Organize Your Workspace

Each game you write consists of a number of computer files. Some are text files you create with your text editor. Others are image and sound files you make with other software or find on the Internet. To keep these files organized, make a new folder on your desktop and name it Games. For each game you make, put a new folder inside this one. In addition, make some folders to store images and sounds you make or find that you might want to use in a future game.

Then get the source code and other files for the projects in this book. They’ve been compressed and archived into a single file that you can download from the web page for this book, https://www.pragprog.com/book/msgpkids. Download that file and unarchive it. Move ...

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