The Game class is the main class of your game. It is where the program begins, and where it ends.

Properties

• script

Methods

• void init()
  Sets up all of the main classes and global variables in your game.

  First, it sets up the cast (gCast), features (gFeatures), sFeatures (gSFeatures), sounds (gSounds), regions (gRegions), locales (gLocales), addToPics (gAddToPics) and timers (gTimer). Next, it sets up the global gSaveDirPtr to a pointer to the save directory string buffer. Finally, it initalizes the inventory (Inv) and user (User).

• bool doit()
  Performs all of the main game actions.

  It begins by checking the sounds and timers. If there's a print dialog (gPrintDlg), it checks it to see if it's timer is up and it should automatically close. It animates the cast, and if gCastMotionCue is set, motion cues the cast. It then executes the script's doit() method if the script property is set. It calls doit() for each of the regions, then if gRoomNumber is equal to gRoomNumberExit, calls User's doit(), otherwise, executes the newRoom() method. It deletes the timers, then returns whether the game is restarting.

• void showSelf()
  Calls the regions' showSelf() method.
 
• void play()
  This is the main method of your game. It is where the execution begins and ends.

  It assigns the game class to the global gGame and the a pointer to the save directory to global gSaveDirPtr.If the game is not restarting, the obtains the current working directory. It then sets the cursor to the loading cursor, calls the game instance's init() method, and sets it back to the normal cursor. It then loops calling the game instance's doit() method and waiting according to the game speed until the global gQUIT_FLAG is set.

• void replay()
  Similar to the play() method, but is called after a game is restored.
 
• void newRoom(number roomNum)
  Changes the room to roomNum. This is called when the user enters doors, or hits the edge of the screen. To change a room in your game, you should use global gRoom's newRoom() method.
 
• void startRoom(number roomNum)
  Initalizes and sets up a new room.
 
• void restart()
  Restarts the game.
 
• void restore([string strDescription])
  Restores a game. If specified, it the default game to open will be the one which has a description matching strDescription.

  It executes the SRDialog as a restore dialog, and if a game is selected, attempts to restore it.

• void save()
  Saves a game.

  It executes the SRDialog as a save dialog, and if a game is selected, attempts to save to it.

• void changeScore(number addPoints)
  Adds addPoints to the game's score (global variable gScore).
 
• bool handleEvent(heapPtr pEvent)
  Calls the handleEvent() method from the regions class (pointed to by gRegions). If it returns TRUE, it will return whether pEvent has been claimed or not. If it returns FALSE, it calls the handleEvent() method from the locales class (pointed to by gLocales). If it returns TRUE, it will return whether pEvent has been claimed or not. Finally, if both are FALSE, and the script property is set, it calls the script's handleEvent() method. It then returns whether pEvent has been claimed or not.
 
• void showMem()
  Displays current memory information in a dialog box.
 
• number setSpeed(number newSpeed)
  Sets the game's speed to newSpeed and returns the previous speed.
 
• void checkAni()
  Adds the cast members which are extras to the picture, then calls kernel Animate() for the cast.
 
• void notify()
  In the Game class, this is just an empty place holder.
 
• void setScript(heapPtr newScript[, heapPtr theCaller, number theRegister])
  Disposes the current script pointed to by the script property. If newScript is not NULL, it initializes it with theCaller and theRegister is specified.
 
• void cue()
  If the script property is set, it call's it's cue() method.
 
• bool wordFail(string aWord)
  Prints "I don't understand <aWord>" to the screen in a dialog box. It always returns FALSE.
 
• void syntaxFail()
  Prints a message indicating that the line parsed doesn't appear to be a proper sentence.
 
• void semanticFail()
  Prints a message indicating that the sentence parsed doesn't make sense.
 
• void pragmaFail()
  Prints the message "You've left me responseless".