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    7. Physics: Falling Objects > Time for action – making the egg drop

    Time for action – making the egg drop

    We're going to execute the timer for the egg so they can start dropping them on the screen.

    1. Create a local function called eggTimer() and use timer.performWithDelay to drop an egg every 1 second (1000 milliseconds) repeatedly. Use eggDrop() to activate the drop.
          local eggTimer = function()
      startDrop = timer.performWithDelay( 1000, eggDrop, 0 )
    end
    2. Within the first if statement in the onEggCollision() function, cancel the timer using the timerID, startDrop. Add the statement if gameLives < 1 to stop the eggs from falling.
            if gameLives < 1 then
        timer.cancel( startDrop )
        print("timer cancelled")
      end

    What just happened?

    In order for the eggs to start dropping from the sky, we created a function called eggTimer(). It activates the eggDrop() function by letting an egg drop after 1000 milliseconds (1 second) every time infinitely using startDrop = timer.performWithDelay( 1000, eggDrop, 0 ).


      

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