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Withtheknowledgethatyouhavesofar,youareabletocreate
simpletextbasedcomputergames.Youalsohavethe
knowledgeonhowtostructureagraphicalcomputergame.
Allcomputergamesnowusedifferenttypesofmedia.
Thedifferenttypesofmediathatyoucanuseincludeimages,
objectsandsounds.
Eachofthose3catagorieshavesubcatagoriesofmedia.A
coupleoftheseare:
ImagesBackgroundsandtextures.
ObjectsModelsandmatrices.
SoundsSoundeffectsandmusic.

Thisisnotaworkingprogram.
Thisisjustawholegroupofcode
snippetsthatdisplayhowtousethe
commands.
Thecommandsarespacedoutso
thattheyareclosetowheretheyare
mentionedinthemaintext.
Mostexampleswillincorporatethe
previouslyexplainedcommands.

IMAGES:

Imagesuseaspecialidentificationnumberwhichyougive
tothem(inthetutorialstheplacetoputitislabelledwith
inum).Therecannotbetwoimageswiththesame
number.

loadimage"face.bmp",1
loadimage"people/person1.bmp",2

Command

Purpose

loadimage"mygame/cars/car1.jpg",3

Loadsanimagefromafolder
intomemoryforthegameto
use.
inumistheplaceinmemory
wheretheimageisstored.

loadimage"mygame/cars/car2.jpg",4

deleteimageinum

Deletesimagenumbered
inum.

spritesnum,x,y,inum

Positionsanimageatxandy
onthescreen.Theimage
usedisinum.Givesthesprite
anumberofsnumforfuture
reference.

loadimage"name",inum

rotatespritesnum,angle

Rotatesaspritebyangle
degrees.

hidespritesnum

Hidethespritewithreference
numbersnum.

showspritesnum

Showthesnumsprite.

deletespritesnum

Deletethesprite.

sprite1,50,200,3
sprite2,100,200,2
sprite3,100,180,1
rotatesprite1,90

hidesprite3
wait500
showsprite3

sprite1,50,200,4

deletesprite1
deletesprite2
deletesprite3

Youmaynotrealiseit,butusingallthecommandsyouhave
learntsofar,youcaneasilycreategameslikefrogger!

OBJECTS:

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3Dobjectscreateawholeworldofexcitement.Using3D
objectsopensuptheopportunitytocreategameslikeCounter
StrikeandGrandTheftAuto.
Objectsuseaspecialidentificationnumberwhichyougiveto
them(inthetutorialstheplacetoputitislabelledwithonum).
Therecannotbetwoobjectswiththesamenumber.

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CREATINGOBJECTS:

loadobject"car.3ds",1

Command
loadobject"name",onum

makeobjectsphereonum,rad

makeobjectcylinderonum,rad

Purpose

loadobject"dog.x",2

Loadsanobjectfroma
specifiedfilepath.Theobject
dataissavedasanumberfor
futurereference.

makeobjectsphere3,300

Createsaspherewitha
radiusofrad.

Createsacylinderwitha
raduisofradandaheightof
doublerad.

makeobjectboxonum,x,y,z

Createsaboxthathas
dimensionsxbyybyz.

makeobjectcubeonum,size

Createsacubewithssidesof
size.

makeobjectcylinder4,55
makeobjectbox5,10,40,80
makeobjectcube6,250

remloadthemedia

loadobject"house.x",1
loadimage"bricks.bmp",1

OBJECTSAPPEARANCE:
Command

Purpose

remsetthevariables

Hidestheobjectsothatthe
playercannotseeitonthe
screen.

fadevalue=100

showobjectonum

Displaystheobjectagain.

repeat

deleteobjectonum

Deletestheobjectfrom
memory.

fadeobject1,fadevalue

fadeobjectonum,fade

Fadestheobjecttoagiven
value.
0isnotvisible.
100isvisible.

hideobject1

Makestheobjectpartially
transparentandalsocolours
itwhite.

hideobjectonum

ghostobjectononum

ghostobjectoffonum

Changestheobjectbacktoits
normalself.

textureobjectonum,inum

Texturetheobjectwitha
preloadedimage.

remfadetheobjecttonothing
fadevalue=fadevalue1
untilfadevalue=0
wait1000

remloadobjectsandpositionthem
loadobject"cars/car.x",1
loadobject"obstacles/wall.x",2
positionobject1,10,0,100
positionobject2,10,0,200
`gameloop

do
`movethecar

OBJECTMOVEMENT:

ifupkey()=1thenmoveobject1,5

Command
positionobjectonum,x,y,z

Movetheobjectforwardata
speedonspeed.

rotateobjectonum,x,y,z

Rotatetheobjectoneach
axisbydifferentamounts.

SOUNDS:

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Positiontheobjectata
positionin3Dspaceatx,y
andzcoordinates.

moveobjectonum,speed

objectcollision(onum,onum2)

Purpose

Forusewithan"ifthen"
statement.Itwillreturntrueif
objectonumhascollidingwith
objectonum2.

`checkifcarhitswall
ifobjectcollision(1,2)then
moveobject1,5
endif
sync
loop

`loadasound
loadsound"car_engine.wav",1
playsound1
do
ifspacekey()=1thenpausesound1

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Soundaddtheextradimensiontogaming.Soundsinagame
stimulateanothersenseandcanincreasetheenjoymentofa
gameconsiderably.
Soundsuseaspecialidentificationnumberwhichyougiveto
them(inthetutorialstheplacetoputitislabelledwithsnum).
Therecannotbetwosoundswiththesamenumber.

ifshiftkey()=1thenresumesound1
ifcontrolkey()=1thenstopsound1
ifupkey()=1thenexit
loop
deletesound1

Command

Purpose

loadsound"name",snum

Loadsasoundfromafile.

deletesoundsnum

Deletesthesoundfrom
memory.

playsoundsnum

Playsaloadedsound.

pausesoundsnum

Pausesaplayingsound.

resumesoundsnum

Resumesapausedsound.

stopsoundsnum

Stopsaplayingsound.

Congradulations!
Younowknowallthebasicsonhowtoaddmediaintoyour
veryowncomputergame.Allyouneedtolearnnowishowto
controlthecamera(whattheplayersees)andthenyouareset
tocreateyourfullyfunctionalcomputergames!

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TutorialsBy:
LyndonCarter

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