Sokoban: Creating graphics with Expression Design
Earlier this morning i decided to improve the graphics the little. I launched Expression Design, created a new image, and drew each possible cell and piece in a seperate layer. With this technique i can easily preview how a “Box” on “Goal” looks like.
For each layer i simply copied the XAML from Expression Design into my Cell.xaml file. Apparently all the layers are interpreted as a Canvas and the layer name determines their x:Name which makes it pretty easy to make the correct canvasses visible. With a simple ScaleTransform i can ensure that the canvasses are sized correctly.
Here is the updated version of Sokoban: