C#•2y ago

How to make an image bounce around the screen like a screensaver?

I'm trying to make a program for a friend which has an image that moves around the screen and bounces off from the sides. The problem is that I have no idea how to do this or to even start trying to make it happen. Does anyone have any pointers?

Jimmacle•1/5/24, 5:12 PM

well, first you'll need a program that displays an image

Jimmacle•1/5/24, 5:12 PM

then you need to figure out how to move the image

sibber•1/5/24, 5:12 PM

borederless layered window

Jimmacle•1/5/24, 5:12 PM

then figure out how to change its direction when it hits an edge

NightwalkOP•1/5/24, 5:12 PM

In that order?

Jimmacle•1/5/24, 5:12 PM

i mean, you asked for pointers

NNightwalk In that order? 🤔

sibber•1/5/24, 5:13 PM

ideally

Jimmacle•1/5/24, 5:13 PM

i'd say that's a reasonable order if you have no idea where to start

NightwalkOP•1/5/24, 5:13 PM

Makes sense, thanks

Jimmacle•1/5/24, 5:14 PM

it can of course be broken down into even smaller tasks

Jimmacle•1/5/24, 5:14 PM

but that's the case with any program and is what programming skill boils down to, your ability to break a big problem into small ones

NightwalkOP•1/5/24, 5:20 PM

So I assume I need to use Windows Forms App template for this on Visual Studio?

Angius•1/5/24, 5:21 PM

Or WPF

Jimmacle•1/5/24, 5:21 PM

you could, that's not the only GUI framework for .NET and is realistically a bad choice for a serious application

Jimmacle•1/5/24, 5:21 PM

but for this project it's fine

NightwalkOP•1/5/24, 5:27 PM

I see, is there a list somewhere of all the different commands for this purpose so I can look up what exists and what can be done?

Jimmacle•1/5/24, 5:28 PM

yes, google

Jimmacle•1/5/24, 5:28 PM

specifically "<x> documentation"

NightwalkOP•1/5/24, 5:29 PM

alright, thanks!

Mayor McCheese•1/5/24, 6:58 PM

Breaking the chrome on winforms is ( used to be? ) challenging.

sibber•1/5/24, 8:27 PM

nah its just a couple of style flags

Jester•1/6/24, 12:33 AM

wpf should be easy. if you can turn it into a popup window (which is a borderless window) and resize it to the size of the screen