3D Game Programming

What Else Can We Add?

This is it for our avatar that we built from scratch starting all the way back

in Chapter 3, Project: Making an Avatar, on page 25. That doesn’t mean you

can’t make this game even better, though!

It is really easy to grab the fruit from a tree in this game. Perhaps you can

add a tweak where the avatar is allowed only one piece of fruit from a tree?

It might also be nice to penalize a player—think subtractPoints()—if the avatar

jumps when the tree is not active and wiggling. If you think the player is

moving too fast or too slow, maybe look in the keydown listener for ways to

improve that. You can build the game to have all sorts of nooks and crannies

and prizes.

This is the job of the game designer, which happens to be you. Make a copy

of the code so far and see what you can add to make the game work the way

you want it to. How are you going to make this game great?

13.4 The Code So Far

If you would like to double-check the code in this chapter, turn to Section

A1.11, Code: Fruit Hunt, on page 234.

12.7 What’s Next

This may be it for our avatar projects, but there is still plenty to do. Next we’ll

explore more of the small touches that go into 3D programming, starting with

lights, materials, and shadows.

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14.7 The Code So Far

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