Life

Life # 66
Robotic name	Life
Default color	c0b (cyan on black)
Default param	0
ID char	0 (#66)
ID anim. chars	Life animation chars (#278-#281)
ID anim. colors	Life animation colors (#282-#285)
Attributes	Active Pushable: any
Effect when touched	Give 1 LIVES; become Space, move Player

Life (ID 66, Life) is a built-in item. When touched by the Player, it gives 1 LIVES, plays SFX 5 (Life), is removed from the board, and the Player moves onto its old position.

Behavior

The entire parameter of Life is its current animation Stage.

Every even cycle, a Life updates its animation. If its Stage is equal to 3, it will reset it to 0; otherwise, it will advance its Stage by one.

The current display character of Life is determined by position parameter + 278 of the ID animations. The current display color of Life is determined by position parameter + 282 of the ID animations.

MegaZeux 1.00 until 2.00

In MegaZeux 1.x, Life updates on every cycle instead of on every other cycle.

Unintended behavior

A Life with a Stage of 4 or greater can be created. These Stage values continuously increment the parameter until the Stage overflows to 0. This results in buggy animations referencing other ID animation and ID damage values, the specifics of which are version-dependent and unsupported.