Learning Java with Games

Preface......Page 3
Contents......Page 10
--- Foundation with Games In-Text......Page 20
What is Programming?......Page 21
A Memory Hierarchy......Page 22
Programming Languages Are Needed  for Communicating with Computers......Page 23
Java Programming Language  and Object-Oriented Programming......Page 24
Programming in General......Page 25
A Programming Flow in Java......Page 26
We Selected Video Games as our  Programming Target......Page 27
Why Are We Interested in Video  Games?......Page 28
A Simplest Program HelloWorld......Page 29
Using the IDE NetBeans......Page 30
Learning Some Aspects of Java  through the Project HelloWorld......Page 31
Exercises......Page 32
Basic Syntax, Semantics,  and Conventions in Java: Revisit  HelloWorld......Page 34
Variables:  The Project  HelloWorld2......Page 36
Variable  Type......Page 37
Constructor Method of a Class......Page 38
Reprogramming  HelloWorld2  with Methods: The Project  HelloWorld3......Page 39
The First User-Defined lass:  The Project ShowMessage......Page 40
The Problem of “Hard Coded”......Page 41
Adding an Input Portion: The Project  ShowMessage2......Page 42
Designing and Implementing a New  Project: The Project PrintXmasCard......Page 43
A New User-Defined lass: The Class  XmasCard.java......Page 44
Using a Permanent Storage File:  The Project PrintXmasCard2......Page 45
Absolute File Path and Relative  File Path......Page 46
Setting Up the Channel  from the Source File to the Destination File......Page 47
Method and Its Parameter......Page 49
Reference  Data  Type......Page 50
Primitive  Data  Type......Page 51
Exercises......Page 52
The Story of a Game In-Text:  The Project GuessInt1......Page 56
Object-Oriented Programming Is  Based on Objects: The Project  GuessInt2......Page 57
The Control Statement “if-then-else”......Page 61
The Control Statement “while”......Page 62
Catching Exceptions for Possible  Errors When Inputting Data......Page 63
Developing Our Own Error Detection  Methods......Page 64
A Principal Strategy for Designing  and Implementing an OOP Program......Page 67
Java  Operators......Page 68
More Control Statements in Java......Page 70
The Modifier“Static” (Why main()  Method Is a Static Method?)......Page 71
Exercises......Page 72
A Game WheelFortune In-Text......Page 76
A Linear Data Structure: Array......Page 77
Initializing  the Game:  The Project  WheelFortune1......Page 79
Initializing  Three  Players......Page 81
Initializing the Board and the Wheel:  The Project WheelFortune3......Page 84
Mimicking  the Wheel  Turning......Page 87
The Board Displays the Matched  Characters......Page 88
Initializing the Given Sentence  Through Reading a Text File......Page 89
Considering Special Cases and Error  Cases: The Project WheelFortune4......Page 92
Terminating  the Game......Page 96
Exercises......Page 97
--- Event-driven Games......Page 99
Java Provides a Rich Capacity for GUI  Programming......Page 100
Constructing a Basis for GUIs......Page 101
Building Up a GUI Foundation:  The Project PaintXmasCard1......Page 103
A Built-In Graphics Context......Page 104
Computations  Involved:  The Project  PaintXmasCard2......Page 105
Arranging the Output Nicely......Page 106
Aligning Substrings Along the Center:  The Project PaintXmasCard3......Page 110
Adding an Image into the Christmas  Card: The Project PaintXmasCard4......Page 111
Decorating the Christmas Card:  The Project PaintXmasCard5......Page 113
Superclass  and Subclass......Page 115
Exercises......Page 119
The Design of the GUI......Page 121
Arranging Components Using Layout  Managers......Page 122
A UML Sequence Diagram Illustrates  an Action-Event Chain......Page 125
Making the Software Calculator Work......Page 126
The  Register-Trigger-Execute  for Making an Action-Event Chain......Page 129
Major Semantic Events and Their  Event Listeners......Page 130
Alternative  Approaches  for Implementing Event Listeners......Page 131
Showing a Static Scene: The Project  ImageSlider1......Page 132
Adding Dynamic Behaviors:  The Project ImageSlider2......Page 133
Interface and Event Listener......Page 138
More Software Components:  JRadioButton and JCheckBox......Page 139
Summary......Page 141
Exercises......Page 142
A Text Version of the Game Anagram:  The Project AnagramText......Page 144
A UML Sequence Diagram  of the Project AnagramText......Page 145
Adding a GUI to the Game Anagram:  The Project AnagramGUI......Page 150
The Class PlayerPanel.java  Implements the Sequence of Actions......Page 151
The Class Board.java Displays  the Scrambled Word  and the Guessed Word......Page 155
The Class GameCanvas.java Sets  Up Communication Paths  Among Classes......Page 160
Replacing  the JRadioButton  with a JComboBox......Page 162
Modifying the Class ReadFile.java......Page 165
Summary......Page 166
Exercises......Page 167
A Game Blackjack......Page 168
The  Relationship  “has”  Between the Class Deck.java  and the Class Card.java......Page 169
The Class Player.java Determines  the Current Status of Each Player......Page 172
The Class PlayerPanel.java  Implements the “core” of the Program......Page 176
The GUI and the Event-Driven  in the Project Blackjack3......Page 180
Determining “when to show what”  by Using Truth Tables......Page 188
The Class GameCanvas.java Sets  Up Communication Paths......Page 191
Exercise......Page 192
The Story of the Game Sudoku......Page 194
Two-Dimensional  Array......Page 195
A Composite Class Board.java:  The Project Sudoku1......Page 196
Applying the Brute-Force Algorithm  for Populating the Board: The Project  Sudoku2......Page 199
Key Event and Key Event Listener......Page 207
Implementing  the Key-Event-Update-  Repaint Chain: The Project Sudoku3......Page 208
Exercises......Page 216
A Card Game Agnes......Page 218
Preparing Cards for the Game:  The Project Agnes1......Page 219
Cards on the GUI Form a “Layout” and  a “Foundation”: The Project Agnes2......Page 222
Mouse Event and Mouse Event  Listener......Page 225
Dragging a Card to Anywhere:  The Project TestDrag......Page 226
Implementing the Game Rules:  The Projects Agnes4 and Agnes5......Page 232
Adding a Class PlayerPanel.java:  The Project Agnes5......Page 239
Always Showing the Dragged Cards  on Top: The Project Agnes6......Page 240
Exercises......Page 242
--- Animation Games......Page 244
Animation Programming......Page 245
How  to Tick:  The Projects  ADigitClock1 and ADigitClock2......Page 246
Process  and Mini-Process......Page 248
The Java Built-In Class Thread......Page 249
How to Use the Class Thread?......Page 250
Applying  Thread  for Ticking  the Digital Clock: The Project  ADigitClock3......Page 251
Trail and Flicker Problems:  The Projects ADigitClock4  and ADigitClock5......Page 252
A GUI of an Analog Clock: The Project  AnalogClock1......Page 255
Constructing  a Superclass    for Two Subclasses: The Project  AnalogClock2......Page 260
Applying Animation to Tick  the Analog Clock: The Project  AnalogClock3......Page 262
Setting Clock Time Automatically:  The Project AnalogClock4......Page 265
Summary......Page 267
Exercises......Page 268
Adding a GUI to the Game  WheelFortune In-Text: The Project  WheelVideo1......Page 269
The Class WheelGUI.java Constructs  the Wheel with a Special Painting......Page 270
The Class Board.java Constructs  a Displaying Board......Page 273
The Class PlayerPanel.java Provides  a Control Panel for Players......Page 277
The Project TestWheel Rotates  the Wheel with the Animation  Technique......Page 281
The Collaborations of Classes  in the Project WheelVideo2......Page 285
Exercises......Page 295
The Story of the Game Pong......Page 297
Constructing  the GUI:  The Project  Pong1......Page 298
A Brief Introduction on JavaBeans  Model......Page 299
The Class Ball.java Defines the Bouncing Ball in the Project  Pong1......Page 300
The Class FieldWall.java Defines the Field-Wall in the Project Pong1......Page 301
The Class Paddle.java Defines the Paddle in the Project Pong1......Page 304
Applying the Collision Detection  Technique: The Project Pong2......Page 305
Allowing the Player to Move  the Paddle with Keys: The Project  Pong3......Page 309
Adding a Score Counting Mechanism:  The Project Pong3......Page 312
Increasing the Degree of Playing  Difficuy: The Project Pong4......Page 313
Exercises......Page 316
Applying  the CardLayout  for Structuring Multiple Screens......Page 317
Adding a Splash Screen: The Project  Pong5......Page 324
Formatting the Texts on the Splash  Screen: The Project Pong6......Page 328
Increasing the Number of Ball Sprites:  The Project Pong7......Page 332
Modifying the Game Story  for Catching the Ball Sprites:  The Project Pong8......Page 337
Exercises......Page 341
A Ball Sprite......Page 342
What If More Types of Sprites?......Page 343
It Is Necessary to Specify the Type  When Getting Out of a Sprite  from a Group......Page 344
Replacing Concrete Classes  by Abstract Classes with Abstract  Methods......Page 345
Constructing a Three-Layer Software  Structure Framework for Games......Page 346
Deriving the Abstract Classes  AbsSprite.java and AbsSprite2D.java......Page 347
Deriving the Abstract Class  AbsGameCanvas.java......Page 348
Applying the Three-Layer Game  Structure: The Project PongStruTwo......Page 349
Summary......Page 362
Exercises......Page 363
The Outline of the Project SymBall......Page 364
Applying the Three-Layer Game  Structure for a New Project:  SymBall1Init......Page 365
One Thread Supports Two Diferent  Animation Tasks: SymBall2ToRight......Page 366
The Sprite Inheritance Hierarchy  Eases Adding New Sprites:  SymBall3ToRL......Page 370
Every Sprite Has a Thread to Change  Its Color Randomly: SymBall4Twinkle......Page 375
A New Project Tornado......Page 377
Exercises......Page 384
A New Image Branch in the Sprite  Inheritance Hierarchy......Page 385
Imaging  in Java......Page 386
Arranging All Bricks in a 2D Format  on the GUI: The Project Breakout1......Page 387
Detecting Collisions by Using  PropertyChangeEvent: The Project  Breakout2......Page 392
Using Mouse to Control the Paddle  Sprite: The Project Breakout3......Page 397
Applying the UML State Machine  to Describe Game States [Samek, M.,  ]......Page 398
Exercises......Page 405
Adding the Current Score Counting  and the Ball Lost Counting: Breakout4......Page 407
Adding New Abstract Methods  in the Class AbsGameCanvas.java:  Breakout4......Page 410
Adding Sound Efect with the Game  Breakout: Breakout4......Page 413
Constructing a Composite Sprite:  Breakout5......Page 419
Modifying the Communication Path:  Breakout5......Page 422
Improving the Control of the Ball  Sprite: Breakout5......Page 423
More Extensions of the Game  Breakout5......Page 424
Summary......Page 425
Exercises......Page 426
Constructing  the Class  Worm.java  as a Composite Class......Page 427
Painting a Worm and a Treat Statically  on the GUI: The Project Worm1......Page 428
Animating  the Worm  Along the X-Axis: The Project Worm2......Page 432
The Player Controls the Game  Through Keys: The Project Worm3......Page 435
Adding Another Worm for Extending  the Game: The Project Worm4......Page 440
Some Extensions of the Game Worm......Page 444
Exercises......Page 445
Revisiting the Abstract Model  of Games......Page 446
The Story and Its UML State Machine  of the Game Othello......Page 447
Initializing the Game with a Board  and Four Pieces: The Project Othello1......Page 448
Building up a Mouse Control  Mechanism for Players: The Project  Othello2......Page 454
Implementing the Playing Rules:  The Project Othello3......Page 459
Linking the Rules with the Sprites  on the GUI: The Project Othello3......Page 464
Exercises......Page 469
Making Background Color of Images  Transparent: The Project TestFlip1......Page 471
Animating Image Pieces: The Project  TestFlip2......Page 474
Inserting the Image Pieces:  The Project Othello4......Page 476
The  “First”  Algorithm:  The Project  Othello5First......Page 478
The  “Random”  Algorithm:  The Project  Othello6Ran......Page 481
The  “Best”  Algorithm:  The Project  Othello7Best......Page 483
The  “Edge”  Algorithm:  The Project  Othello8Edge......Page 486
Summary......Page 490
Exercises......Page 491
--- Serious Games......Page 492
A Teaching Tool for Showing Linear  Data Structure......Page 493
Preparing  the GUI:  The Project  BubbleSort1......Page 494
Animating Bubble Sort Algorithm:  The Project BubbleSort2......Page 503
Switching the Sorting Algorithm  to Be Quick Sort: The Project  QuickSort......Page 509
Supporting Multiple Sorting  Algorithms: The Project MultiSort......Page 513
Exercises......Page 516
Converting an Integer in Any Base  to Decimal: The Project AnyToDecimal......Page 517
Building Up the Control Panel:  The Class ControlPanel.java......Page 518
Rendering the Computation Process:  The Class RenderSprite.java......Page 524
Converting an Integer in Decimal  to Any Base: The Project  DecimalToAny......Page 528
Converting a Float in Decimal to Any  Base: The Project DeciToAnyFloat......Page 529
Exercises......Page 539
Summation of Binary Integers  in Signed-Magnitude: The Project  SumSigned......Page 541
Summation of Binary Integers in 1’s  Complement: The Project  SumOnesComp......Page 552
Summation of Binary Integers in 2’s  Complement: The Project SumTwos......Page 559
Reusable Logics and Unshared  Diferences for the Six Projects......Page 566
Exercises......Page 567
Source Codes of 3-Layer Structure for Games - GameStruTemplate......Page 568