Time for action – creating the Player class

1. In the Gemstone Hunter project, add a new class called Player.

2. Add the following Imports directive to the top of the Player class file:

   Imports Tile_Engine

3. Modify the declaration of the Player class to inherit from the GameObject class:

   Public Class Player
       Inherits GameObject

4. Add declarations to the Player class:

   #Region "Declarations"
   Private _fallSpeed As Vector2 = new Vector2(0, 20)
   Private _moveScale As Single = 180
   Private _dead As Boolean = false 
   #End Region

5. Add the Dead property to the Player class:

   #Region "Properties"Public ReadOnly Property Dead As Boolean
       Get 
           Return _dead
       End Get
   End Property
   #End Region

6. Create a constructor for the Player class:

   #Region "Constructor"
   Public Sub New(content As ContentManager)
       _animations.Add("idle",
         new AnimationStrip(
           content.Load(Of Texture2D)("Textures\Sprites\Player\Idle"),
           48, 
           "idle"))
       _animations("idle").LoopAnimation = True
   
       _animations.Add...