

There are 4 “player” scores (variables) maintained by The Grid 2 for making simple games. These are simply numbers that are stored for you to use for making fun activities.
For example, you could make a quiz and give the player 1 point for every right answer. At the end of the quiz you could tell them how many points they got!
There are commands for changing each player’s score, so you can do things like:
There are also conditional commands. These allow you to compare scores before deciding what to do. For example:
You can display the player scores in cells by using Player Score auto content.
This is really handy for testing games, as well as showing the user how they are getting on.
You can use the special text {SCORE1}, {SCORE2}, etc, to insert a player’s score into a “text”, “speak now” or “information” command. This could be great for telling someone how well they did in the quiz!
Here are a few examples of ways to use the score commands to make grids:
The player must select the correct cell (e.g. a matching image, answering a question). If they get the right one, they get an extra point. At the end of the game tell them how many points they got.
You can display the Clock workspace (or use a wristwatch or wall clock) to practise telling the time. The cell commands below will congratulate the user if selected between 2:00 and 2:59.
The first command, Set score to date, sets the score for player 1 to the hour of the day. For example, if the time is 2:36 then the score would be set to 2.
The second command, Evaluate score checks to see if the score is 2.
The third command, Information, is only processed when the condition in Evaluate score is met.
If the cell were selected at 4:25 then player 1 score would be set to 4 points, and the message “Well done!” would not be displayed.
You could use the same technique from the “telling the time” example to make an advent calendar that will only jump if you select the right door.
You can use the score commands to randomly select which grid to jump to. For example, this set of commands will randomly jump to either “games” or “my new grid”:
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