Summary

In this chapter, you extended your knowledge of multimedia programming to include sound, music, and animation. You learned how to load, play, and stop both sound and music files. And you saw how to create animations. You also learned a technique for creating large programs by writing increasingly more complete, working versions of the final product. You saw how to tackle one new objective at a time, building your way to the full program. Finally, you saw all of this new information and these new techniques put to use in the creation of a fast-paced, action game with sound effects, animation, and its own musical score.