Weird bug

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#1

So I’m making this brick breaker game and I’m doing an endless mode and I have most of the code but this one line of code makes something weird happen

function EndlessBricks()

local brick = display.newImage(‘brick.png’)

brick.x = math.random(100, 300)

brick.y = math.random(100, 300)

brick.name = ‘brick’

physics.addBody(brick, {density = 1, friction = 0, bounce = 0})

brick.bodyType = ‘static’

bricks.insert(bricks, brick)

end

Whenever I ran this code the bricks wouldn’t appear but if I took out the line that says bricks.insert(bricks, brick) the bricks would appear. Why does this line of code make the bricks disappear and how can I fix it. I need to know because this is a very important line of code and my game won’t work properly without it. Please help.

#2
  1. Please format code posts.

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  1. Where is bricks created? Show that code too please.   (I am assuming it is a display group.)

  2. This is better than the way you are doing the addBody:

    physics.addBody(brick, ‘static’, {density = 1, friction = 0, bounce = 0}) --brick.bodyType = ‘static’

#3

What is bricks variable in your code? Display group? Is that group visible and not overlapped with other groups/display objects?

Your function is named  EndlessBricks but creates a single brick.

#4
  1. Please format code posts.

formatyourcode.jpg

  1. Where is bricks created? Show that code too please.   (I am assuming it is a display group.)

  2. This is better than the way you are doing the addBody:

    physics.addBody(brick, ‘static’, {density = 1, friction = 0, bounce = 0}) --brick.bodyType = ‘static’

#5

What is bricks variable in your code? Display group? Is that group visible and not overlapped with other groups/display objects?

Your function is named  EndlessBricks but creates a single brick.