Design Question For Game Jam

[pixel...@gmail.com]

Good Morning,

So for my Game Jam entry I need to store the game's objects so they can be updated as the game runs in the associated Window. We'll call this grab bag of game elements a "game state" for now.

One thing I did last time was to add the game state into the game Window itself using a new user property. 

Then, for the window's left mouse event, I bind a (GAME.UPDATE  W) function that receives the window as a parameter (since the Window events seem to get the window as a parameter), digs into the game state from that window's property list and updates it there then redraws.

This way when a player clicks in the window, the game updates itself and does all the logic and redraws the screen elements needing updating.

Is this an acceptable design?

[Herb Jellinek]

That's how I'd do it.

- Herb

[Herb Jellinek]

Or, more correctly, have the REPAINTFN do the drawing based on the state, and have your event functions only update the state.

- Herb

[pixel...@gmail.com]

Thanks everyone, I've got two PMs saying "yes" and further clarification by Herb.
I'm well into programming it now. (screenshot follows: (Yes, brown is my favorite color))