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Chapter 8. Critters

    Section 8.1.  Kinds of critters

    Section 8.2.  Overview of the critter class fields

    Section 8.3.  Critter methods

    Section 8.4.  Critter method overrides

    Section 8.5.  The full cCritter prototype

    Review questions

    Exercises



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Part I: Software Engineering and Computer Games
Chapter 1. Projects and games
Chapter 2. Basics of software engineering
Chapter 3. The Pop Framework
Chapter 4. Object-oriented software engineering
Chapter 5. Software design patterns
Chapter 6. Animation
Chapter 7. Simulating physics
Chapter 8. Critters
8.1 Kinds of critters
8.2 Overview of the critter class fields
8.3 Critter methods
8.4 Critter method overrides
8.5 The full ''cCritter'' prototype
Review questions
Exercises
Chapter 9. Sprites
Chapter 10. Games
Chapter 11. Collisions
Chapter 12. Listeners
Chapter 13. Shooters and bullets
Chapter 14. 2D shooting games
Chapter 15. 3D shooting games
Chapter 16. Sports games
Chapter 17. Selection games
Chapter 18. Interesting worlds
Chapter 19. More ideas for games
Part II: Software Engineering and Computer Games Reference
Appendix A. The Windows keycodes
Appendix B. The Pop help file
Appendix C. Summary of the controls for Visual Studio