Data Types and Variable Scope in GDevelop

You need to keep track of a player's exact health, which might be a value like 95.5. What is the best data type for a Health variable?

• Text

• Boolean

• Number

• Structure

You want to store the player's chosen name, for example, "Captain_Awesome", to display on the screen. Which data type should you use for the PlayerName variable?

• Number

• Text

• Boolean

• Array

Scenario: Your game has a special power-up. You need a variable to track if the power-up is currently active (true) or not active (false). What is the most efficient data type for the IsPowerUpActive variable?

• Boolean

• Number

• Text

• Structure

Scenario: You are designing an inventory system. You need a single variable that can hold a list of all the item names the player has collected, like ["Sword", "Shield", "Potion"]. Which data type is built for holding a list of values?

• Structure

• Boolean

• Array

• Text

Scenario: You want to group all the stats for a specific enemy (Health, Speed, AttackDamage) into one organized variable. Which data type allows you to create named sub-variables like EnemyStats.Health?

• Array

• Structure

• Number

• Boolean

Scenario: You want to create a HighScore variable that saves the best score achieved in the entire game. This score should not be reset when the player changes levels (scenes). What scope should you use?

• Global

• Scene

• Object

• Local

Scenario: You have multiple Enemy objects on the screen, and each one needs its own individual health points. When one enemy takes damage, the others should not be affected. Where should you store the Health variable for each enemy?

• Global

• Scene

• Object

• Local

Scenario: You want to track the number of coins the player has collected in the current level only. When the player moves to the next level (a new scene), this coin count should reset to zero. What is the correct scope for LevelCoins?

• Global

• Scene

• Object

• Local

Scenario: In a single, complex event, you need to perform a temporary calculation. The result of this calculation is only used within that one event and is not needed anywhere else. What is the most memory-efficient scope to use?

• Global

• Scene

• Object

• Local

Scenario: You want to store the player's total number of lives. This value needs to decrease when the player dies in Level 1 and carry over to Level 2, Level 3, and so on. What scope is required for the PlayerLives variable?

• Global

• Scene

• Object

• Local