6.5. Horizontal Scrolling Platform Games

Learning Objectives

When you have finished this section, you should be able to:

1. Explain what horizontal scrolling games are.
2. Create horizontal platform levels with mappy.
3. Develop a scrolling platform game.

Required Tasks

1. Read Chapter 16, Horizontal Scrolling Platform Games, in the eTextbook.
2. Use Mappy to create a horizontal platform level, following the instructions on pages 566-575.
3. Study the PlatformScroller program carefully, to learn how to use a platform scroller and how to make a scrolling platform game.
4. Complete the Chapter 16 quiz, and check your answers in Appendix A.

Files (PlatformScroller)

Optional Tasks

1. Load the PlatformScroller game into your IDE, build it, and play with it.
2. Find a similar game you like from the Internet and think about how you could make a similar game.