Killer Game Programming in Java Java Gaming and Graphics Programming

Name: Killer Game Programming in Java Java Gaming and Graphics Programming
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ISBN: 9780596007300

ISBN-10: 0596007302

ISBN-13: 9780596007300

Edition: 2005

Authors: Andrew Davison

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Although the number of commercial Java games is still small compared to those written in C or C++, the market is expanding rapidly. Recent updates to Java make it faster and easier to create powerful gaming applications-particularly Java 3D-is fueling an explosive growth in Java games. Java games like Puzzle Pirates, Chrome, Star Wars Galaxies, Runescape, Alien Flux, Kingdom of Wars, Law and Order II, Roboforge, Tom Clancy's Politika, and scores of others have earned awards and become bestsellers. Java developers new to graphics and game programming, as well as game developers new to Java 3D, will find "Killer Game Programming in Java invaluable. This new book is a practical introduction…

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List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/14/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 996
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.09" long x 2.03" tall
Weight: 3.146
Language: English

Andrew Davison is Starbridge Lecturer in the Divinity Faculty at University of Cambridge and Fellow in Theology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.



Preface



Why Java for Games Programming?



An Animation Framework



Worms in Windows and Applets



Full-Screen Worms



An Introduction to Java Imaging



Image Loading, Visual Effects, and Animation



Introducing Java Sound



Loading and Playing Sounds



Audio Effects



Audio Synthesis



Sprites



A Side-Scroller



An Isometric Tile Game



Introducing Java 3D



A 3D Checkerboard: Checkers3D



Loading and Manipulating External Models



Using a Lathe to Make Shapes



3D Sprites



Animated 3D Sprites



An Articulated, Moveable Figure



Particle Systems



Flocking Boids



Shooting a Gun



A First-Person Shooter



A 3D Maze



Fractal Land



Terrain Generation with Terragen



Trees That Grow



Networking Basics



Network Chat



A Networked Two-Person Game



A Networked Virtual Environment



Installation Using install4j



Installation Using Java Web Start


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