Tag Archives: game development

Snake game written in C#

Posted on November 14, 2010 by jpreece

[Summary]This is my own version of the class game Snake.  This game has taken all of a few hours to develop, and the code for which is very simple.[/Summary] Preview Below is a video of the game being played for … Continue reading →

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Pong game written in C#

Posted on November 13, 2010 by jpreece

[Summary]This post is the culmination of a weeks work gradually developing a pong style game using C# WinForms.[/Summary] Preview Below is a video of a pong style game written in C#.  The code is relatively simple, but too long to … Continue reading →

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C# Tracking cursor position and click events

Posted on November 13, 2010 by jpreece

[Summary]The purpose of this tutorial is to investigate how to follow the cursor on a Windows Form (WinForm), and use its position to determine if we have clicked on a simple object.[/Summary] Downloads Download source code / demo project.  (Visual … Continue reading →

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C# Collision Detection

Posted on November 7, 2010 by jpreece

[Summary]Collision detection is a fundamental part of games development.  You would be hard pressed to find a game without it, and developing it doesn’t have to be complicated.[/Summary] Introduction The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce the absolute basics … Continue reading →

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