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Preface |
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About the Author |
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About the Contributing Authors |
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About the Technical Reviewers |
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Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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Why Java? |
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What You Need |
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What Is in this tutorial |
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What's Not in this tutorial |
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About the Code in this tutorial |
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Using Ant |
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Summary |
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Part I. Java Game Fundamentals |
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1. Java Threads |
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What Is a Thread? |
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Creating and Running Threads in Java |
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Synchronization |
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Using wait() and notify() |
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The Java Event Model |
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When to Use Threads |
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When Not to Use Threads |
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Sum It Up: Thread Pools |
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Summary |
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2. 2D Graphics and Animation |
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Full-Screen Graphics |
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Images |
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Getting Rid of Flicker and Tearing |
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Simple Effects |
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Summary |
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3. Interactivity and User Interfaces |
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The AWT Event Model |
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Keyboard Input |
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Mouse Input |
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Mouselook-Style Mouse Movement |
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Creating an Input Manager |
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Using the Input Manager |
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Designing Intuitive User Interfaces |
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Using Swing Components |
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Creating a Simple Menu |
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Letting the Player Configure the Keyboard |
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Summary |
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4. Sound Effects and Music |
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Sound Basics |
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The Java Sound API |
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Playing a Sound |
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Creating a Real-Time Sound Filter Architecture |
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Creating a Real-Time Echo Filter |
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Emulating 3D Sound |
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Creating a Sound Manager |
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Playing Music |
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Summary |
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5. Creating a 2D Platform Game |
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Creating a Tile-Based Map |
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Collision Detection |
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Finishing Things Up and Making It Fast |
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Creating an Executable .jar File |
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Ideas to Expand the Game |
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Summary |
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6. Multi-Player Games |
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The Revolution in Java's I/O Libraries |
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ChatterBox, A Basic Multi-Player app |
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Multi-Player Game Server Framework |
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A Sample Game: RPS (Rock, Paper, Scissors) |
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Complete the Look: Building on the Framework |
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Server Administration |
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Advanced Topics |
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Summary |
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Part II. 3D Graphics and Advanced Techniques |
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7. 3D Graphics |
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Types of 3D Rendering |
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Don't Forget Your Math |
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3D Basics |
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3D Math |
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Polygons |
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3D Transforms |
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A Simple 3D Pipeline |
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Camera Movement |
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Solid Objects and Back-Face Removal |
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Scan-Converting Polygons |
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3D Clipping |
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Final Rendering Pipeline |
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Summary |
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8. Texture Mapping and Lighting |
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Perspective-Correct Texture Mapping Basics |
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A Simple Texture-Mapper |
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Optimizing Texture Mapping |
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Simple Lighting |
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Implementing Texture Lighting |
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Advanced Lighting Using a Shade Map |
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Additional Concepts |
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Summary |
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9. 3D Objects |
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Hidden Surface Removal |
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3D Animation |
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Polygon Groups |
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Loading Polygon Groups from an OBJ File |
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Game Objects |
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Managing Game Objects |
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Putting It All Together |
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Future Enhancements |
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Summary |
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10. 3D Scene Management Using BSP Trees |
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BSP Tree Intro |
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Binary Tree Basics |
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The One-Dimensional BSP Tree |
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The Two-Dimensional BSP Tree |
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Implementing a 2D BSP Tree |
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Drawing Polygons Front to Back |
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First BSP Example |
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Drawing Objects in the Scene |
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Loading Maps from a File |
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Putting It All Together |
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Enhancements |
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Summary |
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11. Collision Detection |
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Collision Basics |
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Object-to-Object Collisions |
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Object-to-World Collisions |
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Basic Collision-Detection Demo |
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Collision Handling with Sliding |
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Collision Detection with Sliding Demo |
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Enhancements |
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Summary |
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12. Path Finding |
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Path-Finding Basics |
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Some Initial Path-Finding Attempts |
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Basics of the A* Algorithm |
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Applying the A* Algorithm |
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Using the A* Algorithm with a BSP Tree |
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Generic Path Finding |
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Making a PathBot |
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Enhancing the A* Search |
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Summary |
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13. Artificial Intelligence |
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AI Basics |
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Take Away Those Godlike Powers! |
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State Machines and Reacting |
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Probability Machines |
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Making Decisions |
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Patterns |
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Object Spawning |
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Putting It All Together |
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Evolution |
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Other Game AI Ideas |
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Summary |
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14. Game Scripting |
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Scripting Cookbook: What You Need |
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Implementing Touch and Release Notifications |
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Game Object Listeners |
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Scripting |
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Delayed Events |
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Putting It All Together |
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Enhancements |
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Summary |
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15. Persistence—Saving the Game |
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Game-Saving Basics |
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Using Java's Serialization API for Game State Persistence |
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Creating Game Screen Snapshots |
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Saving Games to the Right Destination |
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Summary |
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Part III. Tuning and Finishing Your Game |
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16. Optimization Techniques |
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Optimization Rules |
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Profiling |
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HotSpot |
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Optimization Tricks |
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Memory Usage and the Garbage Collector |
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Perceived Performance |
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Summary |
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17. Creating Game Art and Sounds |
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Choosing a Look and Feel |
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Getting Royalty-Free Game Media |
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Working with Artists and Sound Effect Engineers |
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Tools |
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Creating Sounds |
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Creating Textures and Sprites |
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Creating Splash Screens and HUD Graphics |
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Creating UI Graphics |
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Creating Your Own Fonts |
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Summary |
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18. Game Design and the Last 10% |
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The Last 10% |
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Elements of Game Design |
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Creating a Map Editor |
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Debugging |
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Protecting Code |
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Game Deployment |
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Game Deployment with Java Web Start |
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Game Deployment with Native Compilation |
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Updates and Patches |
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Bandwidth Issues |
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Getting Feedback and Beta Testing |
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Making Money |
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Putting It All Together |
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Summary |
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19. The Future |
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How Java Evolves |
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The Future: Java 1.5 "Tiger" |
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What the Java Platform Needs |
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New Devices and the Java Games Profile (JSR 134) |
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Summary |
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Index |
