This is my version of Breakout.  Thanks to everyone who posted the assorted bricks, balls and sounds etc that I used.  You can change the number of balls, the ball speed and update speed to make the game easier or more difficult if desired.  Have fun

In the attached zip is the code for the program (so you don't have to type it all), and the image files used in it which are not included in Phrogram itself.  Please do feel free to post questions, suggestions, and feedback about the book and the examples here in the forum!

This is just a small program that you can use and pick apart for development into a game. It takes a min to load all of the background stuff so the screen is not doing anything for a minute, be patient. I was trying to make something cool for the digital art contest but I'm not good enough yet. I hope someone can get something fruitfull ...

On number 1, one thought that comes to mind is to iterate through 3D space in blocks, rather than simply randomly generating X, Y and Z values, and deciding whether within each block you will place asteroid or a planet or nothing at all..  Think of dividing the 3D space in the game into 6 blocks along each axis, X, Y and Z.  This ...

This is missile command a real classic! Thanks to Larry Serflaten great work!

This is a pin ball game that is lots of fun, Thanks Arnaud

This is French Billiards, lots of fun and good code example, Thanks Arnaud

Hi Michael, all this needs is a scoring piece and it would be a complete game, check out Pong for simple scoring code.Or just have some way that the Phrog gets taken out if he gets hit with to many letters, thats all it would take to make it complete.I hope you can find time to make it a complete gameThanks this is really good work and its fun so ...

Hi Jamey, I moved it up to the 2D Games section of the downloads for you, Thanks http://phrogram.com/files/folders/phrogram_games_2d/entry1963.aspx

Hi Jixxon, this is a great game and fun to play, thanks for the entry! Keep having fun