XNA 4.0 Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide

Chapter 3. Flood Control – Smoothing Out the Rough Edges

While playable, Flood Control in its current form is rather rough. When the player clicks on game pieces, they simply flop to their new orientation. Completed rows vanish without a trace, being filled in so rapidly that it is hard to tell if they actually disappeared at all. The game never ends! Once you have started, you can play forever, not worrying about the underwater research lab actually filling up with water.

In this chapter, we will address these issues by:

• Animating the rotation of pieces when manipulated by the player
• Gradually fading out pieces of completed scoring chains
• Animating the falling of pieces into place on the board
• Implementing the flooding of the dome and adding increasing ...