Basic Shooter Consecutive Hits Help

[ybrikeeg]

Hey there,
I was wondering if anyone could help me with my simple shooter game. There are falling objects at the top of the screen that the shoot hits. What I want to do is detect consecutive hits and give the user awards at certain amounts of consecutive hits. Some things you should know is that my game is 2D (not cocoas2D), and uses the CGRectIntersectsRect method of collision.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Kirby

[BrianSlick]

if (theyIntersect)
   hitCount++;

[ybrikeeg]

Originally Posted by BrianSlick

if (theyIntersect)
   hitCount++;

Yes, I've tried that. But the problem is resetting it when the bullet (from the shooter) hits the top of the screen

[BrianSlick]

if (itIsOutOfBounds)
   hitCount = 0;

[Kalimba]

Originally Posted by BrianSlick

if (theyIntersect)
   hitCount++;

if (itIsOutOfBounds)
   hitCount = 0;

I want to work with you on my next game.