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Knowing state of game in real time

I'm trying to code a tic tac toe game in java and I need help figuring out how to efficiently and without freezing the program check if someone won the game. I'm only in the design stages now, I ...
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Managing Game States

I'm thinking about making a StateManager for my game. I want to know how to design it; that is, how to use a stack to push and pop states onto, and draw them to the screen. For example, should each ...
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GameState management hierarchical FSM vs stack based FSM

I'm reading a bit on Finite State Machines to handle game states (or screens). I would like to build a rather decent FSM that can handle multiple screens. e.g. while the game is running I want to be ...
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Common ways to keep up with character state in a 2D game?

I am currently developing a 2D Blockdude clone for learning purposes and am wondering about storing character state in the game. For example, the character can be facing either right or left. What are ...
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Handling game states for Android

Currently developing a game for Android. I went through a tutorial to get sprites, loop, etc. up and running, and it all works fine. The way it is currently set up is that Main creates a canvas, the ...