This document provides code for creating a basic game using the Ring game engine. It defines an object with drawing and movement functions to display moving circles on the screen. Keypress events allow the object to be moved left, right, up and down. Additional examples show drawing rectangles and creating a stars fighter game. The code demonstrates basic game object creation and event handling capabilities in the Ring game engine.

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Switch nKey
on KEY_LEFT
x -= 10
on KEY_RIGHT
x += 10
on KEY_UP
y -= 10
on KEY_DOWN
y += 10
off
}
}
mouse = func oGame,oSelf,nType,aMouseList {
if nType = GE_MOUSE_UP
oSelf {
x = aMouseList[GE_MOUSE_X]
y = aMouseList[GE_MOUSE_Y]
}
ok
}
}
} # Start the Events Loop
53.22 Using the Game Engine - Sprite - State event
Load "gameengine.ring" # Give control to the game engine
func main # Called by the Game Engine
oGame = New Game # Create the Game Object
{
title = "My First Game"
sprite
{
type = GE_TYPE_PLAYER # Just for our usage
x=400 y=400 width=100 height=100
file = "images/player.png"
transparent = true
Animate=false
Move=false # Custom Movement
Scaled=true
keypress = func oGame,oSelf,nKey {
oSelf {
Switch nKey
on KEY_LEFT
x -= 10
on KEY_RIGHT
x += 10
on KEY_UP
y -= 10
on KEY_DOWN
y += 10
off
}
}
mouse = func oGame,oSelf,nType,aMouseList {
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if nType = GE_MOUSE_UP
oSelf {
x = aMouseList[GE_MOUSE_X]
y = aMouseList[GE_MOUSE_Y]
}
ok
}
state = func oGame,oSelf {
oself {
if x < 0 x = 0 ok
if y < 0 y = 0 ok
if x > ogame.width-width
x= ogame.width - width ok
if y > ogame.height-height
y=ogame.height - height ok
}
}
}
} # Start the Events Loop
53.23 Using the Game Engine - Animate - Events
Load "gameengine.ring" # Give control to the game engine
func main # Called by the Game Engine
oGame = New Game # Create the Game Object
{
title = "My First Game"
animate {
file = "images/fbbird.png"
x = 10
y = 10
framewidth = 20
scaled = true
height = 50
width = 50
nStep = 3
transparent = true
state = func oGame,oSelf {
oSelf {
# Animation
nStep--
if nStep = 0
nStep = 3
if frame < 3
frame++
else
frame=1
ok
ok
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# Move Down
y += 3
if y > 550 y=550 ok
}
}
keypress = func ogame,oself,nKey {
oself {
if nkey = key_space
y -= 55
if y<=0 y=0 ok
ok
}
}
mouse = func ogame,oself,nType,aMouseList {
if nType = GE_MOUSE_UP
cFunc = oself.keypress
call cFunc(oGame,oSelf,Key_Space)
ok
}
}
} # Start the Events Loop
Screen Shot:
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53.24 Using the Game Engine - Map
Load "gameengine.ring" # Give control to the game engine
func main # Called by the Game Engine
oGame = New Game # Create the Game Object
{
title = "My First Game"
Map {
blockwidth = 80
blockheight = 80
aMap = [
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
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[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
]
aImages = ["images/fbwall.png",
"images/fbwallup.png",
"images/fbwalldown.png"]
state = func oGame,oSelf {
oSelf {
x -= 3
if x < - 2100 x = 0 ok
}
}
}
} # Start the Events Loop
Screen Shot:
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53.25 Using the Game Engine - Map Events
Load "gameengine.ring" # Give control to the game engine
func main # Called by the Game Engine
oGame = New Game # Create the Game Object
{
title = "My First Game"
Map {
blockwidth = 80
blockheight = 80
aMap = [
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
]
aImages = ["images/fbwall.png",
"images/fbwallup.png",
"images/fbwalldown.png"]
state = func oGame,oSelf {
oSelf {
x -= 3
if x < - 2100 x = 0 ok
}
}
mouse = func ogame,oself,nType,aMouseList {
if nType = GE_MOUSE_UP
oSelf {
mX = aMouseList[GE_MOUSE_X]
mY = aMouseList[GE_MOUSE_Y]
nValue = GetValue(mX,mY)
nRow = GetRow(mX,mY)
nCol = GetCol(mX,mY)
Switch nValue
On 1 aMap[nRow][nCol] = 0
On 2 aMap[nRow][nCol] = 0
On 3 aMap[nRow][nCol] = 0
On 0 aMap[nRow][nCol] = 1
Off
}
ok
}
}
} # Start the Events Loop
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Screen Shot:
53.26 Using the Game Engine - Object and Drawing
We can use the Object keyword (defined by the game engine) to create objects from the GameObject class.
Example:
Load "gameengine.ring" # Give control to the game engine
func main # Called by the Game Engine
oGame = New Game # Create the Game Object
{
title = "My First Game"
Object {
x = 0 y=300 width = 200 height=200
draw = func oGame,oSelf {
oSelf {
for t = 1 to 210
gl_draw_circle(x,y,t,
gl_map_rgb(t*random(255),
t*2,t*3),1)
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next
}
}
state = func oGame,oSelf {
oSelf {
if x <= 800
x+= 3
else
x=0
ok
}
}
keypress = func oGame,oSelf,nKey {
oSelf {
Switch nKey
on KEY_LEFT
x -= 10
on KEY_RIGHT
x += 10
on KEY_UP
y -= 10
on KEY_DOWN
y += 10
off
}
}
}
} # Start the Events Loop
Screen Shot:
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Example:
Load "gameengine.ring" # Give control to the game engine
func main # Called by the Game Engine
oGame = New Game # Create the Game Object
{
title = "My First Game"
Object {
x = 400 y=300 width = 200 height=200
draw = func oGame,oSelf {
oSelf {
for t = 1 to 210
gl_draw_rectangle(x+t,y+t,
x+t*2,y+t*2,
gl_map_rgb(t*random(255),
t*2,t*3),1)
gl_draw_rectangle(x+t*2,y+t*2,
x-t*2,y-t*2,
gl_map_rgb(t*random(255),
t*2,t*3),1)
next
}
}
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keypress = func oGame,oSelf,nKey {
oSelf {
Switch nKey
on KEY_LEFT
x -= 10
on KEY_RIGHT
x += 10
on KEY_UP
y -= 10
on KEY_DOWN
y += 10
off
}
}
}
} # Start the Events Loop
Screen Shot:
53.27 Stars Fighter Game
The Stars Fighter source code
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