Pro Java 9 Games Development Leveraging the JavaFX APIs

■ INDEX

javafx.scene.input, 241–242

java.util, 240–241

KeyCode, 242–243

KeyEvent, 243–244

MouseEvent, 584

reset, 588–593

UI design

.setBackground(), 247

.setImage(), 247

TextFlow, 249, 251–253

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GameBoard texturing
code reconfiguration, 334, 336
GIMP, 337–340
Game components
collision detection, 78
custom gameplay logic, 79
3D models, role-playing style gaming, 78
2D sprites, arcade-style gaming, 77
physics simulation, 79
Game design assets, 30
Game engines
dyn4j engine, 81
JavaFX-IK library, 82
Jbox2D, 81
JBullet, 81
Jinngine, 82
JMonkey, 80
JRoboOp, 82
LWJGL, 80
Gameplay AI logic, 82
Genres
dynamic games, 84
hybrid games, 84–85
static games, 83
GIMP, 18–19, 326–328
GameBoard texturing, 337–338, 340
Group class, 193–194

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Hiding UI, 283
High Definition (HD), 42
Hybrid games, 84

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i3D board game, 625
i3D Shader properties. See PhongMaterial class
if-else loop, 116
if loop, 116
ImageView object

digital image, 214

Image class, 213–214

ImageView Class, 214–216

Indexed-color imagery, 620–622

Inheritance, 125–126

Inkscape, 17–18

Insets class, 190–191

Integrated Development Environment (IDE), 1

Interactive 2D assets

color fills, gradients, and patterns, 56

vector lines and spline curves, 55–56

vertices, model reference origin, pivot point,

and dummy point, 54–55

Interactive 3D assets, vector content

character animation, 67

3D geometry

3D Vertex, 57

edges bridge 3D vertices, 58

face surface normals, 59–60

polygons, 58

smoothing group, 60–61

surface creation, 58

2D texture mapping concepts

channels, shading, effects, and UVW

coordinates, 62–63

cylindrical projection, 64

shader channels and language, 63–64

texture map projection types, 64

JavaFX 3D support

points, polygons, mesh, transforms, and

shading, 69–70

timeline, keyframe, keyvalue, and

interpolator, 70

linear animation, 65–66

nonlinear animation, 66–67

procedural animation, 68

Interface, 126–127

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Java 9, 128

defined, 128

explicit, automatic/unnamed, 129

Game Module creation, 131–132

JavaFX Modules, 129–130

security measures, 132

strong encapsulation, 131

Java class structure, 187

Java Development Kit (JDK), 1

Java 9 development workstation

installation

Java SE 9–10

JDK-9u45 install file, 8

JRE installation, 11

preparation, 4–6