Daze

Camera

A camera object

public class Daze.Camera
    : GameObject, GameScript

Fields

Type	Name	Summary
Sprite	background
Boolean	isFixed	It set the camera to being fixed. A fixed camera cannot move, and the GameObjects can't go out of his limits
Limits	limits	The bounds of the camera, you can use them to check if an object is out or in the camera. You shouldn't edit them, they are updated automatically as the Camera moves. NOTE: if you need to avoid GameObjects going out of camera and your camera doesn't move just set the camera to be fixed;

Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Collider	collider	The collider of the Camera. (Except for the fact that the camera can't have a collider :P)

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
Boolean	move(Single xOffset, Single yOffset)	This move the camera
void	pushPixelPosition()
void	setBackGround(Bitmap background)	This set the background of the Camera.

CircleCollider

A collider that use a circle as it's shape... wow, so unexpected.

public class Daze.CircleCollider
    : Collider

Fields

Type	Name	Summary
Circle	circle	The circle that's used to perform collision checks

Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Single	ray	The radius of the circle

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
Boolean	collide(Collider otherCollider)	Check if this collider collides with another one
Boolean	inCollider(Point point)	This method check if a point is inside the Collider
void	moveCollider(GameObject gameObject)	This force the coordinates recalculation for this collider when the gameObject is moved
void	recreateCollider()	This force the coordinates recalculation for this collider
void	rotateCollider(GameObject gameObject)	This force the coordinates recalculation for this collider when the gameObject is rotated (since this is a circle rotating it is totally pointless, don't use this please :( )

Collider

This class represent a collider

public abstract class Daze.Collider

Fields

Type	Name	Summary
GameObject	gameObject	The gameObject of this collider

Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Single	ray	The maximum distance from the center and a vertex of this collider

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
Boolean	collide(Collider otherCollider)	A method to check if a collider is colliding with this one
Boolean	inCollider(Point point)	This method check if a point is inside the Collider
Boolean	inCollider(Single x, Single y)	This method check if a point is inside the Collider
void	moveCollider()	This move the collider, it will be called automatically when his gameObject is moved
void	moveCollider(GameObject gameObject)	This move the collider, it will be called automatically when his gameObject is moved
void	recreateCollider()	It forces the collider's coordinates recalculation
void	rotateCollider()	It forces the collider's coordinates recalculation after a gameObject rotation
void	rotateCollider(GameObject gameObject)	It forces the collider's coordinates recalculation after a gameObject rotation

ConvexPolygonCollider

A general collider that can have different shapes as long as it's shape is convex

public abstract class Daze.ConvexPolygonCollider
    : Collider

Fields

Type	Name	Summary
ConvexPolygon	polygon	The polygon used to check collisions

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
Boolean	collide(Collider collider2)	This check if this collider is colliding with another one
Boolean	inCollider(Point point)	This method check if a point is inside the Collider
void	moveCollider(GameObject gameObject)	This update the collider's coordinates after that the gameObject moves
void	rotateCollider(GameObject gameObject)	This forces the collider's coordinates recalculation after that the gameObject rotates

Engine

This is the core class of Daze, call Engine.Start() to start your game

public static class Daze.Engine

Static Fields

Type	Name	Summary
Int32	_drawBufferHeight
Int32	_drawBufferWidth
Byte[]	drawBuffer
Int32	drawBufferStride
DrawingMethod	drawingMethod
Action	gotFocus	You can hook up an action to the engine to know when the game is active again and make it resume
Action	lostFocus	You can hook up an action to the engine to know when the game is not active and make it stop
MouseEventHandler	mouseClick
MouseEventHandler	mouseDoubleClick
MouseEventHandler	mouseDown
MouseEventHandler	mouseMove
MouseEventHandler	mouseUp
List<Wav>	playingWavs
Boolean	printFpsFlag	Setting this flag to true will show the FPS count in the console and the difference between the game cycle and the draw time, you should use it only if you are experiencing heavy FPS drop and you have no idea what's going on
Dictionary<String, Sprite>	sprites
Boolean	stopCycle
Dictionary<String, String>	wavPaths

Static Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Camera	camera	This is the camera that is showing on the screen (Daze currently support only one camera)
Boolean	cursorHide	Setting this to true or false will show of hide the cursor
Single	deltaTime	Use this function to make your game frame rate independent, an example: by multiplying 2 in the Update for this you are basically saying 2 per second
Int32	drawBufferHeight	The height of the screen
Int32	drawBufferWidth	The width of the screen
GameForm	window	This is the window that is showing the game, theorically you shouldn't need it, but if you want to do something particular... go for it ;)

Static Methods

Type	Name	Summary
void	AddGameObject(GameObject gameObject)	NOT RECOMMENDED: This method add forcefully a gameObject in the gameObjects list, when a gameObject is created it is automaticaly added to the list, don't use this method if you are not sure what you are doing
void	clean(GameObject gameObject, SpriteSet spriteSet = null)
void	DeleteGameObject(GameObject gameObject)	Delete a gameObject from the gameObject list
void	drawSprite(Sprite sprite, Int32 xPosition, Int32 yPosition)
GameObject[]	findGameObjects()	Get all the gameObject currently in the Game
List<GameObjectClass>	findGameObjects()	Get all the gameObject currently in the Game
Boolean	gameObjectExists(GameObject gameObject)	Check if a GameObject exists currently
Boolean	isGameObjectDestroyed(GameObject gameObject)	Check if a GameObject is destroyed
Sprite	loadSprite(String resource_Name, Single scale = 1)	This method load a Sprite from a resource. After that you loaded a sprite in this way the next load for the same sprite will not happen and you will just get a reference to the Sprite, so feel free to call it for every GameObject you need, you won't slow down the game due to I/O operations.
Wav	loadWavFromFile(String filePath, Int32 volume = 100, Boolean loop = False)	This method load a wav from a file
Wav	loadWavFromResources(String resource_Name, Int32 volume = 100, Boolean loop = False, Assembly callerAssembly = null)	This method load a Wav from a resource embedded in your project
void	playWavFromFile(String filePath)	This method play a Wav from a file. Using this method you don't need to manage the Wav initialization and disposition when the sound ends
void	playWavFromResources(String resource_Name, Int32 volume = 100)	This method play a Wav from the resources. Using this method you don't need to manage the Wav initialization and disposition when the sound ends
void	Start(Int32 FPSLimit = 60, RenderingSize renderingSize = SIZE_1280X720, DrawingMethod drawingMethod = REDRAW_GAMEOBJECTS)	This function start the Engine
void	Stop()	This stop the Engine, Use this to close the game

GameForm

The form used by the Engine to show the game, you have no need to use this.

public class Daze.GameForm
    : Form, IComponent, IDisposable, IOleControl, IOleObject, IOleInPlaceObject, IOleInPlaceActiveObject, IOleWindow, IViewObject, IViewObject2, IPersist, IPersistStreamInit, IPersistPropertyBag, IPersistStorage, IQuickActivate, ISupportOleDropSource, IDropTarget, ISynchronizeInvoke, IWin32Window, IArrangedElement, IBindableComponent, IContainerControl

Fields

Type	Name	Summary
Bitmap	buffer
Boolean	focus
Boolean	loaded

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
void	cursorHide()
void	cursorShow()
void	updateImage()

GameObject

public class Daze.GameObject
    : GameScript

Fields

Type	Name	Summary
GameObject	_lastCollision	This contain the GameObject that collided with this one in the last movement (NULL if there was no collision)
Int32	drawLayer	The position of the GameObject on the Z axis (note: the Z axis is Only used for drawing's priority)
Boolean	executeStart
List<IgnoreLayer>	ignoreLayers	The layers of colliders that this GameObjects should ignore while checking collisions
IntVector	lastPixelPosition	The position of the gameObject on the screen in the last Cycle
Sprite	lastSprite
Int32	lastTimerIndex
MouseEventHandler	mouseClick	You can add handler here to manage the click on this gameObject
MouseEventHandler	mouseDoubleClick	You can add handler here to manage the double click on this gameObject
MouseEventHandler	mouseDown	You can add handler here to manage the mouse down event on this gameObject
MouseEventHandler	mouseMove	You can add handler here to manage the mouse movement inside this gameObject
MouseEventHandler	mouseUp	You can add handler here to manage the mouse up event on this gameObject
List<Timer>	newTimers	The timers of this gameObject created in this game cycle NOT RECOMMENDED: You should use the default functions related to timers for editing
IntVector	pixelPosition	The position of the gameObject on the screen
Point	position	The position of the gameObject
List<Timer>	timers	The timers of this gameObject excluding the new created ones NOT RECOMMENDED: You should use the default functions related to timers for editing
List<Timer>	toDeleteTimers	The timers of this gameObject to be deleted at the end of this game cycle NOT RECOMMENDED: You should use the default functions related to timers for editing

Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Collider	collider	The collider of this GameObject, colliders can have various shapes and they do adapt to the SpriteSet size
GameObject	lastCollision	Returns the object that collided with this Object in the last movement, can be NULL
Single	rotation	The rotation of the gameObjects
SpriteSet	spriteSet	The SpriteSet for this gameObject

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
GameObject	checkCollisions()	Check if this object collides with some other objects.
Timer	createTimer(Int32 timerID, Int32 msPerTick, Action tickAction, Int32 currentMS)
Timer	createTimer(Int32 timerID, Int32 msPerTick, Action tickAction, Boolean restartFlag = True, Int32 currentMS = 0)
void	delete()	Deletes this gameObject, is just a call to the Engine.DeleteGameObject function
Timer	getTimer(Int32 timerID)	It retrives a Timer in this GameObject from its ID
Boolean	move(Vector offset)	This function moves the gameObject of a certain offset
Boolean	move(Single xOffset, Single yOffset)	This function moves the gameObject of a certain offset
void	OnCollisionEnter()	This method is called when this object is colliding with another Object, the collision data are in the lastCollision property
void	pushLastPixelPosition()
void	pushPixelPosition()
Boolean	removeTimer(Int32 timerID)	It deletes a Timer in this GameObject from its ID
void	Start()	This method is called once after the Object is created and before the first Update.
void	Update()	This method is called every game cycle, here you should check your timers, input flags, process movements and so on.

GameScript

A GameScript is a script called by the Engine when it starts and then automatically every Game Cycle

public interface Daze.GameScript

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
void	Start()	This method is called just once, just after the script initialization
void	Update()	A method that keep being called continuosly

IgnoreLayer

This is a layer for ignoring collisions, you can add Types or specific gameObjects to a layer. Adding a layer to a gameObject make that gameObject unable to collide with everything that is inside the layer

public class Daze.IgnoreLayer

Fields

Type	Name	Summary
List<GameObject>	gameObjects	The list of gameObjects that should be ignored while checking collisions
List<Type>	types	The list of Types of gameObjects that should be ignored while checking collisions

RectangleCollider

A collider with the shape of a rectangle.

public class Daze.RectangleCollider
    : ConvexPolygonCollider

Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Single	ray	The distance from the center to a vertex of the rectangle (Pratically it's half of a diagonal)

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
Boolean	collide(Collider collider2)	This function check if a collider is colliding with this one
void	moveCollider(GameObject gameObject)	This force the recalculation of the coordinates after the gameObject moves
void	recreateCollider()	This recalculate every coordinate of the collider

Sprite

A Sprite in daze is a array of bytes representing a Bitmap.

public class Daze.Sprite

Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Int32	bytesPerPixel	How many bytes a pixel takes
Int32	height	The height of the sprite
Byte[]	pixelArray	The array of pixels that represent this sprite
Int32	stride	The length of a line of pixel of this sprite measured in bytes
Int32	width	The width of the sprite

SpriteSet

A spriteSet is a list of sprites with a timer, it can be used to create an animation

public class Daze.SpriteSet

Fields

Type	Name	Summary
Size	size	The size of an image of this spriteSet

Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Int32	changeMS	The number of milliseconds that the SpriteSet will wait before going to the next Sprite
Int32	index	The index of the spriteSet in the sprites array
Int32	minX	The starting X of the first coloured pixel, this is used to draw just the coloured part of a sprite and not an alpha part (if present)
Int32	minY	The starting Y of the first coloured pixel, this is used to draw just the coloured part of a sprite and not an alpha part (if present)
Boolean	repeat	Set to true to make this SpriteSet cycle Sprites automatically
Sprite	sprite	The sprite currently used from this SpriteSet
Int32	spriteCount
Int32	timerID	The ID of the timer used by this SpriteSet, SpriteSets always use negative timer IDs.

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
Boolean	next()	This method forcefully change the SpriteSet's Sprite without waiting till the right time to change it This can be helpful in case you want to use the Sprite manually without using the default timer. True if there wasn't a next sprite and the animation restarted from the start
Boolean	prev()	This method forcefully change the SpriteSet's Sprite to the previous one without waiting till the right time to change it This can be helpful in case you want to use the Sprite manually without using the default timer. True if there wasn't a next sprite and the animation restarted from the start
void	reset()	This reset the SpriteSet, making it go back to the first Sprite and restart the Timer for changing images
void	rotate()	This method update the rotation of this SpriteSet

Timer

A timer of a GameObject, gameObject can have several timers, you can edit them by using gameObject.createTimer and so on.

public class Daze.Timer

Fields

Type	Name	Summary
Single	currentMS	The current milliseconds of this timer
Boolean	restartFlag	If this flag is set to true the timer will automatically restart after it ticks, otherwise you will have to start it again manually
Action	tickAction	The action that this timer execute every time it reach the msPerTick number of milliseconds

Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Int32	ID	The ID of the timer
Int32	msPerTick	The number of MS of the duration of this timer

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
void	restart()	This method restart the timer.
void	set(Int32 msPerTick, Int32 currentMS = 0)	This method can be used to set the timer again in one line
Boolean	ticked()	Return true if the time ticked NOTE: this method will also restart the timer if the resetFlag is true

Wav

A Wav is exactly what you would expect... a Wav. You can create it from resources using Engine.loadWavFromResources

public class Daze.Wav

Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Boolean	disposeAtEnd	Set to true to make the Wav remove from the Engine managed Wavs at the end of the sound
Boolean	loop	Set to true to make the Wav restart after it finished playing.
Int32	volume	The volume of this Wav, it goes from 0 to 100

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
void	Pause()	You don't really need this comment, do you? (It pause the sound)
void	Play()	You don't really need this comment, right? (It start the sound)
void	Stop()	You don't really need this comment, do you? (It stop the sound)