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.
Month: September 2017
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 – Action System
In a game like Hearthstone, every action is significant and can serve as the trigger for a whole new sequence of actions. This includes obvious actions like attacking and casting spells, but also includes less obvious actions such as drawing cards and even changing turns! Although you may already be familiar with event-driven programming, you may not have thought about ways to sort event responders by custom criteria, or considered how to invoke the handlers over time so that you can also play animations in sequence. Let’s look at some architecture to support these ideas.
Make a CCG – Data Modeling
We started out by creating an architecture to allow systems to talk to each other, and still don’t have any systems. Even worse, we have no models for the systems to operate on! Let’s take a few steps back and start building up our game from the beginning.