import java.awt.*;

import javax.swing.JPanel;

import javax.swing.JFrame;

import javax.swing.Timer;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

import java.awt.event.ActionListener;





class EmptyClass extends JPanel implements ActionListener

{

	//Timing variables:

	private Timer gameTimer = new Timer(15, this); //One frame per 15ms = 60fps

	private boolean midFrame = false; //Explained in actionPerformed

	//Game-related variables:

	private Player player = new Player(); //Every game needs a player.

	

	public EmptyClass()

	{

		//Set up the game.

		setPreferredSize(new Dimension(512,512)); //(512,512) are the dimensions

								//You may want to change it to something else.

								//It's in pixels.

		setFocusable(true);     //Say that it's possible to receive keypresses

		addKeyListener(player); //Give the player object access to keypresses.

		//Put any initialization code you'll need here:

		

		

		//And tell the game it's time to start:

		gameTimer.start();

	}

	

	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent eventWeDontCareAbout)

	{

		//This method is run every frame.

		//Naturally, bad things will happen if the last frame hasn't finished.

		//So check that before doing anything.

		if(!midFrame)

		{

			midFrame = true; //Stop letting new frames be processed.

			//Actual game code goes here:

			player.doStep(); //For sake of example, the player will do something

			

			//Tell the game it's time to draw again

			repaint(); //This indirectly calls paintComponent

			midFrame = false; //We're done, so make sure we know that.

		}

	}

	

	public void paintComponent(Graphics g1)

	{

		//This method is run every time the game needs to be drawn.

		super.paintComponent(g1); //ALWAYS do this or weird things may happen.

		Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D) g1; //Graphics2D is more advanced,

										//So get an instance of that.

		//Do any drawing code, or calling of things that need to be drawn here:

		player.draw(g);

	}

	

	public static void main(String[] args)

	{

		//Sets up a window for the game and all that nonsense.

		JFrame appFrame = new JFrame();     //Make a window to put everything in

		EmptyClass game = new EmptyClass(); //Make an instance of your game

		appFrame.setContentPane(game);      //Make the window show your game

		appFrame.pack();                    //Make the window sort itself out

		appFrame.show();                    //Show the window

	}

}

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

import java.awt.event.KeyListener;



class Player implements KeyListener

{

	//Class variables:

	private int x = 20;

	private int y = 20;

	private int xs = 0;

	private int ys = 0;

	

	public Player()

	{

		//Initialization code would go here if you needed any

		

	}

	

	public void doStep()

	{

		//A method to call once per frame

		

		//Just example code here:

		x += xs;

		y += ys;

	}

	

	public void draw(Graphics2D g)

	{

		//Drawing code goes here:

		

		//Just an ugly example:

		g.fillRect(x,y,10,10);

	}

	

	public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)

	{

		//Called whenever a key is pressed

		switch(e.getKeyCode()) //Check what key was pressed

		{

			//Note that what we do with each of these keys is just an example

			case KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT: 

				xs = 4;

				break;

			case KeyEvent.VK_UP:

				ys = -4;

				break;

			case KeyEvent.VK_LEFT:

				xs = -4;

				break;

			case KeyEvent.VK_DOWN:

				ys = 4;

				break;

		}

	}

	

	public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e)

	{

		//Called whenever a key is released

		switch(e.getKeyCode()) //Check what key was released

		{

			//Note that what we do with each of these keys is just an example

			case KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT: 

				if(xs > 0)

					xs = 0;

				break;

			case KeyEvent.VK_UP:

				if(ys < 0)

					ys = 0;

				break;

			case KeyEvent.VK_LEFT:

				if(xs < 0)

					xs = 0;

				break;

			case KeyEvent.VK_DOWN:

				if(ys > 0)

					ys = 0;

				break;

		}

	}

	

	public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e)

	{

		//Called when a key is pressed then released.

		//Nobody cares about this method.

		//But you need it because you implemented KeyListener

	}

}

Originally posted by spel werdz rite

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Any help for C++?

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Originally posted by spel werdz rite

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Why do I find it more fun to work on games than to play them?

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Originally posted by Thayer

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Forgive my ignorance but isn't it true that once you have Java or C++ down, all other programming languages aren't that hard?

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