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Simple Horserace Game Worksheet For Visual Basic 2008

This uses the timer to create automatic random movement. Create two instances of this and you have a horse race game that can be adapted to a variety of other gaming situations. Should work with all versions of VB - You do need the shapes add on installed that comes with the express version but has to be manually added to the professional version. If you don't have the shapes add on then you can use textboxes or labels instead.

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Simple Horserace Game Worksheet For Visual Basic 2008

This uses the timer to create automatic random movement. Create two instances of this and you have a horse race game that can be adapted to a variety of other gaming situations. Should work with all versions of VB - You do need the shapes add on installed that comes with the express version but has to be manually added to the professional version. If you don't have the shapes add on then you can use textboxes or labels instead.

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Change the fill
style to colour it
Horse Race Game

Give it a
Create a shape meaningful name
from here

Create a button called


btnGo

Select the shape and


find the Location
property. Move the
shape and notice how
the co ordinates
change

The first number is left to


right with 0 on the lefthand
side
The second number is top to
bottom with 0 at the top

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Declare a variable for the
up down movement and
give it the starting point
(you can get this by reading it
from the properties)

Put this code behind the


button

Okily dokily programerinos – change


the code so you can make the shape
go down and sideways as well

Put in some code that detects when


the horse reaches the finish line

Mmmnn nnn mmm nnnnnn mmmm


nnnnMMmm

[we need to add automated movement


to make it more tasty]

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Adding Automated Movement

It appears at Enabled means it’s


Add a timer the bottom of ticking and Interval is
the screen how often it ticks

The timer does all the


work cut the code from
behind the button and
put it behind the timer

Change this line to …


Timer1.enabled = false
(it will switch the timer off)

Now behind the button


simply switch the timer
on

Run the program and the horse should move


up the screen on it’s own, but it’s a bit boring
we want some random movement

Set up the random number where


global variables are declared

And use it in the


formula for a
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Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk


Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk
Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk

[Check it works OK and


add another horse to make
a proper game]

Most of it is just a copy and paste job but


here is the revised code to stop it when
someone has one

If a OR b reaches the top

Creer Sur 19/08/10 19:30

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