How do I code lives?

kaisser33

Hey there! I'm trying to code my first game and am using a bunch of tutorials to piece them together. I'm trying to figure out how to code lives, I don't want a life bar. I want it to where when the player gets hit, it restarts the scene and takes away a life. I'm thinking the interface can show ❤️X 3, ❤️X 2, etc. Any thoughts on how I should start?

everona

This part of the tutorial in the Godot Docs might help. You might have to look at the earlier parts to make complete sense but it might be a good starting point on how to show the heart and the counter.

ElephantInTheRoom

I would start by creating a sprite node and a label on whatever part of the screen you want them. You can control these nodes with their own script, or you can control them from a completely different script. Whatever script controls them needs to have an integer value called 'lives' which gets increased and decreased throughout the game, and gets displayed to this label