Blog Volleyball

Game idea

A prettier version of Slime Volleyball (Quin Pendragon and Daniel Wedge). See http://oneslime.net/.
An exercise in programming, game design, and getting my skills polished up.
Written in C# .NET 2.0 / Managed DirectX 9.
Have single player (player vs. computer), dual player (two people on same computer), and multiplayer (two people playing each other from different computers over a network).
Cute mario-esque 2D graphics.

Storage/retrieval of game settings
- XML config file parsed using XmlDocument/XmlNode/XmlAttribute
- Visual Studio user/app settings file?
- App config file?
- Serializable settings class?
Graphics modes
- Allow different resolutions?
- Allow different aspect ratios?
Installation / deployment
- At least a self-extracting archive
- Preferably a proper installer; use Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS)

One Visual Studio solution BlobVolleyball.
Contains two projects Engine and Game.
Engine project
- Class library project (.dll).
- Contains useful game-engine classes not specific to the volleyball game.
- e.g. 2D graphics DirectX renderer, audio system, timer class, etc.
- Default namespace PhilipHagen.BlobVolleyball.Engine
Game project
- Windows Forms application (.exe).
- Contains game-specific logic, resources, etc.
- References the Engine project.
- Default namespace PhilipHagen.BlobVolleyball.Game.