Pacman!!!
Can somebody guide me making class hierarchy for pacman... how much class should i make.. n which objects..?? Please help me.. m not so much familiar with Game Programming...
You should probably read a book to learn enough about game heirarchies. At the very least though you'll need: a pure virtual class from which your world entities derive (player, each type of enemy, perhaps strawberry etc) and of course a class for each of these entities. A world class which handles all of your entities and monitors and updates their states, a game class, a graphics class to handle all drawing and a sound class.
This could be a huge post there's so much that could be said. Do you have any more specific questions?
This could be a huge post there's so much that could be said. Do you have any more specific questions?
class ghost
class pacman
class dot
class powerdot
class fruit
class gameengine
Then it comes down to the UI needs from there, for example a open gl canvas say on wxwidgets, Or Allegro on Dos platforms.
Game engines are generally a loop with control structures, for example each object in my scheme has a move function, one is on user controls the other is on game engine control. The Game engine handles user input on a pass of the loop for all you are doing is scanning the user inputs on a pass of the loop and react if one is there.
I only gave a rough thought on the pacman game.
class pacman
class dot
class powerdot
class fruit
class gameengine
Then it comes down to the UI needs from there, for example a open gl canvas say on wxwidgets, Or Allegro on Dos platforms.
Game engines are generally a loop with control structures, for example each object in my scheme has a move function, one is on user controls the other is on game engine control. The Game engine handles user input on a pass of the loop for all you are doing is scanning the user inputs on a pass of the loop and react if one is there.
I only gave a rough thought on the pacman game.
Thanks Guys... But, how can i manage inheritance, Composition for these classes... n please guide me to make all classes accurately n which class should inherit which?? in my thinking, there should be 6 Classes, Grid, Pacman, Ghost, Food, Time, Score.. now i need some help that which class should be base n which should be derived.. n these classes should have which entities.. n should i first make a simple game without graphics or should i directly work on graphics..??
In my opinion, Pacman, Food, and Ghost should all inherit from a common base MovingThing.
Actually OO design is pretty subjective. There is a hierarchy of cuz but then how detailed or generic is up to the developer when he do his design. Please keep the hierarchy simple cuz I have seen up to 7 level for a simple game. That to me is an overkill :)
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