Playful Code Adventures
Personalize an application with a custom icon. To add custom application icons to your projects, or a favicon to your websites, you will need ICO icons. To make one you can export an image as an ICO (.ico file format), convert an existing graphic to the file format, or download a premade one. "ICO files ...continue reading "Create ICO Icons (.ico)"
Customize console window size and title. Modifying console window properties can improve your application interface for players of your text-based game, or users of your application. The application's title bar and window size are a couple of the basic command line window properties to consider modifying. Code examples are included to help you test out ...continue reading "Console Application Window Properties"
Iterating our simple C# Madlib code This is part two in a series to create iterative versions of a Madlib in C#. If you haven't read through , start there! Next Iteration A good practice is to keep the amount of code in our Main() function to a minimum. The first step we'll do in ...continue reading "Simple C# Madlib (Part Two)"
Generate characters from arrays of properties. An example of generating random properties about a character. The values are stored in arrays, and when an instance of the Character class is created, property values are randomly assigned. A public method, characterInformation(), writes out the properties. Code: Random Properties //ProgrammingIsFun.com using System; namespace RandomProperties { class Program ...continue reading "Random Properties"
Cycle through content with just one button. One button is used to move through content stored in an array. The button has "Next" on it until all elements in the array have been shown. Once all the content has been shown, the button then reads "Start Over" and the content says "The End". Using a ...continue reading "Dynamic Button"
Simple game created with Windows Forms Code to create a simple fishing game that allows a graphic "character" - in this case a boat - to move around an area in a Windows Forms Application. With each movement random events can happen such as catching a fish. Fishing Game Code //ProgrammingIsFun.com using System; using System.Collections.Generic; ...continue reading "Fishing Game"
Lyrics streamlined with arrays and a nested loop. A variation on the solution at rosettacode.org that uses arrays, a nested loop, and composite formatting to print out the repetitive lyrics to the song "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly". Screenshot Repetitive Lyrics Code using System; namespace Song { class Program { private ...continue reading "Repetitive Lyrics Using Arrays & Nested Loop"