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Monkey Game Development

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

6. Game #5, Balls Out!

7. Game #6, At The Docks

Frameworks and modules used

Game resources

The game objects

The basic app structure

Time for action — creating the basic file structure

Modifying the HTML5 canvas size for testing

Time for action — modifying the HTML5 output

The storage for our data

Time for action — creating the data structure

Setting up the game objects

Time for action — creating layers for the game

Time for action — creating the title screen

Detailing the OnCreate event

Time for action — finalizing the OnCreate method

Some flexible methods for the update process

Time for action — creating the player

Time for action — loading the level tiles

Time for action — creating a StartNewGame method

Bring me up-to-date—detailing the OnUpdate event

Time for action — detailing the OnUpdate method

And action!—the engine class

Time for action — updating each object

Time for action — detailing collision detection

Time for action — detailing the OnLayerTransition method

Creating a XNA app

Summary

8. Game #7, Air Dogs 1942

9. Game #8, Treasure Chest

10. Make Some Money for Bananas

The storage for our data

Isn't it funny how things repeat themselves? In every game, you need to store information and states. At The Docks is no exception to this.

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The storage for our data