I have a question that sort of a matter of opinion, but I'd like to get some input. Here's what i have:
A Bitmap class, which holds all info about the bitmap;
A Sprite class; this class is made up of several bitmaps. it has several for each frame, plus masks and "under" bitmaps for erasing the sprites. This class also includes member data like speed and position.
Now, i want to make an asteroid class, which will hold data about each asteroid. Should I:
have an instance of the sprite class be a member of the asteroid class? With this be too much overhead? If i do this, the data like speed and position would not need to be included in the asteroid class, as it could be accessed like: asteroid.sprite.x. however, this seems kind of roundabout. Should i maybe put the data like position and speed into the asteroid class, and remove it from the sprite class, leaving the sprite class strictly for frames of images and such? I've included the sprite class and the bitmap class (but not the asteroid class, as i have created it yet). Please give me your thoughts and how to go about this.
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