Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius

Section Seven

 

Brain Busters

Project 50: Memory—Grid Design

 

Memory

Although the biochemical process of memory remains a mystery, you can test yours by playing this game. A set of images flashes before your eyes. The challenge? Match the identical pictures before time runs out.

 

Project

Plan and develop the 16 grid game frame.

Making the game

The game, “Memory,” consists of a 4 by 4 grid containing eight pairs of images. You will learn how to integrate photographs to create the images of your choosing in Project 53. For now, however, simply draw eight 100 by 100 pixel images and name them “img1.png,” “img2.png,” etc. In each generic image, write the image number, as shown in Figure 50-1.

Figure 50-1   Sample image.

Now that you have ...