10.3. The virtual methods of cGame

Most of the coding you do involving the cGame class is going to involve extending the cGame constructor and overriding a few special methods called seedCritters, initializeView, adjustGameParameters, and statusMessage.

Here are the main things determined by these methods.

cGame::cGame

  • The size of the game world.

  • What colors to use for the edges and background of the world.

  • What bitmaps, if any, to use for your backgrounds.

  • Whether the world is wrapped or has edges.

  • What class of player critter you’ll use.

  • What ‘permanent’ critters you’ll use.

cGame::seedCritters

  • What ‘temporary’ critters you have.

  • Arrangement of the critters in the world.

cGame::initializeView

  • The background image, if any, to use.

  • The cursor tool ...

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