Pro Java 9 Games Development Leveraging the JavaFX APIs

■ INDEX

createGameBoardNodes() method
addNodesToSceneGraph()
method, 346, 348–350
createBoardGameNodes()
method, 343–345
createMaterials() method, 350–352
ParallelCamera (see ParallelCamera class)
square objects, 353–354, 358–359, 361–365
start(), 342
createScoreNodes() method
createQAnodes() method, 549
.setOnFinished(event), 552–553
.setTranslateX() method, 551
StackPane, 550
Text object
createScoreNodes() method, 554–555
scoreCheer, 559–560
scoreRight, 556–557
Cubic Bézier curve, 55
Cubic projection, 64
Cylindrical projection, 64

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3D animation model
character, 67–68
linear, 65–66
nonlinear, 66–67
procedural, 68
Data types, 108
DaVinci Resolve, 20–21
3D Camera
3D scene rendering, 267
JavaFX camera class, 268
JavaFX ParallelCamera class, 270–271
JavaFX PerspectiveCamera class, 268–270
.setCamera() method
PerspectiveCamera object
declaration, 272
.setNearClip() method, 271
.setTranslateX() method, 274
.setTranslateY() method, 274
.setTranslateZ() method, 271, 275–276
StackPane location, 273, 275
StackPane UI testing, 277–279, 281–282
Development workstation
hardware requirement, 3–4
for Java 9 game development, 4–6
versions of Java, 2–3
3D gameBoard Group
Animation (see Animation)
createGameBoardNodes()
(see createGameBoardNodes() method)
quadrants (see Quadrants and spinner)
Transition (see Transition)

Digital audio, 2D. See also AudioClip class

amplitude, 46

analog to digital audio data, 46–48

captive audio playback vs. streaming

audio, 48

digital audio codec and data format

support, 49–50

JavaFX, 49

optimization, 50–51

sampling, 46

sound waves, 45

Digital imaging concepts, 2D

alpha channels, 33–34

anti-aliasing, 37

blending modes, 35

color theory and color depth, 32–33

data optimization, 38, 40–41

hexadecimal notation, 35–36

object masking, 36

resolution and aspect ratio, 32

transparency values, 33

Digital video and 3D models, 625

Dithering algorithms, 38, 40

3D lighting

JavaFX AmbientLight class, 285

JavaFX LightBase class, 284–285

JavaFX PointLight class, 286

PointLight object, 286–288, 290

2D new media concepts

digital audio (see Digital audio, 2D)

digital imaging (see Digital imaging

concepts, 2D)

digital video

compression, 42

data footprint optimization, 43–45

frames, 41

HD, 42

standard definition, 42

video compression codecs, 42

do-while loop, 117–118

Dynamic games, 84

dyn4j engine, 81

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Eclipse IDE, 2

Event handling

ColorAdjust() constructor

creditButton.setOnAction(), 263

legalButton.setOnAction(), 261

.setEffect(), 259–262

.setHue(), 258

controllers, 240

createSpecialEffects(), 255

drop shadows, 256–258