Chapter 3. Snowflakes Game

This is a simple game in which you guide a tongue back and forth across the screen in order to catch snowflakes that are falling from the sky.

Snowflake Game

Figure 3-1. Snowflake Game

The project uses the display and joystick modules included in the Fez Starter Kit.

The Design

Once you have downloaded the zip files for the projects from the book’s website (http://www.gadgeteerbook.com/downloads) you will need to unzip this into your Gadgeteer’s projects area which is usually My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\. You can then open the project by opening the File menu and selecting “Open Project..” from Visual Studio’s menu.

The arrangement of the modules in this project is show in Figure 3-2.

Component Connections

Figure 3-2. Component Connections

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