Programming 2D Games

11

Building a

Complete Game

In this chapter, we are going to create a complete game. e game we have chosen to create

is Spacewar. We chose Spacewar as a way of paying homage to the pioneers of computer

games.

Spacewar is one of the earliest known computer games. It was created by Steve “Slug” Russell,

Martin “Shag” Graetz, and Wayne Witaenem in 1961–1962.

Actually, we have been building parts of the Spacewar game throughout the previous

chapters. In this chapter, we will put all the pieces together to create a nished game. Before

we get into the actual creation process, we need to spend some time looking at techniques

for project management and ...