Click Me

Part of the Roblox Game Scripting section of Coddy's Lua journey. Lesson 19 of 24.

A ClickDetector inside a part makes it clickable: the mouse turns into a hand over it, and its MouseClick event fires with the player who clicked. Players can click from up to 32 studs away.

local bell = script.Parent
bell.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
	print(player.Name .. " rang the bell")
end)

A switch has to remember whether it is on. Keep that in a variable outside the function, and flip it with not: not true is false and not false is true.

local open = false
open = not open -- now true
open = not open -- false again

Challenge

Medium

The round lamp has a ClickDetector, and this script is inside the lamp. Make it a switch: every click flips the lamp between on and off.

It starts off: Plastic
on is Neon, off is Plastic

Press Play and click the lamp a few times, then Check.

Try it yourself

local lamp = script.Parent
local on = false

lamp.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
	-- Flip on, then make the lamp Neon when on, Plastic when off
end)

Test yourself

This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.

All lessons in Roblox Game Scripting

1Scripts and Parts

Hello, Roblox Paint a Part Stretch the Bridge Build a Platform

4Game Mechanics

Speed Pad Jump PadClick MeThe Button Door Moving Platform Checkpoints Finish Line

2Loops and Functions

Row of Pillars Staircase Builder Tower Builder Coin Factory Blinking Light Vanishing Bridge

5Your First Game

Your First Obby

3Events and Players

Touch Pad Lava Floor Leaderstats Who Touched It?Coin Collector Coin Door

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