Table of Contents

Killer Game Programming in Java
By Andrew Davison
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: May 2005
ISBN: 0-596-00730-2
Pages: 1008

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Preface
			Who Are You?
			What This Book Is About
			This Book (and More) Is Online
			What This Book Is Not About
			A Graphical View of This Book
			Conventions Used in This Book
			Using Code Examples
			Comments and Questions
			Safari Enabled
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.  Why Java for Games Programming?
			Java Is Too Slow for Games Programming
			Java Has Memory Leaks
			Java Is Too High-level
			Java Application Installation Is a Nightmare
			Java Isn't Supported on Games Consoles
			No One Uses Java to Write Real Games
			Sun Microsystems Isn't Interested in Supporting Java Gaming
		Chapter 2.  An Animation Framework
			Animation as a Threaded Canvas
			Converting to Active Rendering
			FPS and Sleeping for Varying Times
			Sleeping Better
			FPS and UPS
			Pausing and Resuming
			Other Animation Approaches
		Chapter 3.  Worms in Windows and Applets
			Preliminary Considerations
			Class Diagrams for the WormChase Application
			The Worm-Chasing Application
			The Game Panel
			Storing Worm Information
			Worm Obstacles
			Application Timing Results
			WormChase as an Applet
			Compilation in J2SE 5.0
		Chapter 4.  Full-Screen Worms
			An Almost Full-Screen (AFS) Worm
			An Undecorated Full-Screen (UFS) Worm
			A Full-Screen Exclusive Mode (FSEM) Worm
			Timings at 80 to 85 FPS
		Chapter 5.  An Introduction to Java Imaging
			Image Formats
			The AWT Imaging Model
			An Overview of Java 2D
			Buffering an Image
			Managed Images
			VolatileImage
			Java 2D Speed
			Portability and Java 2D
			JAI
		Chapter 6.  Image Loading, Visual Effects, and Animation
			Loading Images
			Applying Image Effects
			Displaying Image Sequences
			Visual Effects for 'o' Images
			Packaging the Application as a JAR
		Chapter 7.  Introducing Java Sound
			Applet Playing
			The AudioClip Class
			The Sound Player
			The Java Sound API
			Sampled Audio
			MIDI
			Java Sound API Compared with JMF and JOAL
			Java Sound API Resources
			Audio Resources
		Chapter 8.  Loading and Playing Sounds
			Loader Design and Implementation Issues
			Testing the Loaders
			The Sounds Panel
			The Clips Loader
			Storing Clip Information
			The Midi Sequences Loader
			Storing Midi Information
			LoadersTests as a JAR File
		Chapter 9.  Audio Effects
			Audio Effects on Sampled Audio
			Audio Effects on MIDI Sequences
		Chapter 10.  Audio Synthesis
			Sampled Audio Synthesis
			MIDI Synthesis
			Audio Synthesis Libraries
		Chapter 11.  Sprites
			Bats, Balls, and Sprites
			Class Diagrams for BugRunner
			The Bug Starts Running
			The Animation Framework
			Defining a Sprite
			Coding a Sprite
			Specifying a Sprite with a Statechart
			The Ball Sprite
			Defining the Bat
		Chapter 12.  A Side-Scroller
			JumpingJack in Layers
			Class Diagrams for JumpingJack
			Start Jack Jumping
			The Animation Framework
			Managing the Ribbons
			Wraparound Ribbons
			Managing the Bricks
			Storing Brick Information
			The Fireball
			The Jumping Sprite
			Other Side-Scroller Examples
			Tiling Software
		Chapter 13.  An Isometric Tile Game
			Isometric Tiles
			Class Diagrams for AlienTiles
			The Animation Framework
			Managing the World
			Managing WorldItems
			The Tile Occupier
			A Sprite on a Tile
			The Player Sprite
			The Alien Sprite
			The Quadrant-Based Alien Sprite
			The A*-Based Alien Sprite
			Storing Tile Details
			Further Reading
		Chapter 14.  Introducing Java 3D
			Java 3D
			Java 3D Strengths
			Criticisms of Java 3D for Games Programming
			Alternatives to Java 3D
		Chapter 15.  A 3D Checkerboard: Checkers3D
			Class Diagrams for Checkers3D
			Integrating Java 3D and Swing
			Scene Graph Creation
			Floating Spheres
			The Floor
			Viewer Positioning
			Viewer Movement
			Viewing the Scene Graph
		Chapter 16.  Loading and Manipulating External Models
			An Overview of LoaderInfo3D
			Loaders in Java 3D
			Displaying a Model
			Examining a Model's Scene Graph
			Adjusting a Model's Shape Attributes
			An Overview of Loader3D
			Using Loader3D
			Creating the Scene
			Managing the Model
			Building the Model's Scene Graph
		Chapter 17.  Using a Lathe to Make Shapes
			Class Diagrams for Lathe3D
			Creating the Scene
			The Lathe Curve
			The Lathe Shape
			Subclassing the Lathe Shape
		Chapter 18.  3D Sprites
			Class Diagrams for Tour3D
			Creating the Scene
			The Basic 3D Sprite
			The User's Touring Sprite
			The Alien Sprite
			Behaviors in Java 3D
			Controlling the Touring Sprite
			Updating the Alien Sprite
		Chapter 19.  Animated 3D Sprites
			Class Diagrams for AnimTour3D
			Creating the Scene
			The Animated 3D Sprite
			Controlling the Sprite
			Animating the Sprite
			Full-Screen Exclusive Mode (FSEM)
			A Full-Screen Version of the Application
			Pros and Cons of Keyframe Animation
		Chapter 20.  An Articulated, Moveable Figure
			The Articulated Figure Application
			Forward and Inverse Kinematics
			Class Diagrams for Mover3D
			Creating the Scene
			Processing User Input
			The Commands Panel
			Making and Moving the Figure
			Modeling a Limb
			Moving a Limb
			Other Articulated Figures
			Articulation and Mesh Deformation
			Articulation and Skinning
			Articulation and Morphing
		Chapter 21.  Particle Systems
			Particle Systems in Java 3D
			Class Diagrams for Particles3D
			Creating the Scene
			A Fountain of Points
			A Fountain of Lines
			A Fountain of Quads
			Performance Results
			More Particle Systems
			Other Java 3D Approaches
			Non-Java 3D Approaches
		Chapter 22.  Flocking Boids
			A Flocking Application
			Scene Creation
			Adding Obstacles
			Types of Boids
			Grouping the Boids
			Flock Behavior
		Chapter 23.  Shooting a Gun
			Class Diagrams for Shooter3D
			Scene Creation
			The Sound of Shooting
			Picking Scene Objects
			Controlling the Gun
			Preparing the Laser Beam
			Causing an Explosion
			Picking with a Mouse Click
			Shooting Behavior
			Firing the Beam
			More on Picking
		Chapter 24.  A First-Person Shooter
			Class Diagrams for FPShooter3D
			Setting Up the Target
			Positioning and Moving the User's Viewpoint
			Initializing the User's Viewpoint
			Adding an Image to the Viewpoint
			Managing the Ammunition
			Managing a Laser Beam
			Moving the Viewpoint
		Chapter 25.  A 3D Maze
			Class Diagrams for Maze3D
			Making a Maze Plan
			The User Interface
			Managing the Maze
			Scenery Creation
			Tiling the Floor
			Viewpoint Creation
			The Back Facing Camera
			Moving the Viewpoint
			The Bird's-Eye View
			Related Approaches to Scene Generation
		Chapter 26.  Fractal Land
			Class Diagrams for the Fractal Land
			Building the Fractal Land
			Creating the Landscape
			Constructing the Ground
			Generating a Fractal Landscape
			Responding to Key Presses
			Terrain Following and Collision Avoidance
			Placing Objects in the Scene
			Other Fractal Landscapes
		Chapter 27.  Terrain Generation with Terragen
			Class Diagrams for Terra3D
			Terragen
			Scenery Creation
			Building the Landscape
			Making 3D Scenery
			Adding Landscape Walls
			Creating Ground Cover
			Moving over the Surface
			Finding the Surface Height
			Accelerating Terrain Following
			More on Terrain Generation
		Chapter 28.  Trees That Grow
			Class Diagrams for Trees3D
			Creating the Scene
			Building a Tree Limb
			Executing the Rules
			Displaying Leaves
			Comparison with L-Systems
		Chapter 29.  Networking Basics
			The Elements of Network Communication
			The Client/Server Model
			The Peer-to-Peer Model
			Client/Server Programming in Java
			P2P Programming in Java
			Firewalls
			Other Kinds of Java Networking
		Chapter 30.  Network Chat
			Threaded TCP Clients and Server
			UDP Multicasting Clients and a Name Server
			Clients Using a Servlet as a Server
		Chapter 31.  A Networked Two-Person Game
			The Standalone Tic-Tac-Toe Game
			The Networked Tic-Tac-Toe Game
			Comparing NetFourByFour and FourByFour
		Chapter 32.  A Networked Virtual Environment
			Background on NVEs
			An Overview of NetTour3D
			Scene Creation on the Client
			Defining Sprites
			Local Sprites
			Watching the Server
			Server Activities
			Other Java NVEs
		Appendix A.  Installation Using install4j
			install4j Versus JWS
			The Java 3D Components
			The BugRunner Application
			The Checkers3D Application
		Appendix B.  Installation Using Java Web Start
			JWS Benefits
			JWS Downsides
			The JNLP Deployment File
			Steps in Developing a JWS Application
			A JWS Installer for BugRunner
			A JWS Installer for Checkers3D
			Another Way to Install Checkers3D
			The JWS Portal Page
			Third-Party Certificates
			More Information
		Colophon
			About the Author
			Colophon
		Index