XNA 4.0 Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide

Summary

Chapter 3 has looked at ways to add some polish to the basic Flood Control game that was presented in Chapter 2. We have looked at:

• Creating classes that inherit from existing classes to extend their functionality
• Using the advanced form of the SpriteBatch.Draw() method to add basic animations to the Flood Control game
• Adding SpriteFonts to the project and using them to draw text to the screen
• Expanding the basic Game State system used in Chapter 2 to allow for a complete Title | Playing | Game Over cycle
• Adding increasing levels of difficulty as the player progresses through the game