Sunday, 27 March 2011

The Endless Blue

Here's the default game for a new Xbox Windows Game. Yes, it's just an empty blue screen. The tutorial I'm following says it's actually 'infinite space in 2D or 3D' which makes it sound more exciting.

default xbox windows 'game' (playtest mode)

Now I'm confused because a lot of jargon is being thrown at me, including:
  • methods (e.g. the main game method, constructor, initialise, loadcontent)
  • statements
  • classes (e.g. an input class)
  • variables
I think methods are a collection of statements. Like, mini-programs. They have names and purposes. I've never seen the word 'method' used in this context before though.

Maybe a 'statement' is a single line of code?

I'm fairly familiar with variables. They hold values or even text information.
E.g. the variable 'number of lives' could be 3, and can change throughout the game.

I don't know what a class is.

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