credits keep crashing

[CanadianGamer]

Hi guys

so I'm making this game but whenever I try to test the credits It crashes anyone know why

[Eamonn]

Whoops, seems like we need some assets, first. font1.ttf, font2.ttf and background.png

I'll work on finding a solution and edit this post if I find one, but could you please upload some assets? You could zip the files and just upload the archive to the forums or Google Drive or something.

[CanadianGamer]

sorry for bothering you I figured it out

[Eamonn]

sorry for bothering you I figured it out

The for loop in the credits menu was causing the problem. I fixed it using a simple gamestate variable, to replace your title variable. Here's the code anyway:

main.lua:

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require('credits')

gamestate = 'title'

function love.load()
	--backgroundImg = love.graphics.newImage('assets/background.png')
	title = true
	--font1 = love.graphics.newFont('assets/font1.ttf', 125)
	--font2 = love.graphics.newFont('assets/font2.ttf', 50)
end

function love.update()
	mouseX = love.mouse.getX()
	mouseY = love.mouse.getY()
	mouseIsPressed = love.mouse.isDown('l')

	--play button
	if gamestate == 'title' then
		if mouseX >= 100 and
		mouseX <= 210 and
		mouseY >= 200 and
		mouseY <= 240 and
		mouseIsPressed == true then
			gamestate = 'play'
		--help button
		elseif mouseX >= 100 and
		mouseX <= 210 and
		mouseY >= 250 and
		mouseY <= 290 and
		mouseIsPressed == true then
			gamestate = 'help'
		--credits button
		elseif mouseX >= 100 and
		mouseX <= 300 and
		mouseY >= 300 and
		mouseY <= 340 and
		mouseIsPressed == true then
			love.graphics.setNewFont(50)
			gamestate = 'credits'
		--quit button
		elseif mouseX >= 100  and
		mouseX <= 210 and
		mouseY >= 350 and
		mouseY <= 390 and
		mouseIsPressed == true then
			love.event.quit()
		end
	end

	if gamestate == 'credits' then
		-- Some form of credits updating
	elseif gamestate == 'title' then
		-- Some form of title updating
	elseif gamestate == 'help' then
		-- Some form of help updating
	elseif gamestate == 'play' then
		-- Some form of play upating
	end
end



function love.draw()
	--love.graphics.draw(backgroundImg, 0, 0)
	if gamestate == 'title' then
		love.graphics.setNewFont(20)
		love.graphics.print('Ninja  Dodge', 20, 20)
		love.graphics.setNewFont(40)
		love.graphics.print('Play', 100, 200)
		love.graphics.print('Help', 100, 250)
		love.graphics.print('Credits', 100, 300)
		love.graphics.print('Quit', 100, 350)
	elseif gamestate == 'credits' then
		credits()
	end

	love.graphics.print(mouseX, 100, 100)
end

credits.lua:

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-- credits
isOn = true
function credits()
	if gamestate == 'credits' then
		keyDown = love.keyboard.isDown('escape')
		if keyDown == true then
			isOn = false
		end
		love.graphics.print('coded by: CanadianGamer', 30, 30)
		love.graphics.print('ideas by: CanadianGamer', 30, 70)
		love.graphics.print('everything else by: CanadianGamer', 30, 110)
	end
end

You were also calling some love.draw() functions in love.update(dt). Be sure to separate drawing and updating code into separate functions ( eg credits_load(), credits_update(dt), credits_draw() )

Have a great day!