XNA 4.0 Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide

Time for action – the ExplosionManager class

1. Add a new class called "ExplosionManager" to the Asteroid Belt Assault project.
2. Add the standard using directives to the class file:

   using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
   using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;

3. Add declarations to the ExplosionManager class:

   private Texture2D texture; private List<Rectangle> pieceRectangles = new List<Rectangle>(); private Rectangle pointRectangle; private int minPieceCount = 3; private int maxPieceCount = 6; private int minPointCount = 20; private int maxPointCount = 30; private int durationCount = 90; private float explosionMaxSpeed = 30f; private float pieceSpeedScale = 6f; private int pointSpeedMin = 15; private int pointSpeedMax = 30; private Color initialColor = new Color(1.0f, ...