Chapter 3Project: Making an Avatar

When you’re done with this chapter, you will

  • Know how to place objects together on the screen

  • Have an avatar to use in later chapters and in games

Developing games involves building a lot of parts, such as the game area, the players in the game, and things that get in the way of players. In this project chapter we’ll create a player that we might use in a game—an avatar. It will end up looking something like this:

images/building_an_avatar/when_you_are_done.png

An avatar is who you are within the game world. It shows where you are in the game and what you’re doing. Since it’s supposed to represent you and me, it should have a good feel to it. We want something ...

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