Creating your 1st Game (3 of 5) - by Ben Coley, Academic Developer Evangelist
Last time, I promised this article would include interactions with objects like enemies and points. So I started to implement these features in the game we’ve started building. As with all programs, sometimes you have to go back and modify some code so that it’ll work with new functionality. For example, previously we coded a routine that detected collision so we could stop our game character from going through walls. So I’ve gone back and reused the same routine to stop ghosts from going through walls too, and I’ve also used the routine to detect collisions between ghosts and our character.
Rather than pasting images of the code and then describing it, I’m going to quickly go through the program from top to bottom, describing what I’ve done, then I’ll include the source code below so you can paste it into your own game, and then edit some of the values if necessary.
One other thing I’ve done while I’m on the subject of ‘change’, is to change my game’s name from the generic “WindowsGameN” to “Pacman” – you can do this by right-clicking on the project files in the Solution Explorer, and clicking Rename. So now all my classes have the namespace ‘Pacman’, and the class in my Game1.cs file is called “PacmanGame”.
The first thing I’ve got is all my global declarations that can be accessed from anywhere in the game. For example, the “GraphicsDeviceManager”, “spriteX” and “spriteY” are a few of the values here. After the declarations, I’ve got the constructor for “PacmanGame” – this is where I set all my defaults, such as the content folder, game’s width and height, number of lives, etc. I also call three routines from here; “CreateGhosts(totalGhosts)”, “CreateOutOfBounds()” and “CreatePoints()”. These are all fairly self explanatory; the first creates a defined number of ghosts, the second, the boundaries for the level, and the last – the points that our character can ‘eat’.
These routines follow on from the constructor, and look similar in set up. The “CreateGhosts” routine creates a bunch of arrays to store data about ghosts, e.g. their X-Y co-ordinate, etc. The “CreateOutOfBounds” routine we worked on last time creates an array of rectangles that represent the level’s boundaries. At the end, I’ve also added “tunnel1” and “tunnel2” – these represent the horizontal tunnel that connects one side of the map to the other. Finally, “CreatePoints” draws the edible points that our game character can eat. The simplest way to fill this array, was to first work out how many points we could fit across our X axis, then the same for the Y axis. Then we plot all the points that don’t fall within our array of rectangles that represent our level (i.e. no points can appear in the walls!). Finally, we remove all the points we don’t want (like from the centre section where the ghosts originate – because we can’t get in there!).
In the “LoadContent” routine, we’ve already added a bunch of sprites that represent graphics of our game. I’ve made a few modifications to some existing sprites, and added some new ones; obviously we still have the “spriteBatch” for drawing on; I’ve added “scoreText” which instead of being a “Texture2D” is a “SpriteFont”. To add a “SpriteFont” to your game, you need to stick it in the content pipeline. To do this, right-click “Content” in Solution Explorer , click “Add > New Item”, then select “Sprite Font” from the predefined templates. The name says “SpriteFont1.spritefont” – give it the name of a font that is installed on your PC – for example, you can call it “Courier New”. Then click “Add” – now you can use the font in your game!
Instead of having a “sprite” sprite (yes I know, that sounds odd!), I’ve now got five sprites, called “spriteClosed” (when the mouth is closed), “spriteUp”, “spriteDown”, “spriteLeft” and “spriteRight” – each faces the correct direction. This is so that when my character starts moving, it appears to be facing the way that the player is moving. I’ve also got a bunch of sprites that represent characteristics of my ghosts. I have the ghost’s body itself, the eye shape for the ghost, and then the pupil – just so the ghost can appear to be ‘looking’ in the right direction. I’ll move on now – the rest is either stuff we’ve added before, or stuff that’s pretty self-explanatory (the points, for example!).
Ah the “Update” routine. Probably the biggest routine in the game, because that’s where most of the processing gets done! On to the code! Firstly, there’s this business about a “randomSeed”. This is just a number that I increase once in a while, then pass to a Random value – to make sure it’s completely random. Anywhere there’s a Random declaration, you’ll see I’ve passed it “randomSeed” – this is just to make sure the numbers don’t come up the same (earlier on, I experienced a bug with my code in that the Random numbers were appearing to be the same – this is because if you call random during the same clock-cycle, it uses the same seed, thus producing the same random number).
Below, I do a quick check to store the total number (in seconds) of game time that I’ve been playing for – this is just so I can calculate stuff related to time, such as when my ghosts should leave the centre section. You might notice that I’ve also split up the keyboard checking into two blocks. The next one checks for two keys; escape (where the game is ended), and F2 (where the game is restarted). This is because I don’t want to be able to move my character when it’s game-over, for example.
The next block of code waits until the ghosts are out of the centre section, then shuts the door (so they and my character can’t go back into the centre – the game’s harder this way!). Pretty simple stuff. Under that, I check to make sure the game’s still running, and if it is, I do another check to see if the ghosts are being “forced”. Basically, when my ghosts are on my map, they move around randomly, using an algorithm we’ll explore in just a mo. But when they’re exiting the centre section, I manually force them to move (otherwise, it might take a while for the random movement to randomise its way out of the small door!)
The code inside this “if” block firstly flashes the door after two seconds of the game starting, then after another two seconds, it opens the door and forces the ghosts out. Underneath that, there are two routine calls, “AnimateGhosts” and “MoveGhosts”. “AnimateGhosts” uses the random algorithm to move the ghosts around the map, while “MoveGhosts” forces the ghosts out of the door of the centre section. Again, obvious stuff! We’ll explore those routines in a sec.
The next bit of code (that refers to “gtChange”) is the interval that’s calculated to know when a particular ghost should start moving. The code underneath checks if the game is running, then does the same checking as we implemented before – moving the character left, right, up or down. I’ve also added a small bit of code under the left and right routines that transports our character through the tunnels at either side of the level.
Under that block of code, there’s another that animates our character. Before I did some % 33 and % 77 command, which seemed to work okay, until the game had been running for a while, when it became out of sync. Now, I have said every half-a-second, alternate between the mouth open and mouth closed graphics.
Finally, I have the bounds checking that makes sure the character can’t leave the visible area of the screen. I’ve left this in despite the fact that our level boundaries seem to enclose the character, simply because if there was some kind of error, I still want to retain my character in the visible area.
Below, I’ve created a “StartGame(newScore, newLevel, newLives, killPoints)” routine. This basically resets the whole game using the parameters that are passed to it. Next, the “MoveGhosts” routine. This routine is the one that forces my ghosts out of the centre section, by iterating through each ghost, making sure it’s X co-ordinate matches the door, then once that’s done for every ghost, doing the same with the Y co-ordinate. Beneath this, there’s the “AnimateGhosts” routine, which uses random values to move each of the ghosts around the map. There are a few algorithms in there, like one which stops a ghost returning in the direction it just came from, randomising a new direction when a collision with a wall is detected, etc. There is also code in there to allow the ghosts to move down the horizontal tube on the level and appear at the opposite side.
The next routine is the one we’ve already done some work on (“CheckBounds”). This routine checks for a collision with a wall. I’ve added functionality to detect if the bounds are being checked for a sprite, or for a ghost, so I can move the appropriate unit. Also, there’s some code to check to see if our sprite has eaten all the points on a map, and if so, advance the level. If a ghost and a sprite collide, there’s some code that kills our sprite and resets it to its default position (basically, restarting the level without losing the points eaten, or the score).
Our final routine is “Draw”. As before, we’ve already got a bit of code in here, I’ve just updated some of the stuff from earlier, and added some new stuff as well. I’ve got a check up after drawing the background to draw the flashing-door (just before the ghosts enter the fray!). Next, I’ve iterated through the points array, to see if I’ve eaten a point. If I have, then don’t draw it! It’s as simple as that. The code afterwards is the code that draws the sprite – which you may notice has changed a bit. Firstly I check to see if the mouth is open – if it is, then I draw the sprite with its mouth open facing the appropriate direction. If the mouth is closed, I simply draw the sprite with its mouth shut (in my case, Pacman is just a yellow circle when its mouth is shut).
Next, we draw the ghosts. I looked at the original Pacman to achieve this; I have predefined a bunch of colours that looked like the original Pacman ghosts, then my ghost image is actually white, then I tint the colour of each five ghosts from my ghosts array with the colours in my array. When drawing the tinted ghosts, I also draw two white circles for the eyes, and then a pupil, depending on which direction the ghost is facing.
After that, I have my “for” loop that iterates through my boundaries array (of rectangles). By default, this is commented out, so I can include it when I need it by un-commenting it. There’s also a bit of code underneath that checks if the game is over. If it is, then we overlay the game-over graphic on the game. The code under that draws the current score on the left hand side.
I’ve also added some code beneath that counts the number of lives I have and draws a Pacman graphic on the left to represent each one.
There is an optional debugger printing method included as well, that will only run when the project is executed in debug mode – this is so I can check variables by outputting them to screen, making error trapping easier.
So, after all that, we’ve managed to get a close-to-complete game! Next time, we’ll add features like edible ghosts and larger points.
My code as it is now is featured below.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GamerServices;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage;
namespace Pacman
{
/// <summary>
/// This is the main type for your game
/// </summary>
public class PacmanGame : Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game
{
GraphicsDeviceManager graphics;
SpriteBatch spriteBatch;
SpriteFont scoreText;
Rectangle[] pts;
Rectangle[] rects;
Rectangle tunnel1;
Rectangle tunnel2;
Rectangle closedoor;
int totalGhosts = 2;
int possiblePoints;
int noRects;
int noPts;
int Score;
int Level;
int Lives;
Texture2D spriteClosed;
Texture2D spriteUp;
Texture2D spriteDown;
Texture2D spriteLeft;
Texture2D spriteRight;
Texture2D ghost;
Texture2D ghostEye;
Texture2D ghostPupil;
Texture2D rect;
Texture2D door;
Texture2D smPoint;
Texture2D gameover;
Texture2D background;
int[] ghostX; // Arrays to hold the X,Y co-ordinate for each ghost
int[] ghostY;
int[] ghostmoveX; // Arrays to hold the new X,Y co-ordinate for each ghost
int[] ghostmoveY;
int[] ghostLastDirection; // Holds a number representing the last direction of a ghost
int noGhosts; // Holds the number of ghosts in the game
int randomSeed = 0;
double storedSecs = 0;
int spriteDirection = 3; // Starts pacman facing right
int spriteX = 463; // Starting positions for the Pacman character
int spriteY = 491; // (just above the ghost's door!!!! :)
int moveY = 0;
int moveX = 0;
bool mouthOpen = false;
bool[] changeDirection;
bool[] gtChange;
bool[] forceGhosts;
bool forced = false;
bool endGame = false;
double firstRun = 0; // gameTime seconds at the time the game started
bool firstCheck = false; // check to see if the game was started
bool flashDoor = false;
bool shutDoor = false;
bool dying = false;
bool gameRunning = true;
#if DEBUG
string debug = "Debug Mode";
#endif
public PacmanGame()
{
graphics = new GraphicsDeviceManager(this);
Content.RootDirectory = "Content";
this.graphics.PreferredBackBufferWidth = 960;
this.graphics.PreferredBackBufferHeight = 720;
Score = 0; // Reset the score
Level = 1; // Reset the level
Lives = 3; // Reset the lives
CreateGhosts(totalGhosts); // Create all the ghosts
CreateOutOfBounds(); // Create all the world-boundaries
CreatePoints(); // Create all the points
}
void CreateGhosts(int howMany)
{
noGhosts = howMany;
ghostX = new int[noGhosts];
ghostY = new int[noGhosts];
ghostmoveX = new int[noGhosts];
ghostmoveY = new int[noGhosts];
ghostLastDirection = new int[noGhosts];
gtChange = new bool[noGhosts];
changeDirection = new bool[noGhosts];
forceGhosts = new bool[noGhosts];
for (int i = 0; i < noGhosts; i++)
{
ghostX[i] = 400;
ghostY[i] = 300;
ghostmoveX[i] = 0;
ghostmoveY[i] = 0;
ghostLastDirection[i] = -1;
gtChange[i] = false;
changeDirection[i] = false;
forceGhosts[i] = false;
}
}
void CreateOutOfBounds()
{
noRects = 55;
rects = new Rectangle[noRects];
rects[0] = new Rectangle(138, 15, 25, 207);
rects[1] = new Rectangle(200, 66, 78, 42);
rects[2] = new Rectangle(320, 66, 102, 42);
rects[3] = new Rectangle(536, 66, 102, 42);
rects[4] = new Rectangle(680, 66, 78, 42);
rects[5] = new Rectangle(200, 150, 78, 21);
rects[6] = new Rectangle(392, 150, 174, 21);
rects[7] = new Rectangle(680, 150, 78, 21);
rects[8] = new Rectangle(138, 0, 687, 25);
rects[9] = new Rectangle(800, 15, 25, 207);
rects[10] = new Rectangle(464, 15, 30, 93);
rects[11] = new Rectangle(138, 213, 140, 21);
rects[12] = new Rectangle(320, 213, 102, 21);
rects[13] = new Rectangle(536, 213, 102, 21);
rects[14] = new Rectangle(680, 213, 145, 21);
rects[15] = new Rectangle(138, 414, 25, 249);
rects[16] = new Rectangle(800, 414, 25, 249);
rects[17] = new Rectangle(320, 150, 30, 147);
rects[18] = new Rectangle(608, 150, 30, 147);
rects[19] = new Rectangle(464, 150, 30, 84);
rects[20] = new Rectangle(608, 339, 30, 84);
rects[21] = new Rectangle(320, 339, 30, 84);
rects[22] = new Rectangle(138, 654, 687, 25);
rects[23] = new Rectangle(392, 402, 174, 21);
rects[24] = new Rectangle(200, 465, 78, 21);
rects[25] = new Rectangle(680, 465, 78, 21);
rects[26] = new Rectangle(138, 276, 140, 21);
rects[27] = new Rectangle(680, 276, 145, 21);
rects[28] = new Rectangle(138, 339, 140, 21);
rects[29] = new Rectangle(680, 339, 145, 21);
rects[30] = new Rectangle(138, 402, 140, 21);
rects[31] = new Rectangle(680, 402, 145, 21);
rects[32] = new Rectangle(248, 339, 30, 84);
rects[33] = new Rectangle(680, 339, 30, 84);
rects[34] = new Rectangle(248, 213, 30, 84);
rects[35] = new Rectangle(680, 213, 30, 84);
rects[36] = new Rectangle(320, 465, 102, 21);
rects[37] = new Rectangle(536, 465, 102, 21);
rects[38] = new Rectangle(536, 591, 222, 21);
rects[39] = new Rectangle(200, 591, 222, 21);
rects[40] = new Rectangle(392, 528, 174, 21);
rects[41] = new Rectangle(150, 528, 56, 21);
rects[42] = new Rectangle(752, 528, 56, 21);
rects[43] = new Rectangle(248, 469, 30, 80);
rects[44] = new Rectangle(680, 469, 30, 80);
rects[45] = new Rectangle(464, 406, 30, 80);
rects[46] = new Rectangle(464, 532, 30, 80);
rects[47] = new Rectangle(320, 528, 30, 80);
rects[48] = new Rectangle(608, 528, 30, 80);
rects[49] = new Rectangle(392, 276, 9, 84);
rects[50] = new Rectangle(557, 276, 9, 84);
rects[51] = new Rectangle(392, 351, 170, 9);
rects[52] = new Rectangle(392, 276, 66, 9);
rects[53] = new Rectangle(500, 276, 66, 9);
rects[54] = new Rectangle(458, 276, 42, 9); // this is the door!
tunnel1 = new Rectangle(200, 297, 10, 42);
tunnel2 = new Rectangle(750, 297, 10, 42);
closedoor = new Rectangle(458, 276, 42, 9);
}
void CreatePoints()
{
noPts = 783; // 29 * 27 [grid of points]
pts = new Rectangle[noPts];
int counter = -1;
int x = 177;
int y = 42;
for (int i = 0; i < 29; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < 27; j++)
{
counter++;
Rectangle tempRect = new Rectangle(x + (j * 24), y + (i * 21), 8, 7);
bool flag = false;
for (int t = 0; t < noRects; t++)
{
if (tempRect.Intersects(rects[t]))
flag = true;
}
if (!flag)
pts[counter] = tempRect;
else
counter--;
}
}
// kill some values from the points array:
pts[101] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[102] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[105] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[106] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[108] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[109] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[110] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[112] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[113] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[114] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[115] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[116] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[117] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[118] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[119] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[120] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[121] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[123] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[124] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[125] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[126] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[128] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[129] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[132] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[133] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[134] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[135] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[136] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[137] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[138] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[139] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[141] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[142] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[143] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[144] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[145] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[147] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[148] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[149] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[150] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[151] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[152] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[153] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[154] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[155] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[156] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[157] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[158] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[160] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[161] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[162] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[163] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[164] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[165] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[167] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[168] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[169] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[170] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[171] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[172] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[173] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[174] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[177] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[178] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[180] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[181] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[182] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[184] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[185] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[186] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[187] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[188] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[189] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[190] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[191] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[192] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[193] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[195] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[196] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[197] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[198] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[200] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[201] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[204] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[205] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[253] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
pts[254] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
possiblePoints = 244;
}
/// <summary>
/// Allows the game to perform any initialization it needs to before starting to run.
/// This is where it can query for any required services and load any non-graphic
/// related content. Calling base.Initialize will enumerate through any components
/// and initialize them as well.
/// </summary>
protected override void Initialize()
{
// TODO: Add your initialization logic here
base.Initialize();
}
/// <summary>
/// LoadContent will be called once per game and is the place to load
/// all of your content.
/// </summary>
protected override void LoadContent()
{
// Create a new SpriteBatch, which can be used to draw textures.
spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);
scoreText = Content.Load<SpriteFont>("font");
spriteClosed = Content.Load<Texture2D>("pacman2");
spriteUp = Content.Load<Texture2D>("pacmanUp");
spriteDown = Content.Load<Texture2D>("pacmanDown");
spriteLeft = Content.Load<Texture2D>("pacmanLeft");
spriteRight = Content.Load<Texture2D>("pacmanRight");
ghost = Content.Load<Texture2D>("ghost");
ghostEye = Content.Load<Texture2D>("eye");
ghostPupil = Content.Load<Texture2D>("pupil");
gameover = Content.Load<Texture2D>("gameover");
background = Content.Load<Texture2D>("level");
rect = Content.Load<Texture2D>("rect");
door = Content.Load<Texture2D>("door");
smPoint = Content.Load<Texture2D>("point");
// TODO: use this.Content to load your game content here
}
/// <summary>
/// UnloadContent will be called once per game and is the place to unload
/// all content.
/// </summary>
protected override void UnloadContent()
{
// TODO: Unload any non ContentManager content here
}
/// <summary>
/// Allows the game to run logic such as updating the world,
/// checking for collisions, gathering input, and playing audio.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gameTime">Provides a snapshot of timing values.</param>
protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime)
{
if (randomSeed > 2147483) // if the Randomseed value is approaching it's maximum, reset it to
randomSeed = 0; // prevent crashing! :)
if (firstCheck == false)
{
firstCheck = true;
firstRun = gameTime.TotalGameTime.TotalSeconds;
}
KeyboardState currentState = Keyboard.GetState();
Keys[] currentKeys = currentState.GetPressedKeys();
foreach (Keys keys in currentKeys)
{
if (keys == Keys.Escape)
this.Exit();
if (keys == Keys.F2)
{
StartGame(0, 1, 3, true);
}
}
shutDoor = false;
if (forced == true)
{
shutDoor = true;
for (int i = 0; i < noGhosts; i++)
{
if (forceGhosts[i] == true)
shutDoor = false;
}
if (shutDoor == true)
{
// all the ghosts are out of the middle, lets
// shut the door now.
rects[54] = new Rectangle(458, 276, 42, 9); // shuts the door
}
}
if (!endGame)
{
// Otherwise proceed to interpret user input:
if (forced == false)
{
if (gameTime.TotalGameTime.TotalSeconds > firstRun + 2)
{
if (storedSecs == 0)
storedSecs = gameTime.TotalGameTime.TotalSeconds;
if (gameTime.TotalGameTime.TotalSeconds < storedSecs + 2)
{
if (gameTime.TotalGameTime.Milliseconds % 250 == 0)
{
if (flashDoor)
{
flashDoor = false;
}
else
{
flashDoor = true;
}
}
}
else
{
rects[54] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1); // the door is open!
// need to FORCE ghosts to exit the central section,
// otherwise it can take ages for them to leave...
for (int i = 0; i < noGhosts; i++)
{
forceGhosts[i] = true;
}
forced = true;
}
}
}
AnimateGhosts();
MoveGhosts();
int startsecs = 2000;
int[] moveSecs = new int[noGhosts];
for (int i = 0; i < noGhosts; i++)
{
moveSecs[i] = startsecs + i * 100;
}
for (int i = 0; i < noGhosts; i++)
{
if (gameTime.TotalGameTime.Milliseconds % moveSecs[i] == 0)
{
gtChange[i] = true;
}
}
// only check for keys pressed while
// the game is actually running
if (gameRunning)
{
foreach (Keys keys in currentKeys)
{
if (keys == Keys.Up)
{
spriteDirection = 0;
moveY = -5;
moveX = 0;
if (CheckBounds(spriteX, spriteY, moveX, moveY, spriteUp, true))
spriteY = spriteY + moveY;
}
if (keys == Keys.Down)
{
spriteDirection = 1;
moveY = 5;
moveX = 0;
if (CheckBounds(spriteX, spriteY, moveX, moveY, spriteDown, true))
spriteY = spriteY + moveY;
}
if (keys == Keys.Left)
{
spriteDirection = 2;
moveY = 0;
moveX = -5;
if (CheckBounds(spriteX, spriteY, moveX, moveY, spriteLeft, true))
{
Rectangle tempRect = new Rectangle(spriteX, spriteY, spriteLeft.Width, spriteLeft.Height);
if (tempRect.Intersects(tunnel1))
spriteX = tunnel2.Left - tempRect.Width - 1;
else if (tempRect.Intersects(tunnel2))
spriteX = tunnel1.Left + tunnel1.Width + 1;
else
spriteX = spriteX + moveX;
}
}
if (keys == Keys.Right)
{
spriteDirection = 3;
moveY = 0;
moveX = 5;
if (CheckBounds(spriteX, spriteY, moveX, moveY, spriteRight, true))
{
Rectangle tempRect = new Rectangle(spriteX, spriteY, spriteRight.Width, spriteRight.Height);
if (tempRect.Intersects(tunnel1))
spriteX = tunnel2.Left - tempRect.Width - 1;
else if (tempRect.Intersects(tunnel2))
spriteX = tunnel1.Left + tunnel1.Width + 1;
else
spriteX = spriteX + moveX;
}
}
}
}
if (gameTime.TotalGameTime.Milliseconds % 500 == 0)
{
if (mouthOpen)
{
mouthOpen = false;
}
else
{
mouthOpen = true;
}
}
if (spriteX < 0)
spriteX = 0;
if (spriteY < 0)
spriteY = 0;
if (spriteX + moveX > graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Width)
spriteX = graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Width - moveX;
if (spriteY + moveY > graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Height)
spriteY = graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Height - moveY;
// do bounds checking
}
base.Update(gameTime);
}
void StartGame(int newScore, int newLevel, int newLives, bool killPoints)
{
shutDoor = true;
flashDoor = false;
gameRunning = false;
storedSecs = 0;
Score = newScore;
Level = newLevel;
Lives = newLives;
spriteX = 463;
spriteY = 491;
spriteDirection = 3;
moveY = 0;
moveX = 0;
forced = false;
endGame = false;
firstCheck = false;
CreateGhosts(noGhosts);
CreateOutOfBounds();
if(killPoints)
CreatePoints();
gameRunning = true;
}
void MoveGhosts()
{
// Now we need to firstly move each ghost so that the X co-ordinate
// is in line with the door + 1px.
int doorLeft = 458;
int doorWidth = 42;
int doorTop = 276;
for (int i = 0; i < noGhosts; i++)
{
if (forceGhosts[i] == true)
{
if ((ghostX[i] > doorLeft) && (ghostX[i] + ghost.Width < doorLeft + doorWidth))
{
// the ghost is in line with the door, what next?
// = move the ghost out of the cage.
ghostmoveX[i] = 0;
ghostmoveY[i] = -5;
// now we need to re-enable collision, so the ghost collides
// with the wall outside the cage, causing the ghost to move randomly
// around the world.
}
else if (ghostX[i] > doorLeft)
{
ghostmoveX[i] = -5;
ghostmoveY[i] = 0;
}
else if (ghostX[i] < doorLeft)
{
ghostmoveX[i] = 5;
ghostmoveY[i] = 0;
}
ghostX[i] = ghostX[i] + ghostmoveX[i];
ghostY[i] = ghostY[i] + ghostmoveY[i];
if (ghostY[i] + ghost.Height < doorTop)
{
ghostLastDirection[i] = 0;
forceGhosts[i] = false;
}
}
}
}
void AnimateGhosts()
{
// need to select random direction,
// move in that direction until collision
// then select a new random direction that isn't the last direction
// then move in that direction until collision
for (int i = 0; i < noGhosts; i++)
{
if (forceGhosts[i] == false)
{
if (changeDirection[i])
{
changeDirection[i] = false; // makes sure we can still move
randomSeed++;
Random rnd = new Random(randomSeed);
// 0 up 1 down 2 left 3 right
int randomDirection = rnd.Next(0, 4);
if ((ghostLastDirection[i] == 0) || (ghostLastDirection[i] == 1))
randomDirection = rnd.Next(2, 4);
else
randomDirection = rnd.Next(0, 2);
if (randomDirection == 0)
{
ghostmoveY[i] = -5;
ghostmoveX[i] = 0;
}
if (randomDirection == 1)
{
ghostmoveY[i] = 5;
ghostmoveX[i] = 0;
}
if (randomDirection == 2)
{
ghostmoveY[i] = 0;
ghostmoveX[i] = -5;
}
if (randomDirection == 3)
{
ghostmoveY[i] = 0;
ghostmoveX[i] = 5;
}
ghostLastDirection[i] = randomDirection;
}
if (CheckBounds(ghostX[i], ghostY[i], ghostmoveX[i], ghostmoveY[i], ghost, false))
{
Rectangle tempRect = new Rectangle(ghostX[i], ghostY[i], ghost.Width, ghost.Height);
if (tempRect.Intersects(tunnel1))
ghostX[i] = tunnel2.Left - tempRect.Width - 1;
else if (tempRect.Intersects(tunnel2))
ghostX[i] = tunnel1.Left + tunnel1.Width + 1;
else
ghostX[i] = ghostX[i] + ghostmoveX[i];
ghostY[i] = ghostY[i] + ghostmoveY[i];
}
else // The ghost just collided with something - mark it for a direction change next time!
{
changeDirection[i] = true;
}
if (gtChange[i])
{
gtChange[i] = false;
randomSeed++;
Random rndShallWe = new Random(randomSeed);
if (rndShallWe.Next(0, 100) > 50)
{
changeDirection[i] = true;
}
}
}
}
}
bool CheckBounds(int CurrentX, int CurrentY, int AddX, int AddY, Texture2D character, bool isSprite)
{
/* need to check here to see if our character rectangle falls within
* any of our array-ed rectangles! if it does, return false so the
* character is unable to move.
*/
// Also, if the character isn't sprite, then check if we're colliding with the sprite.
Rectangle tempRect = new Rectangle(CurrentX + AddX, CurrentY + AddY, character.Width, character.Height);
bool tempReturn = true;
if (isSprite)
{
for (int i = 0; i < noPts; i++)
{
if (tempRect.Intersects(pts[i]))
{
if (gameRunning)
{
pts[i] = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
Score += (Level * 10);
possiblePoints--;
if (possiblePoints == 0) // Level complete, we need to advance!
{
noGhosts++;
Level++;
possiblePoints = 244;
StartGame(Score, Level, Lives, true); // Advance to next level.
break;
}
}
}
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < noRects; i++)
{
if (tempRect.Intersects(rects[i]))
tempReturn = false;
}
if (!isSprite)
{
if (tempRect.Intersects(new Rectangle(spriteX, spriteY, spriteUp.Width, spriteUp.Height)))
{
tempReturn = false;
if (!dying)
{
Lives--;
dying = true;
StartGame(Score, Level, Lives, false);
dying = false;
if (Lives == 0)
endGame = true;
}
}
}
return tempReturn;
}
/// <summary>
/// This is called when the game should draw itself.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gameTime">Provides a snapshot of timing values.</param>
protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
{
graphics.GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.Black);
// TODO: Add your drawing code here
spriteBatch.Begin(SpriteBlendMode.AlphaBlend);
spriteBatch.Draw(background, new Rectangle(0, 0, background.Width, background.Height), Color.White);
if (flashDoor||forced)
{
if(!shutDoor)
spriteBatch.Draw(door, closedoor, Color.White);
}
for (int i = 0; i < noPts; i++)
{
Rectangle tester = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1); // this checks to see if the rectangle should be drawn.
if(pts[i]!=tester)
spriteBatch.Draw(smPoint, pts[i], Color.White); // this is the points.
}
Rectangle spriteRectangle = new Rectangle(spriteX, spriteY, spriteClosed.Width, spriteClosed.Height);
if (mouthOpen)
{
if (spriteDirection == 0)
spriteBatch.Draw(spriteUp, spriteRectangle, Color.White);
else if (spriteDirection == 1)
spriteBatch.Draw(spriteDown, spriteRectangle, Color.White);
else if (spriteDirection == 2)
spriteBatch.Draw(spriteLeft, spriteRectangle, Color.White);
else if (spriteDirection == 3)
spriteBatch.Draw(spriteRight, spriteRectangle, Color.White);
}
else
spriteBatch.Draw(spriteClosed, spriteRectangle, Color.White);
// need to draw ghosts in different colours
//
// the maximum number of ghosts is 5, so we need
// 5 different colours
// RGB
// 87, 171, 255 : light blue
// 255, 171, 255: light red
// 255, 131, 3 : light orange
// 255, 255, 255: light white
// 25, 255, 0 : light green
Color[] ghostColours = new Color[5];
ghostColours[0] = new Color(87, 171, 255);
ghostColours[1] = new Color(255, 171, 255);
ghostColours[2] = new Color(255, 131, 3);
ghostColours[3] = new Color(255, 255, 255);
ghostColours[4] = new Color(25, 255, 0);
int tempCounter = -1;
for (int i = 0; i < noGhosts; i++)
{
tempCounter++;
spriteBatch.Draw(ghost, new Rectangle(ghostX[i], ghostY[i], ghost.Width, ghost.Height), ghostColours[tempCounter]);
spriteBatch.Draw(ghostEye, new Rectangle(ghostX[i] + 5, ghostY[i] + 4, ghostEye.Width, ghostEye.Height), Color.White);
spriteBatch.Draw(ghostEye, new Rectangle(ghostX[i] + 17, ghostY[i] + 4, ghostEye.Width, ghostEye.Height), Color.White);
if ((ghostLastDirection[i] == 0)||(ghostLastDirection[i] == -1)) // up (or starting)
{
spriteBatch.Draw(ghostPupil, new Rectangle(ghostX[i] + 7, ghostY[i] + 4, ghostPupil.Width, ghostPupil.Height), Color.White);
spriteBatch.Draw(ghostPupil, new Rectangle(ghostX[i] + 19, ghostY[i] + 4, ghostPupil.Width, ghostPupil.Height), Color.White);
}
if (ghostLastDirection[i] == 1) // down
{
spriteBatch.Draw(ghostPupil, new Rectangle(ghostX[i] + 7, ghostY[i] + 11, ghostPupil.Width, ghostPupil.Height), Color.White);
spriteBatch.Draw(ghostPupil, new Rectangle(ghostX[i] + 19, ghostY[i] + 11, ghostPupil.Width, ghostPupil.Height), Color.White);
}
if (ghostLastDirection[i] == 2) // left
{
spriteBatch.Draw(ghostPupil, new Rectangle(ghostX[i] + 4, ghostY[i] + 7, ghostPupil.Width, ghostPupil.Height), Color.White);
spriteBatch.Draw(ghostPupil, new Rectangle(ghostX[i] + 16, ghostY[i] + 7, ghostPupil.Width, ghostPupil.Height), Color.White);
}
if (ghostLastDirection[i] == 3) // right
{
spriteBatch.Draw(ghostPupil, new Rectangle(ghostX[i] + 10, ghostY[i] + 7, ghostPupil.Width, ghostPupil.Height), Color.White);
spriteBatch.Draw(ghostPupil, new Rectangle(ghostX[i] + 22, ghostY[i] + 7, ghostPupil.Width, ghostPupil.Height), Color.White);
}
if (tempCounter == 4)
tempCounter = -1;
}
for (int i = 0; i < noRects; i++)
{
//spriteBatch.Draw(rect, rects[i], Color.White); // this line shows the walls!
}
if (endGame)
{
spriteBatch.Draw(gameover, new Rectangle(294, 225, gameover.Width, gameover.Height), Color.White);
noGhosts = totalGhosts;
}
//spriteBatch.Draw(rect, tunnel1, Color.White);
//spriteBatch.Draw(rect, tunnel2, Color.White);
string scoreString = Score.ToString("0\n0\n0\n0\n0");
spriteBatch.DrawString(scoreText, scoreString, new Vector2(60.0f, 110.0f), Color.White);
for (int i = 0; i < (Lives - 1); i++)
{
float tempTop = (float)spriteRight.Height * (float)i * 1.3f;
spriteBatch.Draw(spriteRight, new Rectangle(53, 570 + (int)tempTop, spriteRight.Width, spriteRight.Height), Color.White);
}
#if DEBUG
spriteBatch.DrawString(scoreText, debug, new Vector2(1.0f, 1.0f), Color.White);
#endif
spriteBatch.End();
base.Draw(gameTime);
}
}
}