Caught
Lesson 13 of 20 in Coddy's Roblox Game: Escape the Dark course.
Until now the monster walked up to you and stood there. Within Settings.CatchDistance it catches you: your Humanoid's health goes to 0, and you come back at your checkpoint.
Then the monster goes, and the next door that opens brings it back, behind you again. So spawning is no longer only at room MonsterFrom, but at any room from it on, whenever there is no monster:
if count >= Settings.MonsterFrom and not monster then
spawnMonster()
endChallenge
Medium- In
runMonster, when the nearest character is withinSettings.CatchDistance: set its Humanoid's Health to 0, destroy the monster, setmonsterto nil and return. - In
addRoom, spawn a monster whenevercountis at leastSettings.MonsterFromand there is none.
Press Play, then Check.
Try it yourself
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local Lighting = game:GetService("Lighting")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local PathfindingService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")
local Settings = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Settings)
local rooms = workspace.Rooms
local lastRoom = rooms.Lobby -- the newest room
local count = 0 -- rooms made so far
local monster = nil
-- Night falls: no sun, a little light everywhere, and fog
Lighting.ClockTime = Settings.ClockTime
Lighting.Ambient = Settings.Ambient
Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Settings.Ambient
Lighting.FogColor = Color3.new(0, 0, 0)
Lighting.FogEnd = Settings.FogEnd
print("Lights out")
-- A tool a player carries: in their hand, or in their Backpack
local function findTool(player, name)
return (player.Character and player.Character:FindFirstChild(name)) or player.Backpack:FindFirstChild(name)
end
-- Swing a door open on its hinge
local function openDoor(door)
door:SetAttribute("Open", true)
door.Panel.Prompt.Enabled = false
local hinge, panel = door.Hinge, door.Panel
local goal = hinge.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(90), 0) * hinge.CFrame:ToObjectSpace(panel.CFrame)
TweenService:Create(panel, TweenInfo.new(0.6), { CFrame = goal }):Play()
end
-- The nearest living player it could catch (not hidden), within MonsterSight, and how far
local function nearestCharacter(position)
local best, bestDistance = nil, Settings.MonsterSight
for _, player in Players:GetPlayers() do
local character = player.Character
local root = character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
if root and character.Humanoid.Health > 0 and not character:GetAttribute("Hidden") then
local distance = (root.Position - position).Magnitude
if distance < bestDistance then
best, bestDistance = character, distance
end
end
end
return best, bestDistance
end
-- Walk toward a point: straight when the way is clear, else along a path
local function walkToward(shadow, goal, path)
local root = shadow.HumanoidRootPart
local params = RaycastParams.new()
params.FilterDescendantsInstances = { shadow }
local hit = workspace:Raycast(root.Position, goal - root.Position, params)
if not hit or hit.Instance.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid") then
shadow.Humanoid:MoveTo(goal)
return
end
path:ComputeAsync(root.Position, goal)
local points = path:GetWaypoints()
if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success and points[2] then
shadow.Humanoid:MoveTo(points[2].Position)
end
end
-- The monster's mind: every quarter second, after someone
local function runMonster(shadow)
local humanoid = shadow.Humanoid
local root = shadow.HumanoidRootPart
local path = PathfindingService:CreatePath()
while shadow.Parent do
local character = nearestCharacter(root.Position)
if character then
walkToward(shadow, character.HumanoidRootPart.Position, path)
else
humanoid:MoveTo(root.Position)
end
task.wait(0.25)
end
end
-- The monster comes in behind you: at the entrance of the room two before the newest
local function spawnMonster()
local behind = nil
for _, room in rooms:GetChildren() do
if room:GetAttribute("Number") == count - 2 then
behind = room
end
end
if not behind then
return
end
monster = ServerStorage.Shadow:Clone()
monster:PivotTo(behind.Entrance.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 3.1, 0))
monster.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = Settings.MonsterSpeed
monster.Parent = workspace
task.spawn(runMonster, monster)
end
local addRoom -- written below: a door adds a room, and a room has a door
-- What a door does when a player opens it
local function setupDoor(door)
door.Panel.Prompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
if door:GetAttribute("Open") then
return
end
if door:GetAttribute("Locked") then
local key = findTool(player, "Key")
if not key then
return
end
key:Destroy()
door:SetAttribute("Locked", nil)
end
if door.Parent == lastRoom then
addRoom()
end
openDoor(door)
end)
end
setupDoor(workspace.Rooms.Lobby.Door)
-- Walking into a room: it becomes the player's Room, and their checkpoint
local function setupEntry(room)
room.Entry.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
if player then
local number = room:GetAttribute("Number")
player.leaderstats.Room.Value = number
player.RespawnLocation = room.Checkpoint
end
end)
end
setupEntry(workspace.Rooms.Lobby)
-- A closet: E to hide inside, E again to come out
local function setupCloset(closet)
closet.Front.Prompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
local character = player.Character
if character:GetAttribute("Hidden") then
character:PivotTo(closet.Front.CFrame * CFrame.new(-3, -1, 0) * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(90), 0))
character:SetAttribute("Hidden", nil)
else
character:PivotTo(closet.Inside.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 2.5, 0))
character:SetAttribute("Hidden", true)
end
end)
end
-- A new room at the exit of the newest one
function addRoom()
count += 1
local name = Settings.Order[(count - 1) % #Settings.Order + 1]
if count >= Settings.RoomsToEscape then
name = "Exit"
end
local room = ServerStorage.Rooms[name]:Clone()
room:PivotTo(lastRoom.Exit.CFrame)
room:SetAttribute("Number", count)
room.Sign.SurfaceGui.Number.Text = "Room " .. count
room.Parent = rooms
lastRoom = room
setupDoor(room.Door)
setupEntry(room)
-- a locked room keeps its key inside
local keySpot = room:FindFirstChild("KeySpot")
if keySpot then
local key = ServerStorage.Key:Clone()
key.Handle.CFrame = keySpot.CFrame
key.Parent = room
key.Handle.Prompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
key.Handle.Prompt.Enabled = false
key.Parent = player.Backpack
end)
end
local closet = room:FindFirstChild("Closet")
if closet then
setupCloset(closet)
end
-- keep the newest room and KeepRooms behind it
for _, old in rooms:GetChildren() do
if old:GetAttribute("Number") < count - Settings.KeepRooms then
old:Destroy()
end
end
if count == Settings.MonsterFrom then
spawnMonster()
end
return room
end
-- Out of the closet, you are not hidden any more
task.spawn(function()
while true do
task.wait(0.25)
for _, player in Players:GetPlayers() do
local character = player.Character
if character and character:GetAttribute("Hidden") then
local closest = math.huge
for _, inside in workspace.Rooms:GetDescendants() do
if inside.Name == "Inside" then
closest = math.min(closest, (inside.Position - character.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude)
end
end
if closest > 4 then
character:SetAttribute("Hidden", nil)
end
end
end
end
end)
-- Every player: Room on the leaderboard, and a flashlight every life
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
leaderstats.Parent = player
local room = Instance.new("IntValue")
room.Name = "Room"
room.Parent = leaderstats
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
local flashlight = ServerStorage.Flashlight:Clone()
flashlight.Parent = player.Backpack
local beam = flashlight.Handle.Beam
flashlight.Activated:Connect(function()
beam.Enabled = not beam.Enabled
end)
end)
end)
This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.