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6.1 Example system description

For this tutorial chapter we have selected a simple ‘Ball game’ that can be easily understood, can be completed in a relatively short time, and is still sufficiently complex to allow the demonstration of a large part of MetaEdit+. The tutorial will take approximately 30 minutes.

The basic structure of the Ball Game can be understood from Figure 6-1. It illustrates the user interface of the tool together with the main parts of the game.

Figure 6-1. Ball Game.

The basic idea of the game is to remove all the bricks from the wall by striking them with the ball: When the ball hits a brick it will disappear. To do this player has to keep the ball in play by hitting it with the paddle. Thus, the game ends either when all bricks have disappeared or when the ball has passed below the paddle (i.e. the player misses it) a certain number of times.

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