Game Programming for Teens, Second Edition

415 Pages·2005·4.572 MB·English

by  Maneesh Sethi

Game Programming
for Teens,
Second Edition
Maneesh Sethi
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For my parents, Neelam and Prabhjot
Acknowledgments
J
eez,there are so many people to thank.This feels like I’m accepting an Oscar™:I’m
afraid the band will start playing and usher me offthe stage.Anyway,first ofall thank
you André LaMothe for giving me a chance and taking me out to lunch.I will get you
back for that one day.Thank you everyone at Premier Press:my production editor Jenny
Davidson,my copy editor,Kezia Endsley,my acquisitions editor,Emi Smith,and my CD
editor,Brandon Penticuff.
Thanks go out to Adam Hepworth,who spent a lot ofhis “busy”day helping read my text
and correcting a lot oferrors.To all ofmy brothers and sisters,Rachi,who offered her help
even though she was across an ocean, Nagina, whose love and support (and numerous
phone calls) helped carry me through,and Ramit,who gave me a person to look up to and
who helped me through the thick and thin (as well as giving me the chance to use
“abeyance”in a sentence).Thanks for being here and giving me support when I needed it.
To my mom and dad:I couldn’t have done this without you.I love you so much.
Finally,thanks to Edgar L.Ibarra (Feo) for his artwork and Thomas Stenbäck for his work
on the CD’s music.Also,to Ari Feldman,for allowing me to use his sprite library on the
CD.
Also, for contributing a demo program to the book, thanks to Jason Brasier and Edgar
Ibarra for Rockfalland Marcus “Eikon”Smith for Galaxiga.
And to everyone whose name I forgot,you know who you are.Thanks!
IV
About the Author
MANEESH SETHI is a high school student in California who will be enrolled at Stanford
University in 2006.Maneesh has worked with Web design and development since he was
in fifth grade and was the founder and head designer of Standard Design, a Web site
design company.Maneesh has taught game programming on TechTV’s Call for Helpand
at game programming conferences such as the XGDX. He is the author of Game
Programming for Teens (First Edition)andWeb Design for Teens,both published by Course
PTR,and How to Succeed as a Lazy Student.
Besides game programming, Maneesh enjoys playing games (of course), sports such as
tennis and basketball, and of course, sleep. Learn more about Maneesh, as well as his
award-winning T-shirts and iPod sock case at www.maneeshsethi.com.
V
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi
Part I: The Basics of BASIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Chapter 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
A Brief History of BASIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Installing BlitzPlus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Windows and Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
The First Game: KONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Compiling the Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Chapter 2 Getting to Know BASIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Hello, World! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Declaring Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Using Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Conditionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Truth and Falsehood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
If...Then . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
VI
Contents VII
If...Then…Else . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Select…Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Logical Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
The NOT Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
The Goto Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
A Text-Based Guessing Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Chapter 3 Loops, Functions, Arrays, and Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Understanding Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
For…Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
While…Wend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Repeat…Until . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Understanding Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Scope Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
When to Use Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Understanding Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Multi-Dimensional Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Using Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Coordinate Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
For…Each…Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Putting It All Together: Textanoid! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Chapter 4 The Style Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Developing Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
White Space and Indentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Pre-Program Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Main Program Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Function Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Function and Variable Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Naming Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
VIII Contents
Part II: Getting Graphical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Chapter 5 Beginning Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Creating the Graphics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Width and Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Color Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
[Mode] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
LoadImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
DrawImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
CreateImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
MaskImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
RGB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Cls and ClsColor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Chapter 6 Page Flipping and Pixel Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Page Flipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
SetBuffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
CreateImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Locking and Unlocking Buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Lock/Unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
ReadPixel()/ReadPixelFast() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
WritePixel/WritePixelFast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Using Buffers: A Paint Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Main Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Contents IX
Chapter 7 Basic Image Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Translating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Parallaxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
TileBlock and TileImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Chapter 8 Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Using Bitmaps in Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Making Bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Displaying Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
Chapter 9 Collision Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Basic Collisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Bounding Circles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
Distance between Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
Radii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
Bounding Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260
Pixel-Imperfect Collisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Pixel-Perfect Collisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
Part III: Completing the Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Chapter 10 Handling Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Handling the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
KeyDown() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
KeyHit() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
Mapping the Mouse to the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Displaying the Mouse Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
What Was That? Handling Mouse Key Presses . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
The Middle Mouse Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Handling Joystick Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312