How do I make a variable that's an integer?

JasperC

I'm a total noob, so sorry if this is impossible or super basic. I'm trying to make a game where you have a limited number of jumps, I want to show the number of jumps left on the screen. To do this, my idea is to have a bunch of sprites with numbers written on them, with the lowest at the bottom, and the highest at the top. So when you jump, the highest number disappears, so the number displayed falls by one. I want to do this by having the sprites be named the number they are, and then making the sprite with the name of the number_of_jumps_left variable turn invisible. How can I make an integer a variable, so I can do this? If this is impossible, what's a better way to implement this mechanic?

Here's some rough code of what I'm trying to do.

var number_of_jumps_left = 10

func _physics_process(delta) -> void:
	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump"):
		number_of_jumps_left.visible = false
		number_of_jumps_left -= 1

pkowal1982

Your approach is perfectly fine, especially when you have some fancy non standard colorfull digits of different sizes. I would probably use Label with some nice free font though. :) Check the attached test file.

JasperC

This works, and I'll implement it in my game. Thanks! Not really necessary now, but how could my approach be implemented?

fire7side

One kind of easy way to do it is put you sprites in an array. Then the index number would correspond to the number left. Like

var number_of_jumps_left = 10  
sprites[number_of_jumps_left].visible = false

JasperC

@pkowal1982 said: Your approach is perfectly fine, especially when you have some fancy non standard colorfull digits of different sizes. I would probably use Label with some nice free font though. :) Check the attached test file.

Sorry to bother you again, but how did you get the font working? I'm using your code but the counter is really small and not in the font it was in your test scene.

pkowal1982

You can change theme or just override single Control settings in the inspector.