Pirates Jewels II : two new alpha screenshots achieved using vectors

So after learning about vectors recently I modified my game code to use vectors rather than traditional arrays.

This made the process of creating the game boards in these two screenshots very simple for me as I can pass the setup for a board of any size as an object to the function and have initialize all the values and then draw the gems on the screen according to a fairly simple formula based on the size of the gems and size of the array.

So we have here two separate screens, one uses a single large board, and the other uses two smaller side-by-side boards.

All 3 are done with the same functions, just passing a different vector when the are each set up.

Naturally I'm not claiming to be a code-scientist or a pioneer here, just sharing my progress in learning new things and making my indie games better!

I believe always pushing yourself to learn new techniques is extremely valuable. In this case it has made my code leaner, meaner, easier to use and much more modular.

punchy out!