreciated if used, but I couldn't say I am fussed.

If i could make a suggestion to make it much smaller but yet operate to be much bigger, try this, loops and some rearrangement of how your using your variables. if this sounds a bit confusing, I'll try to rewrite the code myself to show you what i mean.

Hi wasssaaaaap !!! This is my first post. I'd like to thank everyone who has anything to do with creating and maintaining this website, also for anyone who supports and contributes to this cause. Wonderful project... Now to my point

This higher lower gambling thing has been giving me bugs, mostly because the way it is explained with the "repeat cycle". If there would be any way to simplify this code, like the second guy said. I'd really appreciate some help with this, or just post the complete code after all the copy pasting is done, would save me a real headache thankyou. I guarantee that i will post a link to my game once its completed on rapidshare. Thanks for yall support.

 yours truly ... Noob of the week !

By chance would there be some kind of grapic display some where out there for this game?