Hello!I'm new to java game development. I need to create a multi-player online game: the players(Applets) connect to server(server part must be placed in J2EE Application Server) and then they can play. All information must go through the server. Can somebody tell me some links or good books, ...

When I play AudioClips in my new game I have a hard time finding clips that work properly. So far i only have about three clips that play consistently and when i want them to play. Most clips only play about once out of ten of the times that i want them to play. I have tried different types of ...

Hey everyone. A few months ago I finished my first really big java game project, titled Block Dude after the calculator game. Here's the jar, any critiques/comments are more than welcome. Sorry for the shortness of any kind of level or user-friendly menu or scoring system, I haven't coded any ...

I want to write simply 2D multiplayer game, but not here is my problem. Problem is with GUI;/.I want to buttons with my Icons, so I create them in this way: start = new ...

Hi, I am new to Java Game programming and have so far accomplished to set up a simple jump n run type of game enviroment. A playerobject is able to move and jump and there are a few obstacles with collision detection only when the player object is falling (as during a jump)..You can try the ...

Hi,Though im familiar with java programming but developing java games is a nightmare for me. I dont have any industrial experience but im a student. i have been give an assignment to design and implement a simple game called concentration. Concentration is traditionally played with a deck of ...

I have a blue square, I want to move it right by increasing its X-coardinate by a value Speed pixels.like this:X = X+SpeedThe problem is if I want to have a high speed like 10 pixels the square appears to jump to the right. It doesn't move smoothly.if I use a low speed like 1 pixel the square ...

In my jump n run game I use a very small field at the moment in which the player can move. When I increase the width to 2000 px, I notice, that everything gets screwed up. My question is, what is the right approach of having a large background image move whenever the player is moving.The game ...

Hi,I am proud to show you my last Web 3D engine demo 3DzzD http://dzzd.net/demo/landscape10/I hope to finish the Javascript API in two months (3 months for the java API ) With the JavaScript API you will be able to make the same demo with only 15-20 lines of code in javascript (no compiler ...

Hi,Please take a look at my problem which is posted on the Java2D forum below. http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=667203Thanks,Keith

I want to create a msn or windows media player like borderless gui.And i want my window can be draged from every empty area.Is there any support for this in java (swing) or do i need 3rd party components.

Hi, im pretty new to java. I took a java course from JoeGrip (if any one knows it) so i do know the basics (and a little more =).A few months ago i decided i was going to make a game which was like runescape (Not in the way it was played, but the 3D point of view).Ok, i know this might sound a ...

Hi, all. New programmer here. Actually haven't touch codes in a while so pretty rusty :P. Need some help with the timer display in a racing game I'm making. I think its using Time or TimerTask class to implement.

GreetingsI would like to know about how to use python as script language for make java games. I mean to control some behavior for example as trigger in a scene. Someone knows about any tutorial. Thanks in advance

I started a new game and i want a way to list all of the items and stats in a menu screen, i just don't know what will be the best way. Would it be easier to print from a file with the name and stats, or to make an array with all the items listed that the character has?

Hello,I am aiming to make an application which allows the user to provide input via a game pad. Thus, I have been looking into using JInput. However, I have been struggling with the very basics -- e.g. what files to download, where to find them, how to actually build applications using them.I ...

I want to make an isometric rpg how should I start?How are isometric games made ? Is there a formula for this or is it just a matter of basic math?

I have written games before in c/c++ and visual basic and the concept of locking a game loop to a given interval is not foreign to me. My first attempt at this in Java, however, did not go so well. My first thought was to use the System.currentTimeMillis(). This worked but it seems like it ate ...

I've made a fighting game applet and I've made it in a way I believe it should be able to play with another player. Now I'm looking to network the game but I'm not sure how to do this exactly with an applet. I know how to connect between applications with a direct connection between client ...

Hi,I am planning to create an online multi-user game, which will be turn based and probably a board game. I plan to use applets. But what would be the best technology to make a connection between two clients? I was thinking of using sockets, but are web services and rmi servers other options to ...

Hi all,Here is a link to a (hopefully) addictive Java Mini-Golf Game I have written that you can play over the internet against your friends...Features include: - Multiplayer Action: 1 - 4 players on one machine or over the Internet - Realistic ball physics - Music & Sound FX - Multiple ...

Why applet couldn't be displayed while including below contents in init()?ServerSocket ss = null;int port = 4000;try{ss = new ServerSocket (port); //create a server socket at port 4000client = ss.accept(); //waiting for a client to connectSystem.out.println("Accepted connection from " ...

hello guys,In my multiplayer game application at one stage i need to calculate the coins required to get particular amount..for that there is one algoritham i have seen at http://www.seeingwithc.org/topic1html.htmli have tried to understand third apporach of dynamic programming but in that case ...

Hello!Can smbd give me a pieces of advice about work with applets and servlet. How can i connect two or three applets to the servlet and transfer the data between the applets through the servlet at the same moment?

hey guys, a few of my friends just made this new game in JAVA where you swing a pendulum around to collect as many orbs as you can. it has been optimized quite a bit and runs really solid. http://www.statewidesoftware.com/josh/pendulum-applet/its a remake of an obscure japanese game called ...

Hello friends!I'm programming the multi-player game. The clients are applets and the server side I build with servlets. I'm use this method of connect and transfer the data(this is applet code) :URL servletURL = new URL(URL_to_servlet);URLConnection servletConnection = ...

I have an html file called "Calendar.html" in directory C:\javafiles\calendar and an Applet file called "Calendar.class" located in the same directory. In my html file there is the line <APPLET CODE="Calendar.class" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="300"></APPLET>, however when I load the html ...

(Code at the end of my post)I'm new to Java! Heh, so I have decided to set little goals for myself in an attempt to learn common practice and to get a handle on how everything is supposed to work in the language.I've started working on a little program that makes snowflakes fall down in a ...

Hi all!I hope this is the correct forum for my question. This is the first time I post here.I'm wondering about something that has happened to me a couple of times. In the past I've just worked around it but this time I decided I wanted an answer to my question.My question is this: Why does ...

Where do I start to develop games using Java? Pls suggest some ideas for game title for a beginner.

I'm currently writing a game that for can just be though of as asteroids. A ship moves around rotating around a rotation point and can fire in the direction it's pointing. Now, this isn't really the problem. I can do that except I get 'hiccups' in the rotation. I'm running in windowed ...

I was looking for hours to find something in api that can make the shapes i draw transperent (non-colored. That means: i have a image covered with black rectangle, and i want to reveal certain parts of it using a transperent shape ill put within the black rectangle limits (therefore making part ...

hiim lookin for help from anyone with knowledge of creating games in java. i have to create a version of the classic Asteroids game for a final year project and i have to build it using either Java3D, C++, Visual Basic or OpenGL does anyone with any experience know which would be better as the ...

ive to build an Asteroids game for a project wat is the best way of building it?

A new complete game developed using GTGE game library.Check it out here: http://www.fujeyla-studio.com/mindyablox/Somewhat addictive if you understand how to play it.And another puzzle game: http://games.dallasvrtours.com/rockblocks.htmBoth games come with auto generated level, thus you can ...

Hi,I'm quite new to Java game development, and I've got a project for college for which I have to write a game (this was my choice). My basic idea is something akin to chess, whereby you have two 'armies' against each other, playing on a grid, each with different types of pieces capable of ...

Hey, i am doing a stategic game for my java project, and i encountered a problem. You see, when i try to move a picture, with frames ( means that i can see the charater slowly get the requested location).Last time i posted some body told me about DND and aftera little research found out that he ...

We are doing a risk-style game where we need to select a country on a map. What is the best way to do this? Due to the non-rectangular shape of the countries, we aren't sure on how to do this.

heyi used the command getGraphics() of a panel in the constructor and few errors occured durning runtime.what is this happening :\?

Im reading a book on developing games in Java (Developing Games in Java, by David Brackeen),but he does not explain how to make stereo sound and how to make panning between left and right speaker.I have this SimpleSoundPlayer from the book:public class SimpleSoundPlayer {private AudioFormat ...

I have three questions about coding a side-scrolling game, which I hope that you guys might know the answers to.1. When drawing the background to the buffer image (I am planning to use double buffering of course), how should I break up the background into several images? I can't have the whole ...

Hello,I am planning to write a small road construction game. The objective is simple:- a 2d interface that allows the user to join together different components - like single roads and intersections. Then the game will have a car wich will operate on the constrcuted road.So information about ...

I'm making a Marioish game. I want a sound to be played at specific plot events during the game. I am planning on using JMF. As of right now I'm planning on having a linkedlist of all the Players that are currently playing. That way I don't have to hold all the music in memory only there ...

I have a platform type game, and i've been trying to get multiplayer working. I succeeded, BUT, the client doesnt update fast enough so everyone just teleports as they move, even on a LAN.What i am doing is:Client:Thread 1:- gathers players pos (thats all at the moment, i would hope to add ...

I'm new at java and I want to make an action game on the computer. How do I make one?

I am completely new to java, and i was wondering if anyone can give me any pointes as to where i might find help for making text based games in java, somewhere along the lines of zork etc.Any help would be appreciated.

Just a (hopefully) quick question about getting input from the client side for passing information to a server. At the moment it is set up to take and send the input from the client once the return key is pressed, and send the whole line (with the system.in part). But obviously for a game to be ...

I'm trying write Axis and Allies and I can't figure out how to code the GUI. I want each portion of the map (coutryies, water zones) to be objects with properties. I want to be able to highlight them, click them, set properties etc. So far I was thinking I could create custom components and ...

I've tried posting on the JOGL forum but I need help asap so I decided to post here too...I am on Windows XP and use TextPad to write my java code.I have jogl.jar and the .dll's in C:\jogl\I have added C:\jogl\jogl.jar to CLASSPATHWhen i do ...

I'm programming a Java version of Bomberman and so far, so good - im impressed with what I've been able to do (my first go at graphics programming)....but I have come across a couple of issues that hopefully someone here might be able to suggest solutions to;I run the program in full screen ...