Scoring and Data Collection for Simple Flash Game using Actionscript 2

[JohnCote1985]

Hello all -

First let me say that I'm not very good or knowledgeable when it comes to actionscript...

I could really use some assistance with an issue I've run into.

My company has developed a very simple "Whack-a-Mole" type of game for a social media campaign.

See here: http://www.hereforyoueverystep.com/social/game.html

Our client is now requesting that we add a scoring system so that we can offer a prize to the 3 top scores.

What I need is to be able to link the number of "whacks" to a score and enable the user to input their email address at the end of the game connected to the score they achieve.

It was developed in Actionscript 2, because of a tutorial that was followed.

If anyone can give me some advice or offer to edit my files directly, i would be very grateful.

Thank you!

[kglad · Accepted solution]

create a variable (eg, score), initialize it (to zero) and increment it when a mole is whacked.

then you'll need to create a database on the server that stores top scores.  you should use the flash LoadVars class to update and retrieve high scores and you'll need to use server-side scripting to write to your database.

[JohnCote1985]

Do you know the actionscript that I would use and where to put it in order to increment the variable?

Would you be willing to take a look at the file for me?

[kglad]

i don't download and correct files unless i'm hired.

you are probably using a hitTest() to check when a mole is whacked.  you can use movie explorer to search for hitTest( in your source files to find when that's positive and at that point, increment your variable.

[JohnCote1985]

Can you send me a quote on how much this would cost my company to hire you, and how soon we could have it finished?

[kglad]

send me an email via my website:  http://www.kglad.com, click contact.