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Hexagonal grid for games and other projects - Part 1

First version of a hexagonal grid for games or other apps.

Jeff Modzel, 26 Jul 2006

Introduction

The goal of my project is to create a modular, reusable hexagon based map that could be used in simple games and ALife applications. I wanted to leverage as much functionality as possible from .NET, which meant using GDI+ and Forms. Drawing shapes with GDI+ and capturing mouse events with Forms is fairly trivial, which would allow me to spend my programming time solving on more important issues (like hexagon geometry!). This is the first "version" of the hex map, and by no means complete.

Hexagon

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My namespace is Hexagonal

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Pulling it all together in a Form

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Conclusion

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License

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About the Author

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Notes

• Hexagonal grid for games and other projects - Part 1