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   5 <ul><li><a href="#NAME">NAME</a>
   6 <ul><li><a href="#The_Overall_view">The Overall view</a>
   7 <ul><li><a href="#The_Game_Loop">The Game Loop</a></li>
   8 <li><a href="#The_Game_Logic">The Game Logic</a>
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  17 <h1 id="NAME">NAME</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
  18 <div id="NAME_CONTENT">
  19 <p>Let's Make Tetris</p>
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  22 <h2 id="The_Overall_view">The Overall view</h2>
  23 <div id="The_Overall_view_CONTENT">
  24 <p>All games are a while loop. So we will have something like this.</p>
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  27 <h3 id="The_Game_Loop">The Game Loop</h3>
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  29 <pre> package Tetris;
  30
  31  sub run_game_fun_times
  32  {
  33   while(1)
  34   {
  35    #game logic here
  36   }
  37  }
  38
  39 </pre>
  40 <p>You need more code you say? Ok well, a game does two things more. </p>
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  43 <h3 id="The_Game_Logic">The Game Logic</h3>
  44 <div id="The_Game_Logic_CONTENT">
  45 <dl>
  46         <dt>Input Events</dt>
  47         <dd>
  48                 <p>A game essentially move objects (boxes, monsters so on) in time.</p>
  49                 <p>
  50                         <dl>
  51                                 <dt>Time</dt>
  52                                 <dd>
  53                                         <p>In SDL time is measured in ticks.</p>
  54                                 </dd>
  55                                 <dt>User Input</dt>
  56                         </dl>
  57                 </p>
  58         </dd>
  59         <dt>Draw Everything</dt>
  60 </dl>
  61 <p>--Kartik
  62 </p>
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