I am really stuck! As a newbie, I am trying to build a guessing game for Flags of the World.
I have an array of objects which I want to shuffle. I then want to select the correct country that matches the image and add that to three answer buttons. Currently I am doing this by creating variables using a fixed index from the shuffled array for the currentFlagIndex (correct) and wrongFlagIndex (wrong) and anotherWrongIndex (also wrong).
I then want to check for a ‘correct’ or ‘wrong’ answer and then for the user to click ‘next’ which would load the next ‘correct’ country and image and two ‘incorrect’ countries from my array of objects.
I can make this all work once, as per the code below, but I am completely stuck on how to move to the ‘next’ question.
I am running this all against a 60 second timer. I have the timer counting down, but have not attempted to put a check in to ensure this is not at zero (I will do that once I know how to move my questions on).
Flags Array extract:
const flags = [
{
image: 'assets/images/ad.webp',
country: 'Andorra',
},
{
image: 'assets/images/ae.webp',
country: 'United Arab Emirates',
},
{
image: 'assets/images/af.webp',
country: 'Afghanistan',
},
Game JavaScript:
const startButton = document.getElementById('start-button');
const nextButton = document.getElementById('next-button');
const answerButtons = document.getElementById('answer-buttons');
nextButton.addEventListener('click', buildNextQuestionArray);
/**
* Set 60 second countdown timer. Code modified from Grepper: https://www.codegrepper.com/code-examples/javascript/add+countdown+timer+to+javascript+quiz
*/
let count = 60;
let interval = setInterval(function () {
document.getElementById('timer').innerHTML = count;
count--;
if (count === 0) {
clearInterval(interval);
document.getElementById('timer').innerHTML = 'GAME OVER'; // this is where I can add what to do once the timer ends - take to the GAME OVER score html page
}
}, 1000);
/**
* Function to randomly sort array modified from: https://www.codegrepper.com/code-examples/javascript/how+to+randomly+sort+an+array+javascript
*/
function createNewFlags(array) {
var currentIndex = array.length,
temporaryValue, randomIndex;
while (0 !== currentIndex) {
randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * currentIndex);
currentIndex -= 1;
temporaryValue = array[currentIndex];
array[currentIndex] = array[randomIndex];
array[randomIndex] = temporaryValue;
}
return array;
}
let newFlags = createNewFlags(flags);
console.log(newFlags[0].country);
let currentFlagIndex = 0;
console.log(newFlags[currentFlagIndex]);
let wrongFlagIndex = 12;
console.log(newFlags[wrongFlagIndex]);
let anotherWrongFlagIndex = 21;
console.log(newFlags[anotherWrongFlagIndex]);
/**
* Create an array of the correct answer and two wrong answers
**/
function buildFullAnswerArray() {
let fullAnswerArray = []; {
fullAnswerArray.push(newFlags[currentFlagIndex].country);
fullAnswerArray.push(newFlags[wrongFlagIndex].country);
fullAnswerArray.push(newFlags[anotherWrongFlagIndex].country);
}
return fullAnswerArray
}
let allAnswers = buildFullAnswerArray();
console.log(allAnswers);
/**
* Shuffle the allAnswers array so that the order of the countries in the answers will be randomised
**/
function createShuffledAnswers(array) {
var currentIndex = array.length,
temporaryValue, randomIndex;
while (0 !== currentIndex) {
randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * currentIndex);
currentIndex -= 1;
temporaryValue = array[currentIndex];
array[currentIndex] = array[randomIndex];
array[randomIndex] = temporaryValue;
}
return array;
}
let finalAnswers = createShuffledAnswers(allAnswers);
console.log(finalAnswers);
document.getElementById('flag').src = newFlags[currentFlagIndex].image;
let answer1 = document.getElementById('answer-1');
let answer2 = document.getElementById('answer-2');
let answer3 = document.getElementById('answer-3');
answer1.innerText = finalAnswers[0];
answer2.innerText = finalAnswers[1];
answer3.innerText = finalAnswers[2];
answer1.addEventListener('click', checkAnswer);
answer2.addEventListener('click', checkAnswer);
answer3.addEventListener('click', checkAnswer);
/**
* Check button onclick whether correct answer or not - event listener
* If correct - return 'CORRECT!' and change the body color to green
* If incorrect - return 'WRONG!' and change the body color to red
**/
function checkAnswer() {
if (this.textContent === newFlags[currentFlagIndex].country) {
let correct = true
let correctAnswer = `CORRECT!`
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = correctAnswer;
setStatusClass(document.body, correct);
increaseScore();
} else {
let wrong = false
let wrongAnswer = `WRONG!`
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = wrongAnswer;
setStatusClass(document.body, wrong);
}
nextButton.classList.remove('hide');
answerButtons.classList.add('hide');
}
/**
* Gets the current score from the DOM and increments it by 1
*/
function increaseScore() {
let currentScore = parseInt(document.getElementById('correct').innerText);
document.getElementById('correct').innerText = ++currentScore;
}
/**
* Adds a class to the body depending on whether the answer is correct or wrong. Allows the body color to be changed depending on correct or wrong answers.
* Adapted from Web Dev Simplified YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDzcEQbX6k
*/
function setStatusClass(element, correct) {
clearStatusClass(element)
if (correct) {
element.classList.add('correct')
} else {
element.classList.add('wrong')
}
}
/**
* Resets class status on body. Used when setting the nextQuestion()
* Adapted from Web Dev Simplified YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDzcEQbX6k
*/
function clearStatusClass(element) {
element.classList.remove('correct')
element.classList.remove('wrong')
}
function resetState() {
clearStatusClass(document.body);
nextButton.classList.add('hide');
}
// function buildNextQuestionArray() {
// currentFlagIndex = ++currentFlagIndex;
// wrongFlagIndex = ++wrongFlagIndex;
// anotherWrongFlagIndex = ++anotherWrongFlagIndex;
// let nextQuestionArray = []; {
// nextQuestionArray.push(newFlags[currentFlagIndex].country);
// nextQuestionArray.push(newFlags[wrongFlagIndex].country);
// nextQuestionArray.push(newFlags[anotherWrongFlagIndex].country);
// }
// return nextQuestionArray
// }
// let nextAnswers = buildNextQuestionArray();
// console.log(nextAnswers);
I have commented out the above code as it will generate a new array of three but it also causes the current correct answer to return wrong, so must be changing the variables.
I think I have a problem where I am inserting the answer text and image outside of a function, but I have tried many things here, which all return errors.
Game HTML:
<!-- GAME AREA -->
<div class="container">
<div id="timer"></div>
<div id="flag-container" class="flag"><img src="" id="flag"></div>
<div id="answer-buttons" class="answer-box">
<button class="btn" id="answer-1">Country 1</button>
<button class="btn" id="answer-2">Country 2</button>
<button class="btn" id="answer-3">Country 3</button>
</div>
<div id="result" class="result"></div>
<!-- <div class="answer-box"><button class="start-btn" id="start-button">Start >></button></div> -->
<div class="answer-box"><button class="next-btn hide" id="next-button">Next flag >></button></div>
<div class="score">Score: <span id="correct" class="score">0</span></div>
</div>
<!-- SCRIPTS -->
<script src="assets/js/flags.js"></script>
<script src="assets/js/game.js"></script>
I have a solution where I can add two incorrect answers to my flags array, but that seems like a long-hand (there are 216 flags!) way to ‘solve’ this problem. I have all of the parts, I just need someone to help me move through the array to the next flag please!
The latest version of the full code is also deployed here: Git Hub
I am sure there is a lot wrong with my code, but any straightforward help to move me on would be much appreciated!
