Although the number of commercial Java games is still small compared to those written in C or C++, the market is expanding rapidly. Recent updates to Java make it faster and easier to create powerful gaming applications-particularly Java 3D-is fueling an explosive growth in Java…
This comprehensive guide has everything you need to program Java games. It offers the most thorough coverage of Java 3D available, and clearly details the older, better-known 2D APIs, 3D sprites, animated 3D sprites, first-person shooter programming, sound, fractals, and network…
Offering coverage of key topics in Java 3D, this text is a practical introduction to the latest Java graphics and game programming technologies and techniques.
Assuming a solid grounding in Java, this guide introduces the Java imaging and sound classes available in J2SE 1.4 and J2SE 5.0 for 2D games, and explains how to program 3D games using Java 3D, Java's scene graph API. Davison (computer engineering, Prince of Songkla University, …
Assuming a solid grounding in Java, this guide introduces the Java imaging and sound classes available in J2SE 1.4 and J2SE 5.0 for 2D games, and explains how to program 3D games using Java 3D, Java's scene graph API. Davison (computer engineering, Prince of Songkla University, …