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Beginning Java 8 Games Development

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  1. Wallace Jackson
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  • Beginning Java 8 Games Development, written by Java expert and author Wallace Jackson, teaches you the fundamentals of building a highly illustrative game using the Java 8 programming language.

  • You'll learn how to build 2D game applications along the way.

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Setting Up a Java 8 Game Development Environment

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 1-17

  3. Setting Up Your Java 8 IDE: An Introduction to NetBeans 8.0

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 19-41

  4. A Java 8 Primer: An Introduction to Java 8 Concepts and Principles

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 43-74

  5. An Introduction to JavaFX 8: Exploring the Capabilities of the Java 8 Multimedia Engine

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 75-99

  6. An Introduction to Game Design: Concepts, Multimedia, and Using Scene Builder

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    Pages 101-122

  7. The Foundation of Game Design: The JavaFX Scene Graph and the InvinciBagel Game Infrastructure

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    Pages 123-144

  8. The Foundation of Game Play Loop: The JavaFX Pulse System and the Game Processing Architecture

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    Pages 145-164

  9. Creating Your Actor Engine: Design the Characters for Your Game and Define Their Capabilities

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    Pages 165-186

  10. Controlling Your Action Figure: Implementing Java Event Handlers and Using Lambda Expressions

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    Pages 187-206

  11. Directing the Cast of Actors: Creating a Casting Director Engine and Creating the Bagel Actor Class

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    Pages 207-227

  12. Moving Your Action Figure in 2D: Controlling the X and Y Display Screen Coordinates

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    Pages 229-249

  13. Setting Boundaries for Your Action Figure in 2D: Using the Node Class LocalToParent Attribute

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    Pages 251-271

  14. Animating Your Action Figure States: Setting the Image States Based on KeyEvent Processing

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    Pages 273-298

  15. Setting Up the Game Environment: Creating Fixed Sprite Classes Using the Actor Superclass

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    Pages 299-321

  16. Implementing Game Audio Assets: Using the JavaFX AudioClip Class Audio Sequencing Engine

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    Pages 323-341

  17. Collision Detection: Creating SVG Polygons for the Game Actors and Writing Code to Detect Collision

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    Pages 343-391

  18. Enhancing Game Play: Creating a Scoring Engine, Adding Treasure and an Enemy Auto-Attack Engine

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 393-453

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 455-461
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About this book

Beginning Java 8 Games Development, written by Java expert and author Wallace Jackson, teaches you the fundamentals of building a highly illustrative game using the Java 8 programming language. In this book, you'll employ open source software as tools to help you quickly and efficiently build your Java game applications. You'll learn how to utilize vector and bit-wise graphics; create sprites and sprite animations; handle events; process inputs; create and insert multimedia and audio files; and more.

Furthermore, you'll learn about JavaFX 8, now integrated into Java 8 and which gives you additional APIs that will make your game application more fun and dynamic as well as give it a smaller foot-print; so, your game application can run on your PC, mobile and embedded devices.

After reading and using this tutorial, you'll come away with a cool Java-based 2D game application template that you can re-use and apply to your own game making ambitions or for fun.

About the author

Wallace Jackson has been writing for leading multimedia publications about his work in new media content development since the advent of Multimedia Producer Magazine nearly two decades ago, when he wrote about computer processor architectures for centerfolds (removable "mini-issue" insert) distributed at SIGGRAPH. Since then, Wallace has written for several other publications about his work in interactive 3D and new media advertising campaign design, including 3D Artist,Desktop Publishers Journal, CrossMedia, AVvideo and Kiosk Magazine.

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