Tag: Games
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Having Fun w/ Graphics using xBasic Lesson 2 Pong
Hello Everyone In the last lesson I said we will take what we learned and use it to create the beginning of a pong game. Now the pong game on the surface is very simple. You have a ball, a paddle and movement. When the ball hits the paddle, it bounces. If it misses the…
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Having Fun w/ Graphics using xBasic Lesson 1
Hello everyone We are changing the pace here and will be showcasing routines not widely discussed in Alpha Software; mainly graphics and automation. To start with, we will do three simple animations; draw a line on a form, move a text box across the form and bounce a ball. Each of these animations are written…
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Powerball Random Number Generator Lesson Three
Hello everyone As I mentioned in the last post we would discuss how to build a data analyzer for our Powerball Game. The principles we will discuss go beyond our game and can be used in all types of database applications. When designing an application for a business regardless of the development platform or the…
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Powerball Random Number Generator Lesson Two
Hello everyone. Today’s lesson is about using the Rand() function in Alpha Software to generate the random numbers needed for our Powerball generator. Powerball rules are you need to pick 5 numbers from 1 to 59 for the white ping pong balls and pick one red ball number which ranges from 1 to 35. If…
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Powerball Random Number Generator Lesson 1
Hello everyone Well it’s been a while since my last post but as you all know the holidays can be time-consuming. Now that Thanks Giving is out-of-the-way; (mine was great I hope yours was as well) and Christmas shopping is finished ‘whew!!’ I have time to work again. As stated in the video, we have…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 