TI-BASIC:SK:Summary Games

Here is a basic summary of what you have learned from this chapter.

• The home screen has more than one form of output.
• The getKey command can be used to recognize a key press.
• Movement can be accomplished through the teamwork of getKey and ΔList(.
• Games use skeleton loop to accomplish its main functions.
• There are three special data types, matrices, lists, and strings, that can be used for special purposes, like map underlying, saving, and storing phrases.
• You can use random numbers to enhance game play.

Commands Introduced

• Output(
• GetKey
• Min(,Max(,Sum(,ΔList(
• Variance(
• FPart(
• DelVar,Archive,Unarchive
• Dim(
• SetUpEditor,∟
• Sub(,Expr(
• Rand,RandInt(,RandBin(,RandM(,RandNorm(
• Not(

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