In the previous lesson, we implemented the systems and models necessary to change turns. However, outside of watching a checkmark appear in a unit test, there was no visible evidence of anything occuring. Having a “view” to represent the data is an important step of the process, but is something that really can be anything you want, and therefore should be separated as much as possible. The final result could be 2D or 3D. It doesn’t have to be animated, though it definitely could be, and might even include stuff like flashy particles, who knows? The important thing is that a user can understand and interact with the game.
Test Runner
Make a CCG – Changing Turns
We’ve laid some nice foundations in the past few lessons, and now its time to actually start building up the game on top of it all. We’ll start with somthing pretty simple to help drill in the basic ideas, while also adding a little more functionality. Since we are making a turn based game, we’ll begin by learning to change turns.
Make a CCG – Aspect Container & Test Runner
Whenever I begin a new project, the first thing I think about is how I want to set up the architecture. Basically I am looking for the answer to this question: “How will all the stuff know about all the other stuff?”. In the past I usually resorted to a pattern called the Singleton to make it easy for data to be accessible from anywhere. In this case, I don’t want to rely on Singletons because I want my code to be testable, and from what I have read, the two don’t tend to go together well.