Time for action – building the LevelManager class

1. Right-click on the Gemstone Hunter Content project and add a new folder called Maps.

2. Add the MAP001.MAP and MAP002.MAP sample maps from 0669_08_GRAPHICPACK to the Maps folder.

3. Click on each .MAP file in Solution Explorer and, in the Properties window, set the Build Action to None and the Copy to Output Directory property to Copy if newer.

   

4. Add a new class file called LevelManager.cs to the Gemstone Hunter project.

5. Add the following using directives to the LevelManager class:

   using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage;
   using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content;
   using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
   using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
   using Tile_Engine;

6. Modify the declaration of the LevelManager class to make it public and static:

   public static class LevelManager

7. Add declarations to the LevelManager class:

   #region Declarations
   private static ContentManager Content;
   private static Player player;
   private static int currentLevel;
   private static Vector2 respawnLocation...