I have done as you suggested and have created separate classes for the balloon, ball, scoreboard and clouds and this all seems to work fine. The design pattern is based on an Observer pattern where these separate objects register themselves as observers of a WeatherManager object.
I have created a WeatherManager.as class that broadcasts any updates to the weather to the observers. Now I need to have the WeatherManager periodically change the weather conditions. I was thinking it should have some sort of internal timer and every say 5 seconds, it will amend the weather conditions. Not sure how best to create an internal timer - would I just use setInterval within the WeatherManager class? Or would it be better to create a timer class and have a loop to continually check this timer? I have had real problems in the past using setInterval in that they don't seem to clear. The game itself is time based and there is a time limit of 80 seconds so there will need to be a timer for this too. Not sure if best to use just one timer for dealing with both or just let the WeatherManager have its own timer and at the beginning of the game just start its timer and leave it to do its updates independently of the main game timer Any suggestions most appreciated Thanks Paul -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Weyert de Boer Sent: 04 November 2006 17:52 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OOP advice for game Yeah, I made a little game myself and use the classes FoodPiece, Snake, and GameWorld and SnakeGame. Meaning that SnakeGame handles all the stuff such as start/stop game, score counting. The GameWorld is responsible for all the drawing, and calling the update method of the Snake instance, which will then have dedicated code to update itself. Works nicely! Weyert _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
