I have two files, one contains a class that creates pacman animation. The other file contains the maze. The problem is how can I add Pacman to the maze?Thanks in advance

Hi, I've completed writting this game of beatmaniaDo take a look.(compiled using jdk 1.3) http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~cheefoos/JJR.jarPS: some of the songs tempo's are off by a bit. so dun mind some of them being off tune. My personal favourite is Under The ...

Tell me please, what is easiest way to convert such string (for example):"\\u00DE\\u00F3rr"to this:"\u00DE\u00F3rr", i.e. "THo'rr" (I use TH for 'thorn' and o' for o-acute).I.E. I need to convert the strings from text file to real Unicode strings. :)Thank s ...

A while ago there was a website that came along that was geared towards java gaming development. I believe that it was linked to from sun.com but I am not sure. It had some examples on using new features of 1.4 for games. It also had some screenshots of the Fullsail F1 Gran Prix demo. Does ...

Well I've had this problem for like a year at least now. Does anyone know what I need to do for this problem? My problem is that I can't play some games like yahoo pool and stuff and like I cant work on my website on yahoo geocities anymore. I dont know what happened it just got messed up ...

Hi guys, I need help.. desperately..I'm still stucked with my Threads in Applets..I'm currently trying to do create a thread in my applet. i noticed that all the thread are in the INIT() of the applet. The problem is... I have created some buttons and a drawing panel.. So i want the buttons ...

After searching through the forums, I realised the inaccuracy of the Thread.sleep(long millis, int nanos) method, which I used in my musical game.( Some other thread titled "try my musical game")This could be the main reason I'm getting of tempo midi music....Is there a workaround to it? or ...

I'm thinking about making a word puzzle game, but I'm wondering where I can get a list of words so that I can check if the text a user enters is a word or not. Does anyone know where I can get this?

Greetings:I am trying to write a very simple text-based VR project for a data structures class I'm in. The basic outline:I have written a GenericObject class that basically handles a few variables like a physical description of the object, its location, and some methods that allow the player ...

I was really wrong when I took Jeffrey's thread to talk about this subject...Well, I'm not saying that Java programmers should deal with low level stuff when I said that Java is slow and that a cross-compiler, at least, is needed. And I don't want "1000" classes for one. That's not the ...

Hi, I am trying to run a simple MIDP 2.0 program on my Samsung N400. I just want it to play 5 *.png's in succession. The program works in the J2ME Toolkit emulator, but when I download it from my phone and run it, I get the error message "Unable to load class ...

hi.. i have created a GUI for gaming purpose.image are in recangle shape.. i,e brick type..when i clicked on the screen a ball start moving to the top..but i am not able to trace the existing pixcel of the brick..pls help me out..

hiI am trying to make a game for the 4kb contestbut I cant get the keyboard to work. I have onlyprogrammed applets before and it seems theres not the same way to use a keyboard in applications?does anyone know what to do to get keyboard inputin an application? the game uses fullscreen in java ...

Hi, i want to make a character move with animation and aim doing it by have a large sheet of framed animation characters. This Image is then broken up into the individual images and later used for animation.can anyone help me with it.the code below was created by me to do this however I have a ...

Hi, I'm writing my first Sprite-oriented game, and I've read a bunch of posts on this forum on the topic, but I still had a few questions. Thanks very much for any answers.1. I've seen single-thread sprite engines that handle animation only. Is there a way for a single-thread sprite engine ...

I'm trying to make a pacman game. At the beginning I had everything in one file, and the program worked fine. But since the code was getting big, I decided to break the code down into two files (see the codes below). The first one handles pacman animation, and the second file paints it to the ...

i have used Random() method to display my graphic(few of it) randomly which i used loop with it. but all of the random number created are the same. why is this happen? this cause the graphic overlap each other and i can only see juz 1 graphic...help plz...

why can't VK_left work for left button on the keyboard?(same apply to othe 3 direction button)please show me the proper code to use the direction button....

I just discovered this Forum and couldn't help butmention I have been working on a game API since early97.I am still working on it (doesn't pay the bills)However, I think I have the absolutely most efficientand robust API for games for many many reasons.1- 100% double buffered graphics.2- I ...

I want to develop kids softwares using java.I am new to software development.Can any one suggest me how to start and any online sources.thanks in advance.

Hey ppl.. (i think you all ppl)I was think of testing out my 2d rendering engine by making a PacMan sort of game with it.So I was think about how to do this when I thought "How would I implement walls?" Then I thought "And the dots the the guy must eat? How would I get those to be aligned ...

Hi, I am in a high school CS course and I am making a game, I have learnt how event handling work but you need to implement an interfaceMy game already has the interface runnable and it extends appletHow do I go abouts adding a mouselistener to my code?I want it to run a shot method when i ...

I designed a game on my webpage on a geocities site. I used Forte as my IDE, I written it with applet, I set up everything properly and when i run the applet from Forte it worked perfectly. When i go to my website it would have the main menus and all the buttons loaded properly. BUT when i ...

Hopefully this is the right forum to post this request.I've occasionally been working on a Java Joystick driver interface for a few years now. I released my open source code in 2000, and I figure that it's been working pretty well for me and a few other people since then. I was hoping to get ...

http://javagames.net/nsgame.jsp?id=12The gifs don't work in Opera. Does anyone have any clues to what I might be doing wrong?Andre E. Eide

i am developing Chess game on mobile devices. i am facing very problem as i ve number of user interfaces , and i want to navigate the screen betweenthese interfaces. when i create the object of any midlet and try to use setCurrent mathod acception occures.My other problem is that i want to use ...

I making video games, its a good idea to make the gamesplayable on any size on screen or montior. Im trying todo that. What Im trying to do here is: when the game startsthe program check what size screen the computer has, and then open a window to that size. Does anyone know how to do this?Im ...

if i connect a server and a client using Socket(), how do i detect if the client/server is disconnect? using soTimeOut?or by the catch Exception?....kinda need the solution in hurry......plz help....

I'm using the Graphics context of a Component.createImage() Image to do double-buffering. (I'm not using a BufferStrategy because it isn't that heavy-duty a game and I want low-end machines to be able to run it) It's a Diablo-style roam-n-kill type of thing. I don't want Sprites beyond a ...

When i try to draw a string or character on Nokia 7650, i set the color of graphics, but the color of string and character is always black when i drawing. Is there other method to draw color string on an image on nokia 7650?

This question arises more out of curiosity than necessity. Let's say I wanted to create a Java version of the board game Risk. Let's also say I have an image of the board (a map of the world). How would I be able to tell in which terrritory (country) the user clicked?Would I have to declare ...

I am happy with programming with javaBut never done anything with a phone.1.Is there an API to follow (different for different phones?)2.How would I then upload the program?3.Can I change current programs?4.Can I write games for my phone?5.Where do I start? Are there any tutorials? ...

Hi, I am trying to make the background of my game using tiles of small images. However I get an OutOfMemoryError, and it doesn't give the reason for why it does it...because I also get a "no stack trace avalible " message too. Anyone know of the possible reasons for this problem. then number ...

i was wonder how (in an applet game) you could save the score that a user recieves to a file that can be read by an internet language (PHP).e.g. for a high scores list.thanks

Hello to allI working on browser base cards game by servlet.. I have following questions1- Is servlet are best for online cards game2- How to i update my little part of the web page thankx in advance

I am trying to make a Tetris Game, but I need some help to start.Maybe someone can tell the guidelines to start or at least how can I make appear and move a figure (for example a square)in a panel once that the panel is load.I would also like to know if there is any documentation or API to ...

Hello, thus I has again times tries a play to program. And I want to bring that also times to the end. It is stop a play like we it all from the Intro of Ridge Racer 1 or also from our Nokia Handy. Evenly, a play, in which one must settle other ships with a small spaceship, around itself the ...

Hello i am Wondering where to start in game development.. if i have no java programing experince... if anyone could tell me that would be greaat... i.e. books that would bring me into it from scratch... or evan better onnline tutorials.your can emial me at milesdl@gwi.netthanx, Douglas ...

Hi guys,Have a few questions,1) I have a drawing Panel, where I paint my squares and lines on it.. If i were to add a scrollbar to the Panel issit possible?2) And how can I do so? Even if I can do so.. I need to repaint the whole panel everytime I drag the scroll bar. is that rite? or it will ...

I got a code from a book, tried compiling it...I knew the problem is about BufferedGraphics but don't know how to solve. I will appreciate if anyone can help me solved it. :-)The Errors occurred are:C:\ActorTest.java:14: cannot resolve symbolsymbol : class BufferedGraphics location: class ...

Hi all!!I'll try to explain my problem...i want to make a multi-user game using internet...I've made a chat where people will meet, then i have a server and several clients connecteds to it...What i want to do now is to establish connection beetwen two clients to begin a game without use my ...

the basic html codes are <applet code="<filename>.class" width = 400 height = 400 ></applet>i have tried on applets and it works but i dont know why it does not when i am using JApplet with swing. i also have placed the html file in the classes directory. when i open IE to ...

Hello thereI am wondering what is the best language for computer gamesAlso what language are the top class games like fifa2003 developed in

Is there any good tutorial out there that teach you how to write games on mobile phones like nokia or siemens. I mean colored games. Please help. I am trying to find and having a hard time. Please Help.:DRegards,Chua Wen Ching

How do game developers get there pc games to work on a system with nohard disk/operating system. Im learning to program in directX, whichuses c++ and you need to have directX to run directX programed games correct? Even if you program a game in java, you'd need the interpetered installed on ...

I hear everyone saying that C++ is better to program because of the speed against java. But i've played some games made by people from this site, and there not that slow. How slow is java?PS. I also heard that there is a new game made by sun people, I think its an action adventure, online rpg, ...

Is there away of retrieving pixel data from an image without having to store in it array using pixelgrabber?i need to constantly check the color of a certain pixel on an image (which is constantly being updated) and using pixelgrabber slows the whole provess down.

Hi! I'm trying to ask the size of area of game with OptionDialog. Then thiscode should open the game frame. But the OptionDialog doesn't reactto clicking. (doesn't close). Could you find the errorpoint?I have trying to find it many days. Could it be probably so that the main-method can't ...

I want to design a matching game or commonly known as a concentration game. Can someone help me find me a site with sample concentration code? so I have an idea on how to implement.Thanks,Gant

Hi all,I have been programming java for about a year now and i have a fairly good understanding. But when it comes to RPG games i am so lost.Really the main question i need to ask is how do i make the "background move". Like in all the other RPG games, like i am walking and the back ground ...