Programming 2D Games

302 9. Enhanced Appearance

• Shadow. An airplane ies over the ocean with its shadow visible on the surface of

the water.

– Demonstrates using alpha transparency to create a shadow.

• Reection. An airplane ies over the ocean with its reection visible on the surface

of the water.

– Demonstrates using alpha transparency to create a reection.

• Message Dialog Demo. A message dialog is displayed on the screen with a test mes-

sage and an “OK” button. Clicking a button or pressing the “Enter” key closes the

dialog.

– Demonstrates how to display the message dialog.

• Input Dialog Demo. An input dialog is displayed on the screen with a message and ...