XNA 4.0 Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide

Time for action – updating Game1 to update animated pieces

1. Modify the Update() method of the Game1 class by replacing the current case statement for the GameState.Playing state with:

   case GameStates.Playing:
       timeSinceLastInput +=
           (float)gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalSeconds;
   
       if (gameBoard.ArePiecesAnimating())
       {
           gameBoard.UpdateAnimatedPieces();
       }
       else
       {
           gameBoard.ResetWater();
   
           for (int y = 0; y < GameBoard.GameBoardHeight; y++)
           {
               CheckScoringChain(gameBoard.GetWaterChain(y));
           }
   
           gameBoard.GenerateNewPieces(true);
   
           if (timeSinceLastInput >= MinTimeSinceLastInput)
           {
               HandleMouseInput(Mouse.GetState());
           }
       }
   
       break;

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This method is very similar to its previous incarnation. In this instance, we check to see if there are outstanding animated ...