Reach the Top
Lesson 13 of 18 in Coddy's Roblox Game: Endless Tower course.
The gold FinishPad on top of the tower ends the climb: a win, and a ride back to the lobby. stack returns the Finish it placed, so connect its pad's Touched right there.
Touched fires once for each limb, so without care one landing would win three or four times. Keep a table of who has finished this round, and let each player win once:
local finished = {}
if finished[player] then
return
end
finished[player] = trueA table can use a Player as its key, so finished[player] is that player's entry. A new round empties the table so everyone can win again.
Challenge
Medium- Near the top:
local lobbySpawn = workspace.Lobby.SpawnLocationandlocal finished = {}. - Write
reachTop(hit): find the player; if there is none or they already finished, stop. Otherwise mark them finished, add 1 to their Wins, printName reached the top(their Name), and move their character to 4 studs abovelobbySpawn. - In
buildTower, keep the Finish thatstackreturns and connect itsFinishPad.TouchedtoreachTop. - In
startRound, start withfinished = {}.
This lesson's tower has 2 stages. Press Play and win. 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 tower = nil
local towerStages = {}
local lava = nil
print("Each tower has " .. Settings.StageCount .. " stages")
-- Every player gets Wins 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
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)
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
end
-- Any stage, at random
local function pickStage()
local all = stages:GetChildren()
return all[math.random(1, #all)]
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
-- 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(), top)
top = newTop
setupStage(stage)
towerStages[i] = stage
end
stack(ServerStorage.Finish, top)
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()
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
-- One round
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
This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.