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Round After Round

Lesson 14 of 18 in Coddy's Roblox Game: Endless Tower course.

One round is a demo; a game goes round after round. Put the lobby countdown, the round and its countdown inside while true do, and add an endRound() that tidies up when the time runs out:

  • players still on the tower go back to the lobby,
  • the tower and the lava are destroyed, so the next round builds a fresh tower in their place.

Destroy removes an instance and everything inside it, so destroying the tower Model removes every stage at once. The loop never ends, so it goes at the very bottom of the script: nothing after it would ever run.

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Challenge

Medium
  1. Write endRound(): move every player who has not finished to 4 studs above lobbySpawn, destroy tower and lava, and empty towerStages.
  2. At the bottom, wrap the lobby countdown, startRound() and the round countdown in while true do, and call endRound() at the end of each turn.

This lesson's rounds are short. Press Play. 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 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

-- 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(), top)
		top = newTop
		setupStage(stage)
		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 = {}
	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
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