Scene Management

Let’s create scenes that we can put GameObjects on in the future.

Scene is a parent class that you can inherit. It has all the ready-made features and fun :)

How create new Scene?

In order to add a Scene to the list, you need to execute Scene.AddScene(), in the parameters of which you need to specify the scene you want to add.

For Example:

Scene.AddScene(new Scene());

If you write new Scene() to the parameters, an instance of the parent class Scene will be created.

To create your own scene, create a class that will inherit from the parent Scene class.

For Example:

class Scene1 : Scene
{

}

Then you can simply create an instance of your scene and add it to the list.

For Example:

using maidLib;

class Program
{
   public static void Main()
   {
       Engine engine = new Engine();
       Scene.AddScene(new Scene1());
       engine.Run();
   }
}

class Scene : Scene
{

}

Congratulations! You have created your own stage! But that’s not all…

Scene Functions

The Scene has many functions:

AddGameObject() - Add a GameObject to the Scene
DestroyGameObject() - Remove the GameObject from the Scene
InitScene() - Your scene initiation. Here you will most often write AddGameObject()
Start() - Called after InitScene(). It can be used when you need to do something later than in InitScene()
Update() - Your function to update Scene. Called before updating the GameObject
GetScene() - It helps to simply get the scene by index
ChangeScene() - It helps to change the scene. You can specify an index, or an instance of the Scene class
AddScene() - Add a scene to the list

You will use all these functions depending on your task.

Change Background Color

If you want to change the background color of a scene, you can simply change the ColorBackground in the scene. To do this, you need to specify the new color you want to create.

For Example:

ColorBackground = new Color(0, 250, 0); // We will get a green background color

We recommend writing this in InitScene()