local clueCounters = {}
local clueCounterGUIDS = {
  "37be78",
  "1769ed",
  "032300",
  "d86b7c"
}

function onLoad()
  self.createButton({
    label = "0",
    click_function = "removeAllPlayerClues",
    tooltip = "Click here to remove all Clues from playermats",
    function_owner = self,
    position = { 0, 0.06, 0 },
    height = 900,
    width = 900,
    scale = { 1.5, 1.5, 1.5 },
    font_size = 600,
    font_color = { 1, 1, 1, 100 },
    color = { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
  })

  -- loading object references to the counting bowls via GUID
  for i = 1, 4 do
    clueCounters[i] = getObjectFromGUID(clueCounterGUIDS[i])
  end

  loopID = Wait.time(sumClues, 2, -1)
end

-- removes all player clues by calling the respective function from the counting bowls
function removeAllPlayerClues()
  for i = 1, 4 do
    clueCounters[i].call("removeAllClues")
  end
end

-- gets the counted values from the counting bowls and sums them up
function sumClues()
  local count = 0
  for i = 1, 4 do
    count = count + tonumber(clueCounters[i].getVar("exposedValue"))
  end
  self.editButton({ index = 0, label = tostring(count) })
end