# org.newdawn.slick.state (Slick - The 2D Library)
Date: 2013-06-03

## Package org.newdawn.slick.state

State based games allow the game to be broken down into the different activities the player may take part in, for instance menu, highscores, play and credits.

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Description

Interface Summary
GameState: A single state building up part of the game.

Class Summary
BasicGameState: A simple state used an adapter so we don't have to implement all the event methods every time.
StateBasedGame: A state based game isolated different stages of the game (menu, ingame, hiscores, etc) into different states so they can be easily managed and maintained.

## Package org.newdawn.slick.state Description

State based games allow the game to be broken down into the different activities the player may take part in, for instance menu, highscores, play and credits. However, states can be used to simply segregate section on the play.

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