Contents

• Game Overview
• Player Control
• Map Display
• Movement
• Inventory
• General Principles
• The Loop
• Systems
• Display
• Input
• Sound
• AI
• Saving Data
• Interface
• File Structure
• XML Schemas
• Classes
• External Libraries

File Structure

• Working Directory (Source)
• repository\
• safety\
• psd\
• Root Directory (Release)
• Executable
• Runtime DLLs
• Content\
• Backgrounds\
• Fonts\
• Sprites\
• Tilesets\
• XML\
• Levels\
• Textures\
• Tilesets\

Source

repository - ITGM415 SVN repository. MSVS project folders contained under projects\aforsy20\. Debug build in projects\aforsy20\Assignment1\Debug mirrors the structure of the release directory.

safety - Local backups of source code exported from SVN.

psd - Working directory for graphics files. To preserve file space, PSD files are not copied into the repository.

Release

Content - All externally created content to be loaded at runtime.

Backgrounds - Images to be displayed behind level tiles. 24-bit PNG, 1280x720.

Fonts - TTF font files.

Sprites - Sprite animation sheets. Each frame in the sheet should have the same dimensions. Sheets should be 24-bit PNG with alpha, dimensions in powers of 2.

Tilesets - Sheets of tile graphics. Each tile should be 40x40, for a total of 12 tiles wide by 12 tiles high. Tileset grahpics should be 24-bit PNG with alpha, 512x512.

XML - Metadata for images and their animations, levels and their tile arrangement, and the properties of each tile in a tileset. See XML Schemas for details.