VB.NET XNA Tutorial 7: Sprites as Game Objects

[GSE 1.0 Refresh]

Taking a second look at what was designed in Tutorial 6, Tutorial 7 explores how the Sprite class can be more than just a texture on the screen. We'll create a Ship class that derives from Sprite, and end up with something that's more of a "game object" than a "sprite".

This tutorial is only about 14 minutes and is pretty easy stuff; the main focus is basically re-usability of code via object-oriented design. Creating reusable game objects is a concept that will lend itself to things like UI components and Screens and eventually game state management (in future tutorials).

For now, here's Tutorial 7: Sprites as Game Objects.