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.