Chapter 8. Creating a Timer

In this chapter, you will

  • Find out how your program can measure the passage of time.

  • Create a multi-player reaction game.

  • Use C# arrays to allow the program to determine who won.

Making Another Game

You are now going to use your knowledge of Microsoft XNA and C# to create another game. This builds on the party theme that you explored in Chapter 6, where you created a button-bashing game.

Game Idea: Mob Reaction Timer

In this game, you test the reactions of your players. Each player is in charge of one button on a gamepad. The game plays a sound, and the player who presses his or her button the soonest after the sound starts playing wins. Anyone who presses the button before the sound starts playing is out.

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