Best Times and Saves
Lesson 18 of 18 in Coddy's Roblox Game: Endless Tower course.
Speedrunners make obbies last. Time every climb, keep each player's best on the leaderboard, and save it with their Wins so it is there next time.
time() is the number of seconds the game has been running. Note it when the round starts; at the top, the difference is the climb. Round it to tenths for the board:
local seconds = math.floor((time() - roundStart) * 10) / 10A best time is the smallest, and 0 means none yet. Saving uses a DataStore, as in a real game: GetAsync when a player joins, SetAsync when they leave and when the server closes (game:BindToClose). Both can fail on Roblox's side, so wrap them in pcall.
Challenge
Hard- Near the top, get
DataStoreService, a DataStore namedTower, andlocal roundStart = 0. InstartRound, setroundStart = time(). - Give players a NumberValue named
BestTimein leaderstats, and load their savedWinsandBestTimewhen they join. - In
reachTop, work out the climb's seconds; if BestTime is 0 or the climb is faster, set it. PrintName reached the top in 12.3 secondsinstead of the old line. - Write
saveProgress(player)(save a table of Wins and BestTime under the player's UserId) and call it onPlayerRemovingand for every player ingame:BindToClose.
Press Play, win, press Stop, and Play again: your best is still there. Then Check.
Try it yourself
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local Settings = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Settings)
local stages = ServerStorage.Stages
local lobbySpawn = workspace.Lobby.SpawnLocation
local tower = nil
local towerStages = {}
local lava = nil
local finished = {}
print("Each tower has " .. Settings.StageCount .. " stages")
-- Every player gets Wins and Stage on the leaderboard
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
leaderstats.Parent = player
local wins = Instance.new("IntValue")
wins.Name = "Wins"
wins.Parent = leaderstats
local stage = Instance.new("IntValue")
stage.Name = "Stage"
stage.Parent = leaderstats
-- a player who falls starts again on the last stage they reached,
-- unless the lava has covered it: then they wait in the lobby
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
task.wait()
local checkpoint = towerStages[stage.Value]
local covered = checkpoint and lava and checkpoint.Start.Position.Y < lava.Position.Y + lava.Size.Y / 2
if checkpoint and not covered and not finished[player] then
character:PivotTo(checkpoint.Start.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 4, 0))
end
end)
end)
-- The board in the lobby
local gui = Instance.new("SurfaceGui")
gui.Parent = workspace.Lobby.Board
local boardLabel = Instance.new("TextLabel")
boardLabel.Name = "Status"
boardLabel.Size = UDim2.fromScale(1, 1)
boardLabel.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(25, 25, 35)
boardLabel.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
boardLabel.TextScaled = true
boardLabel.Text = "Endless Tower"
boardLabel.Parent = gui
local function setBoard(text)
boardLabel.Text = text
end
-- Anything tagged Kill ends a life
local function killOnTouch(hit)
local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if humanoid then
humanoid.Health = 0
end
end
-- A vanishing step fades soon after someone lands on it, then comes back
local function makeVanish(part)
part.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
if part:GetAttribute("Gone") or not hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
return
end
part:SetAttribute("Gone", true)
task.wait(Settings.VanishDelay)
part.Transparency = 0.8
part.CanCollide = false
task.wait(Settings.VanishTime)
part.Transparency = 0
part.CanCollide = true
part:SetAttribute("Gone", nil)
end)
end
-- A laser slides to its Slide offset and back, forever
local function makeSlide(part)
local info = TweenInfo.new(Settings.SlideTime, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear, Enum.EasingDirection.InOut, -1, true)
local goal = { Position = part.Position + part:GetAttribute("Slide") }
TweenService:Create(part, info, goal):Play()
end
-- A bounce pad throws whoever lands on it up into the air
local function bounce(hit)
local root = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
if root then
root.AssemblyLinearVelocity = Vector3.new(0, Settings.BouncePower, 0)
end
end
-- Spinners turn a little every frame
RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function(dt)
for _, spinner in CollectionService:GetTagged("Spinner") do
if spinner:IsDescendantOf(workspace) then
spinner:PivotTo(spinner:GetPivot() * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(Settings.SpinSpeed) * dt, 0))
end
end
end)
-- Turn on every obstacle in a stage, by its tags
local function setupStage(stage, index)
for _, part in stage:GetDescendants() do
if part:HasTag("Kill") then
part.Touched:Connect(killOnTouch)
end
if part:HasTag("Vanish") then
makeVanish(part)
end
if part:HasTag("Conveyor") then
part.AssemblyLinearVelocity = part.CFrame.LookVector * Settings.BeltSpeed
end
if part:HasTag("Slider") then
makeSlide(part)
end
if part:HasTag("Bounce") then
part.Touched:Connect(bounce)
end
end
-- reaching a stage's Start counts on the leaderboard
stage.Start.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
if player and player.leaderstats.Stage.Value < index then
player.leaderstats.Stage.Value = index
end
end)
end
-- Harder stages higher up: the bottom third easy, the top third hard
local function pickStage(index)
local difficulty = math.ceil(index / Settings.StageCount * 3)
local choices = {}
for _, stage in stages:GetChildren() do
if stage:GetAttribute("Difficulty") == difficulty then
table.insert(choices, stage)
end
end
return choices[math.random(1, #choices)]
end
-- Put a copy of a model on top of the tower; returns the copy and the new top
local function stack(template, bottom)
local copy = template:Clone()
local box, size = copy:GetBoundingBox()
local lift = bottom - (box.Position.Y - size.Y / 2)
copy:PivotTo(copy:GetPivot() + Vector3.new(0, lift, 0))
copy.Parent = tower
return copy, bottom + size.Y
end
-- The top of the tower: a win, and back to the lobby
local function reachTop(hit)
local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
if not player or finished[player] then
return
end
finished[player] = true
player.leaderstats.Wins.Value += 1
print(player.Name .. " reached the top")
hit.Parent:PivotTo(lobbySpawn.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 4, 0))
end
-- Build a new random tower, bottom up
local function buildTower()
tower = Instance.new("Model")
tower.Name = "Tower"
tower.Parent = workspace
towerStages = {}
local top = 0
for i = 1, Settings.StageCount do
local stage, newTop = stack(pickStage(i), top)
top = newTop
setupStage(stage, i)
towerStages[i] = stage
end
local finish = stack(ServerStorage.Finish, top)
finish.FinishPad.Touched:Connect(reachTop)
return top
end
-- Lava rises from the ground to just under the top of the tower
local function startLava(top)
lava = Instance.new("Part")
lava.Name = "Lava"
lava.Anchored = true
lava.CanCollide = false
lava.Size = Vector3.new(30, 2, 30)
lava.Position = Vector3.new(0, -2, 0)
lava.Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 90, 20)
lava.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
lava.Parent = workspace
lava.Touched:Connect(killOnTouch)
local info = TweenInfo.new(top / Settings.LavaSpeed, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear, Enum.EasingDirection.InOut, 0, false, Settings.LavaDelay)
TweenService:Create(lava, info, { Position = Vector3.new(0, top - 2, 0) }):Play()
end
local function startRound()
finished = {}
for _, player in Players:GetPlayers() do
player.leaderstats.Stage.Value = 0
end
local top = buildTower()
startLava(top)
for _, player in Players:GetPlayers() do
if player.Character then
player.Character:PivotTo(towerStages[1].Start.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 4, 0))
end
end
end
local function endRound()
for _, player in Players:GetPlayers() do
if player.Character and not finished[player] then
player.Character:PivotTo(lobbySpawn.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 4, 0))
end
player.leaderstats.Stage.Value = 0
end
tower:Destroy()
lava:Destroy()
towerStages = {}
end
-- The round loop
while true do
for i = Settings.Intermission, 1, -1 do
setBoard("Next tower in " .. i)
task.wait(1)
end
startRound()
for i = Settings.RoundLength, 1, -1 do
setBoard("Climb! " .. i .. " seconds left")
task.wait(1)
end
endRound()
end
This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.