"try again" loop not working

I can't seem to make a loop that will work if the user wants to try the game again. Maybe I'm just having a brain fart. Here is what I have. I'm using n as my check value, or the value to stop the game when the player wants to quit. If they don't want to quit, I want it to loop back to the beginning.

Code:

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int main(){

    allegro_init();
    install_keyboard();
    set_color_depth(16);
    set_gfx_mode( GFX_AUTODETECT, 640, 480, 0, 0);
   
    while(!key[KEY_ESC] && n == 0){
   
    while(!key[KEY_ESC] && n == 0){
                               
    clear_keybuf();
   
    acquire_screen();
   
    textout_ex(screen, font, "  ", x2, y2, makecol( 0, 0, 0), makecol( 0, 0, 0));
   
    if(key[KEY_W]) --y2;
    if(key[KEY_S]) ++y2;
    if(key[KEY_D]) ++x2;
    if(key[KEY_A]) --x2;
   
    textout_ex(screen, font, "<^>", x2, y2, makecol(225,0,0), makecol(0,0,0));
   
    release_screen();
   
    rest(10);
   
    moveCircle();
   
    distant = distance(x2, y2, x, y);
   
    if(distant < 10 ) n = 1;
 
    }
   
    while(!key[KEY_SPACE]){
   
        textout_ex(screen, font, "Good job, you caught the circle! (hit space)", 100,
        100, makecol(255, 0, 0), makecol( 0, 0, 0));
    }
   
    if(n == 1) {
        while(!key[KEY_A]) {
            textout_ex(screen, font, "Press 'a' to play again", 100, 100,
                            makecol(255, 0, 0), makecol( 0, 0, 0));
        n = 0;
       
        }
        while(!key[KEY_ESC] || !key[KEY_SPACE]) {
            textout_ex(screen, font, "Press ESC to exit, or space to play", 100, 100,
                                makecol(255, 0, 0), makecol( 0, 0, 0));
           
            }
       
        }
 
  }

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Ok I got it, but with some flaws. I want it to start over from the very beginning where the circle object starts in one corner and the arrows start in another. Oppose to having it just continue itself from where it left off. I also want to get rid of the lettering that shows up once the game is won.

Code:

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        while(!key[KEY_A]) {
            textout_ex(screen, font, "Press 'a' to play again", 100, 100,
                            makecol(255, 0, 0), makecol( 0, 0, 0));
        n = 0;
       
        }
        while(!key[KEY_ESC] || !key[KEY_SPACE]) {
            textout_ex(screen, font, "Press ESC to exit, or space to play", 100, 100,
                                makecol(255, 0, 0), makecol( 0, 0, 0));
           
            }

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Besides being indented poorly, you need to clearly provide one key to quit and one key to play again.

Code:

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//Assuming Y to play again, N to quit   
textout_ex(screen, font, "Press 'y' to play again or 'n' to quit", 100, 100,
    makecol(255, 0, 0), makecol( 0, 0, 0));
while (true)
{
    if (key[KEY_Y])
    {
          n = 1;
          break;
    }
    if (key[KEY_N)
    {
          n = 0;
          break;
    }
}

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My indenting isn't the greatest, but I'm not that worried about it right now. I made a case similar to the one you gave, although your's is easier. It restarts and quits just fine now, but I want it to restart from the beginning, and not where it left off from the last game. I read some other threads about redrawing the screen over again, how is that done?

Scratch that. I just moved the cursor to a random area when a new game starts.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by scwizzo

My indenting isn't the greatest, but I'm not that worried about it right now.

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If you make your code easier to read, it's easier to figure out where you've messed up.


Quzah.