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Analytical Perspectives in Game Design
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This example describes a typical example on how a new game is started, using the 2bor Not2b game. Step 1 player runs game from operating system. This is handled by Java and the operating system. Step 2 game shows splash screen. Game shows a light weight window, the splash screen to amuse the user while it loads. Step 3 game displays main game controller window. Game displays the main game controller window. Step 4 player selects game: join from main game Step controller window menu. The user uses the mouse to select the menu game and then the menu item join. Step 5 game displays join game window. The game loads the game registry from the Java home directory on the player's computer. and displays the details in the join game window. Step 6 player selects game. The player selects the item on the list -> 2bOrNot2b and then selects enter. Step 7 game checks for current games. The game goes to the location of the game and determines if there are any sessions of this game currently in play. If there are, it generates listing of game sessions. Step 8 game displays game start options window. The game displays the displays the options for starting a game: new, rejoin, join current session and rejoin current session. Step 9a player selects new game. The player chooses the play a new game option by selecting the appropriate check box and pressing OK. Step 10 game displays character selection window. The offers the player a choice of using an existing character, or making a new character with the character selection window. Step 11 player chooses an existing character. The player chooses the existing character, Fred, by selecting Fred from the list and pressing the OK button. Step 12 game initialises all its bits. The game loads the data files and creates all the objects. finally it displays the game play window and displays the current context to the player. Step 13 game play. End of this example. |
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See also: [Role
Playing Games] [Game Engine] |
