Time for action – build a GamePiece class – declarations

1. Switch back to your Visual C# window if you have your image editor open.

2. Right-click on Flood Control in Solution Explorer and select Add | Class…

3. Name the class GamePiece.cs and click on Add.

4. At the top of the GamePiece.cs file, add the following to the using directives already in the class:

   using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
   using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;

5. In the class declarations section, add the following:

     public static string[] PieceTypes = 
     { 
       "Left,Right", 
       "Top,Bottom", 
       "Left,Top", 
       "Top,Right",
       "Right,Bottom", 
       "Bottom,Left",
       "Empty"
     };
   
     public const int PieceHeight = 40;
     public const int PieceWidth = 40;
   
     public const int MaxPlayablePieceIndex = 5;
     public const int EmptyPieceIndex = 6;
   
     private const int textureOffsetX = 1;
     private const int textureOffsetY = 1;
     private const int texturePaddingX = 1;
     private const int texturePaddingY = 1;
   
     private string pieceType = "";
   ...