Create a Flash Game like Nano War – step 2

In the 1st step we created the units and the engine to select them.

Now it’s time to write the code to let selected unit(s) send troops to other unit.

I created a new frame for the sphere object, a green circle, representing the target unit.

Let’s make a recap:

Frame 1: black circle, unselected unit

Frame 2: red circle, selected unit

Frame 3: green circle, target unit

Obviously, an unit cannot be target of itself

So, once we have one or more selected units, the script will have to:

If the player does not press the mouse

Draw a line from selected unit(s) to current mouse position

If the mouse is not over an unselected unit, leave all unselected units to frame 1

If the mouse is over an unselected unit, play frame 3 for that unit and leave all unselected units to frame 1

If the player presses the mouse

If the mouse is clicked outside an unselected unit, deselect all selected units

If the mose is clicked inside a unselected unit, deselect all selected units and select the new unit (during next part we’ll see how to move troops to this unit)

Here it is the script:

// variable stating if I clicked the mouse
clicked = false;
// variable stating if I am dragging the mouse
dragging = false;
// flag determining if an unit was selected
unit_selected = false;
// 10 times loop
for (x=1; x<=10; x++) {
	// can_place = true: I can place the unit / false: I can't
	// initializing it to false to force entering the while loop
	can_place = false;
	// while loop to look for an empty space where to place the unit
	while (!can_place) {
		// setting can_place to true
		// you can always place an unit until you can't...
		can_place = true;
		// generating random x and y positions, and random width
		px = Math.floor(Math.random()*400)+50;
		py = Math.floor(Math.random()*300)+50;
		w = Math.floor(Math.random()*20)+30;
		// scanning all already placed units
		for (y=x-1; y>=1; y--) {
			// determining the distance between the y-th unit and the one I am trying to place
			dist_x = px-_root["sphere_"+y]._x;
			dist_y = py-_root["sphere_"+y]._y;
			distance = Math.ceil(Math.sqrt(dist_x*dist_x+dist_y*dist_y));
			// this is the minimum distance I want between two units:
			// the sum of both radiuses plus 20 pixels
			min_distance = (w+_root["sphere_"+y]._width)/2+20;
			// if the new unit would be too close to an existing one...
			if (distanceMath.min(click_x, posx)) and (this._xMath.min(click_y, posy)) and (this._y
And this is the result

Download the source code and think about enemy's AI... this will be the hardest part