CSS 290: Video Games and
Computer Programming

Reading: Conditional Statements
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PLAD Ch 4
– The objective for this book is to provide you with a clear,
CONCEPTUAL understanding of what the different programming concepts are
– We will then use GameMaker, and then C#, to see concrete examples of them.
– 4.1: Really good – flowchart aspect is really nice, as are the ‘relational operators’
– 4.2: If / Else
– 4.4: Nested and “Chained” decisions
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SKIP: 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7
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Reading: Conditional Statements
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GMA Ch 3, Ch 4
• We won’t cover all of this exactly, so you don’t need to read this in excruciating detail
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Title/Finish Screen: pg 60-61
– ‘Next Room’ example: Pg 58-60
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Ch 7 (the Koala-BR8 game) is a nice maze game that demonstrates more complicated use of conditionals
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(It may be helpful to read through for the conditionals)
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Next Lecture: More C#
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PLAD, Ch 4 (4.1, 4.2, 4.4)
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GMA Ch 3, Ch 4
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C#: Chapter 5
– Conditional Branching Statements
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Tutor Now Available
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Mondays, Wednesdays, from noon till 2pm
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Starting THIS week (April 14)
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In the Windows lab
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Feel free to drop by & do homework, study, surf the web, etc, etc
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A1
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Has been graded & returned
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Emailed to whatever address you put into
StudentTracker
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A1 revision
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You have until next Tuesday (April 22 nd ) to get it done
• Bring it to class, and we’ll hand it in then
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A2 was due Tuesday
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Again, it has two parts:
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Part 1: Practice C#/XNA skills
– Part 2: Another, NEW, GameMaker game, with evaulation
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.ZIP both of them into a SINGLE file, and hand that SINGLE file into StudentTracker
– We’ll go over this now
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A3 is due next Tuesday
• It’ll be posted after class
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And now… the quiz!
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Create a GameMaker game, with a <plane>, a
<bullet>, and an <enemy plane>
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When the user pushes the space bar, the <plane> shoots a <bullet> towards the top of the screen
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When the <bullet> hits the <enemy plane>, they both disappear, and the game goes to the next room, but ONLY IF THERE IS ANOTHER ROOM
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Make 2 rooms, put a <plane> and <enemy plane> into each one
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