Killer Game Programming in Java 

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• 1. Killer Game Programming in Java

• 2. Table of Contents

• 3. Copyright

• 4. Preface

  Preface

• 5. Who Are You?

  Who Are You?

• 6. What This Book Is About

  Which Software Versions? What This Book Is About

• 7. This Book (and More) Is Online

  This Book (and More) Is Online

• 8. What This Book Is Not About

  What This Book Is Not About

• 9. A Graphical View of This Book

  A Graphical View of This Book

• 10. Conventions Used in This Book

  Conventions Used in This Book

• 11. Using Code Examples

  Using Code Examples

• 12. Comments and Questions

  Comments and Questions

• 13. Safari Enabled

  Safari Enabled

• 14. Acknowledgments

  Acknowledgments

• 15. Chapter 1. Why Java for Games Programming?

  Chapter 1. Why Java for Games Programming?

• 16. Java Is Too Slow for Games Programming

  Java Is Too Slow for Games Programming

• 17. Java Has Memory Leaks

  Java Has Memory Leaks

• 18. Java Is Too High-level

  Java Is Too High-level

• 19. Java Application Installation Is a Nightmare

  Java Application Installation Is a Nightmare

• 20. Java Isn t Supported on Games Consoles

  Java Isn t Supported on Games Consoles

• 21. No One Uses Java to Write Real Games

  No One Uses Java to Write Real Games

• 22. Sun Microsystems Isn t Interested in Supporting Java Gaming

  Sun Microsystems Isn t Interested in Supporting Java Gaming

• 23. Chapter 2. An Animation Framework

  Chapter 2. An Animation Framework

• 24. Animation as a Threaded Canvas

  java renderer threaded animation inside a main graphics

• 25. Converting to Active Rendering

  Converting to Active Rendering

• 26. FPS and Sleeping for Varying Times

  What s a Good FPS? FPS and Sleeping for Varying Times

• 27. Sleeping Better

  Sleeping Better

• 28. FPS and UPS

  FPS and UPS

• 29. Pausing and Resuming

  When to Pause Pausing and Resuming

• 30. Other Animation Approaches

  Other Animation Approaches

• 31. Chapter 3. Worms in Windows and Applets

  Chapter 3. Worms in Windows and Applets

• 32. Preliminary Considerations

  Preliminary Considerations

• 33. Class Diagrams for the WormChase Application

  Class Diagrams for the WormChase Application

• 34. The Worm-Chasing Application

  The Worm-Chasing Application

• 35. The Game Panel

  The Game Panel

• 36. Storing Worm Information

  Storing Worm Information

• 37. Worm Obstacles

  Worm Obstacles

• 38. Application Timing Results

  Application Timing Results

• 39. WormChase as an Applet

  WormChase as an Applet

• 40. Compilation in J2SE 5.0

  Compilation in J2SE 5.0

• 41. Chapter 4. Full-Screen Worms

  Chapter 4. Full-Screen Worms

• 42. An Almost Full-Screen (AFS) Worm

  An Almost Full-Screen (AFS) Worm

• 43. An Undecorated Full-Screen (UFS) Worm

  An Undecorated Full-Screen (UFS) Worm

• 44. A Full-Screen Exclusive Mode (FSEM) Worm

  A Full-Screen Exclusive Mode (FSEM) Worm

• 45. Timings at 80 to 85 FPS

  Timings at 80 to 85 FPS

• 46. Chapter 5. An Introduction to Java Imaging

  Chapter 5. An Introduction to Java Imaging

• 47. Image Formats

  Image Formats

• 48. The AWT Imaging Model

  The AWT Imaging Model

• 49. An Overview of Java 2D

  An Overview of Java 2D

• 50. Buffering an Image

  Buffering an Image

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