VB maze game

[Pam]

Please can you help?? For my MSc project I chose to design a game in the form of moving an image through a maze - for patients with head injuries.
I thought Visual Basic would be good to learn and use for this.
I have spent the last few weeks getting to grips with the basics of VB. Got on well, but now am lost.
It will be a fairly simple maze with increasing levels of difficulty.

Ideally they want to control it with a joystick. (Is this a major hurdle to achieve?)

Anyone got any hints on how to do this as easily and quickly as possible?

Do I need to get into GDI and API's, and co-ordinates?
Or could I get off with manipulating the image's edges within limits dictated by the maze?

Any help is hugely appreciated
Pam

As you see - I haven't got a clue!

Do you want to make it 3D or 2D? Also, for the Joystick bit, you might wany to try using DirectX. I believe the correct topic is called DirectInput which explains about different kinds of input including joystick.

[kedaman]

Have a look at this thread:
http://forums.vb-world.net/showthread.php?threadid=19026

[Sastraxi]

I have a module for VB6 Enterprise Edition that lets you use the joystick without any problem. It works best with gamepads. Add the module to your project, and use this code:

(for sake of argument, let's say your guy was named "Joe")
(eg. Joe.X=Joe.X+2)
Sub Timer1_Timer()
Dim GamePad as UserJoyInfo

GamePad = GetJoyInfo
If GamePad.GUp then Joe.X = Joe.X + 1

End Sub

Email me at SASTRAXI@HOTMAIL.COM and I'll reply
with the module

[ron hunter]

Pam,

I have been using a good 3d engine to develop some software to simulate various visual impairments. You can download the code for the 3d engine from
http://www.goodnet.com/~andrewa/vbasic/prometheus/prometheus.htm
Its fairly straightforward and I've found the author to be very helpful.

Get in touch if you need further details.

Ron

[Sastraxi]

Try this:
Put this code in a module:

Option Explicit

Type Square
X as integer
Y as integer
canLeft as boolean
canRight as boolean
canUp as boolean
canDown as boolean
End Type

public Spaces(30,30) as square

----------------

Then you can add the values in a random level generator, etc.

Function Collide(x,y,dirx,diry) as boolean
if diry=1 and spaces(x,y).candown=false then
collide=true
end if
...do the same for remaining.
end function