How do I make a word-search game (like wheel of fortune)?

Greetings!

I love wheel of fortune-games and i want to try making a own version, but i don't know how to realize the word-searching itself ;)

I know i have to use arrays, but i'm a noob with arrays :P

So, i'm Looking for a simple (or easy to understand) way to make the word-search-function. I already searched the forum but i only found very old threads with non-working links to .capx-files.

I hope someone can help me :)

Thanks and greetings from Austria <3

You can use tokenat(yourWord, letterID, "")

Then you run from 0 to len(yourWord) to check if letter exist.

The letterID = loopindex when running the loop when checking

(I'm not at my computer at the moment)

Thanks for your help!

Does this also work with phrases or more then one word in one line?

And does this also work with SpriteFont or only "normal" Text-Object?

Thanks again! :)

Yes, it does. You can separate each answer by "-"

You will have :

strAnswerList = WHEEL OF FORTUNE - MARSHMALLOW- BEACH VOLLEYBALL

To get an answer :

tokenat(yourWord, answerID, "-")

answerID will start with 0 for first answer.

When player correct the answer, you will need to add 1 to answerID and start the loop again to get another answer.

It will work for SpriteFont and Text.

But I suggest that using Text to save size of your game.

Or you can download TagText if you want it beautiful.

no problem, here is my capx : drive.google.com/open

That's fantastic! Thank you!

no problem, mate.

If you can use array, it could help you manage your library better. :)

I will try to use arrays :P