Chapter 6. Waiting and Maintenance Area – Menus
Most games have menus and it's something the player expects when opening up a new game. Even in its simplest form, there is a user interface that responds to the user, and gives him the information he needs to enjoy the game. You might have noticed that we implemented a simple menu in the previous chapter, but it's a prime example where you should refactor and extract into its own class. This is what we will do in this chapter:
- Design a user interface components hierarchy
- Implement the base component class
- Implement containers, labels, and buttons
- Create a proper title screen
- Create a settings screen
What we aim in this chapter is to give you a fundamental understanding of creating a graphical user interface ...
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