Developing Games in Java

Developing Games in Java (2004) by David Brackeen

Very interesting book. Deals with threads, graphics, animation, interactivity, UI, sound, multi-player, collision detection, path finding, and optimization.

Also has a section on, "The Future!"

The link above is for the source code.

Java 2D Graphics

Java 2D Graphics (1999) by Jonathan Knudsen

Excellent treatment of Java 2D Graphics in 1999.

More than a little dated, but still some good background for understanding 2D graphics.

The above link is the code examples from the book.

Fell Cargo

Fell Cargo (2006) by Dan Abnett

This novel is set in the Warhammer universe.

A very fine pirate adventure with cursed treasure and undead.

Lots of combat and a tremendous body count.

Java Neural Networks

This link leads to an online version of the book:

Introduction to Neural Networks with Java (2005)

by Jeff Heaton

convert applet to stand alone

This link leads to an interesting article dealing with the non-trivial problem of writing Java code that performs as both applet and stand alone app.

Maybe I can use this knowledge to learn how to routinely transmogrify Java applets to stand alone applications.

The problem is that so many online tutorials are for writing applets.

Java games programming books

Beginning Java5 Game Programming (2006)
by Jonathan Harbour

Killer Game Programming in Java (2005)
by Andrew Davison

Advanced Java Game Programming (2004)
by David Wallace Croft

Practical Java game Development (2004)
by Dustin Clingman, Shawn Kendall, and Syrus Mesdaghi

Java 1.4 Game Programming (2003)
by Andrew Mulholland

Developing Games in Java (2003)
by David Brackeen

Java 2 Game Programming (2001)
by Thomas Petchel

Java Game Programming for Dummies (1998)
by Wayne Holder, Doug Bell

Developing Java Entertainment Applets (1997)
by John Withers

Black Art of Java Game Programming (1996)
by Joel Fan, Eric Ries, Calin Tenitchi

Cutting-Edge Java Game Programming (1996)
by Neil Bartlett, Steve Simkin, and Chris Stranc

Teach Yourself Internet Game Programming with Java in 21 Days (1996)
by Michael Morrison

t-shirt slogan

I observed an interesting t-shirt the other day:

"My dog just got neutered, now he is a liberal."

Heh.