- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- I. Java for Beginners
- 1. Getting Started with Java
- 2. Java Programming Essentials
- 3. Creating Your First Java Game
- About the Game Project
- Creating the Game
- Creating the Project
- The BaseVectorShape Class
- The Ship Class
- The Bullet Class
- The Asteroid Class
- The Main Source Code File
- Applet init() Event
- Applet update() Event
- Drawing the Player’s Ship
- Drawing the Bullets
- Drawing the Asteroids
- Screen Refresh
- Thread Events and the Game Loop
- Game Loop Update
- Updating the Ship
- Updating the Bullets
- Updating the Asteroids
- Testing for Collisions
- Keyboard Events
- Calculating Realistic Motion
- What You Have Learned
- Review Questions
- On Your Own
- II. Java Game Programming
- III. The Galactic War Project
- 11. Galactic War: From Vectors to Bitmaps
- 12. Galactic War: Sprites and Collision Boxes
- 13. Galactic War: Squashed by Space Rocks
- 14. Galactic War: Entity Management
- 15. Galactic War: Finishing the Game
- Let’s Talk about Power-Ups
- Enhancing Galactic War
- New Sprite Types
- New Game States
- New Sprite Images
- Health/Shield Meters, Score, Firepower, and Game State Variables
- New Input Keys
- Sound and Music Objects
- Loading Media Files
- Game State Issue—Resetting the Game
- Detecting the Game-Over State
- Screen Refresh Updates
- Preparing to End
- Updating New Sprites
- Grabbing Power-Ups
- New Input Keys
- Spawning Power-Ups
- Making the Shield Work
- Making Use of Weapon Upgrade Power-Ups
- Tallying the Score
- What You Have Learned
- Review Questions
- On Your Own
- 16. Galactic War: Web Deployment
- Chapter Quiz Answers
Jonathan S. Harbour has been programming video games since the 1980s. His first video game system was an Atari 2600 that he disassembled on the floor of his room at age 9. He has written on languages and subjects that include C++, C#, Basic, Java, DirectX, Allegro, Lua, DarkBasic, XNA Game Studio, Pocket PC, Nintendo GBA, and game console hacking. He is the author of Visual Basic Game Programming for Teens, Third Edition; Visual C# Game Programming for Teens; Beginning Game Programming, Third Edition; Multi-Threaded Game Engine Design; and XNA Game Studio 4.0 for Xbox 360 Developers. Visit his blog and forum at www.jharbour.com.
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