Java 7 for Absolute Beginners

CHAPTER 12 ■ VIDEO GAMES

Figure 12-1. The TargetClick game

Wondering why the spots are different sizes? We'll see why that happens as we study the
game's code.

The TargetClick game consists of three classes:

• TargetClick manages the user interface, the game logic, and the game loop


• TargetClickPanel creates the playing field and manages the targets


• Target draws the targets

As you can tell from that description, the TargetClick class contains most of the game's complexity.

Listing 12-1. The TargetClick class

package com.bryantcs.examples.videogames;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.Random;

import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;