Killer Game Programming in Java
Killer Game Programming in Java
ISBN: 0596007302
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 340
Pages: 340
Authors: Andrew Davison
- Killer Game Programming in Java
- Table of Contents
- 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 ClientServer Model
- The Peer-to-Peer Model
- ClientServer 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
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Killer Game Programming in Java
ISBN: 0596007302
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 340
Pages: 340
Authors: Andrew Davison