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    Monkey Game Development
    Monkey Game Development
    Credits
    About the Author
    About the Reviewers
    www.PacktPub.com
    Preface
    1. Monkey—Huh?
    2. Getting to Know your Monkey—a Trip to the Zoo
    3. Game #2, Rocket Commander
    4. Game #3, CometCrusher
    5. Game #4, Chain Reaction
    Modifying the HTML5 canvas size
    Time for action — modifying canvas size
    Some development basics
    Game resources
    Game objects
    The basic app structure
    Time for action — creating the main source file and its folders
    The data storage
    Time for action — creating the data structure
    First changes to the OnCreate event
    Time for action — first changes to the OnCreate method
    Detailing the OnRender event
    Time for action — detailing the OnRender method
    Setting up the game objects
    Time for action — loading the game sound effects
    Time for action — creating layers for the game
    Game screen
    Time for action — creating buttons
    Time for action — creating info text objects
    Time for action — composing the game screen
    Time for action — creating the title screen
    Finalizing the OnCreate event
    Time for action — finalizing the OnCreate method
    Helper functions for the update process
    Time for action — creating collision circles
    Time for action — creating the atom elements
    Time for action — creating a StartNewGame method
    Time for action — implementing the GetDeltaTime method
    Time for action — creating a method to update the text information
    Detailing the OnUpdate event
    Time for action — finalizing the OnUpdate method
    Introducing the OnSuspend event
    Time for action — modifying the OnSuspend event
    Introducing the OnResume event
    Time for action — updating the OnResume method
    The heart of the game - the engine class
    Time for action — enhancing the OnObjectTouch method
    Time for action — detailing the OnObjectTransition method
    Time for action — acting on timer events
    Time for action — detailing the collision detection
    Creating an Android app
    Summary
    6. Game #5, Balls Out!
    7. Game #6, At The Docks
    8. Game #7, Air Dogs 1942
    9. Game #8, Treasure Chest
    10. Make Some Money for Bananas
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    5. Game #4, Chain Reaction > Time for action — creating a method to update the ...

    Time for action — creating a method to update the text information

    To update these text objects, we will create the UpdateInfoText method. Each text object has a text field that stores the text string value. The content of this field will be drawn on the screen.

    1. Add a new method called UpdateInfoText to the game class.
      Method UpdateInfoText:Int()
    2. Set the text fields of both objects corresponding to their purpose.
      txtScore.SetText("Score: "+score)
txtFPS.SetText("FPS: "+fps)
    3. Close the method.
      Return 0
End

    What just happened?

    Since we created a separate method to update the info text objects, we can call it at any time we wish. Later on, we will do this in the OnUpdate event on the game class, but the OnRender event would be good, too.


      

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