1. IS660Z – Programming Games Using Visual Basic Required Session 2 June 9, 2003

2. Agenda Load and start up projects Student project presentations Discussion of topics raised in online forums Online Quiz Friday - Saturday Overview of Cannonball VB exercise for animation (If time) practice posting with html link

3. Get ready to present Load your project onto your computer and test to see if it is working Upload your project (zipped) to digital dropbox Student presentations will begin soon...

4. Discussion Topics Prototyping in VB Does building the form first make it easier to understand to read the text and understand what to do? Small spelling mistakes cause big problems Windows API

5. Reminder Students need to sign on the Blackboard Friday 6 am - Saturday 11:59 pm for online quiz Quiz will be timed (60 minutes) Must take it all in one sitting Simple questions related to material we have covered Name a control object from a game, how was it used

6. Quiz Grading Rubric Excellent (10 points) – concise and accurate answer, with specific details from game Good (6-9 points) – accurate answer, but details from game is missing Poor (0-5 points) Wrong answer Copied from text Copied from another student

7. Functions and procedures As programs get large, are easier to manage if you break them up into sections Can also reuse functions, rather than “re-inventing the wheel” (functions and procedures pres)

8. Overview of Cannonball Run the game Not a full game Animation using a timer Drag and drop of target and cannon

9. VB Exercise Practice using a timer and moving shapes Debugging options Break button Immediate window Setting a breakpoint and adding a watch

10. Links in postings Adding a link to a message Use html link text Can use other html tags, bold, italic

11. Next week Continue postings to discussion forums Cannonball is due Wednesday at class (No Cannonball presentations) Start thinking about final project Enhanced cannonball Tic Tac Toe Minesweeper Your own game?