Worklog for PaulM
B3D SDK/C# 2D Engine Tutorial
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Still going strong. The basics of the 2D game engine are done, now
it's a case of writing simple games to identify features that are still
required. 7. Advanced Game Object Management 96 Deterministic disposal of game objects 96 A game object manager 101 Cloning game objects 107 Pooling the game objects 111 8. Collision Detection 118 A collision controller 118 Using the collision controller 120 Detecting game object collisions 123 Chapter 9 will be a first stab at writing a simple 2D shooting game using the game engine. |
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| Here's the table of contents for the first six chapters. I'm busy working on the seventh, "Advanced Game Object Management". Introduction 2 Assumptions 2 1. A Simple Game Engine 3 Setting everything up 3 A simple "game" 3 The engine takes shape 5 A better game class 6 Making our bouncing text game work again 7 Where to now? 11 Game objects 12 Game objects that do something 15 2. Sprite Management 20 Blitz3D and images 20 Adding image management to the game engine 25 A better sprite class 29 What do we do with sprites? 33 3. Game Object Controllers 38 A journey to the end of the game world 44 Interacting with the game world 47 4. Bits and Pieces – Part One 59 Better movement 59 More game objects 64 Displaying diagnostic information 66 Drawing order 68 Animated Images 70 5. User Input 81 The InputManager class 82 Using the InputManager class 85 6. Sound Management 90 Adding sound support to the MediaManager 90 Using sounds 94 |
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I've started working on a Blitz3D SDK and C# 2D game engine, together
with a comprehensive tutorial on developing a 2D game engine. The
emphasis is on the engine architecture and not learning the Blitz3D SDK
or C#/.NET. I'll release a preliminary version once it is complete (able to be used to create complete games) and then have updates covering opimizing the engine, adding features and creating a game "editor". Each chapter (so far there's 5 chapters, 90 pages long) will come with a VS solution with the source for the engine and a sample "game" (you wouldn't call it a game to begin with). I'll be careful not to release any of the copyright code and there will be no binaries - you'll need the SDK to build it). |