In Chapter 3, Game #2, Rocket commander we have created every single class and function required for our game. Sometimes we also created duplicate functionality. For example, every object had its render method. This bloats up the code of the game but it was also good to understand the concept of a whole game.
To avoid redundant coding and make your life easier, you can and will use the fantomEngine game framework for this game.
The source code file, fantomEngine.monkey is included with this book, but for the most recent version visit: http://code.google.com/p/fantomengine/.
The fantomEngine features some classes (objects) for different functionalities, which are described as follows: