The following are links to implementation guides of the XGA modules. If you following through the following guides, you will gain some ideas of how to implement XGAs yourselves.

• AssignmentBase: Documentation of the library and TemplateAssignment

  • Source code: files and folders structure.
  • Documentation: for all functions in the library.
  • Working with input: triggers, vibrating the controller, and button clicks.



• XGA-100: Implementation guide to the assignment on Operators

  • Object Color: changing of object color during run time.
  • Texture replacement during runtime: changing left/right facing.
  • Input: controlling object movements based on controller trigger.



• XGA-200: Implementation guide to the assignment on Random Number Generation

  • Drawing: random generation of colors and insects.
  • Drawing order: back objects first, front objects last, with status echo being drawn the very last.
  • Animation: Insects animation movement.
  • Object Interaction: intersection of hero's net and insect (circle-circle intersection).
  • Input: navigating the hero with thumbstick.



• XGA-300: Implementation guide to the assignment on Array of Object References

  • Coordinate System: matching drawing coordinate system with array index.
  • Texture: using texture image for labeling (the numbers).
  • Source files: additional source files in the project.
  • Input: working with button clicks.



• XGA-400: Implementation guide to the assignment on 2D Arrays

  • Coordinate System: once again, matching drawing coordinate system with (2D) array index.
  • Input: discretized movement (from center of cell to center of cell).
  • Logic: clear separation of graphics and game-logic.



• XGA-500: Implementation guide to the assignment on Class Hierarchies

  • Freefall: initial velocity with constant increment of y-component.



• XGA-600: Implementation guide to the assignment on Lists and Queues

  • Graphical feedback: echo user input in defined list (the object list at top).
  • Object interaction: intersecting circle with axis-aligned rectangle.
  • Object interaction: bouncing of object off the window bounds.
  • Object: changing of object positions during runtime.



• XGA-700: Implementation guide to the assignment on Binary Search Trees

  • Side scrolling: understand how to program and work with side-scrolling.

   

This document and the related materials are developed with support from Microsoft Research Computer Gaming Initiative under the Computer Gaming Curriculum in Computer Science RFP, Award Number 15871.