Basic Course in Special Effects and Game Programming in Java™

by Aníbal Wainstein

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Links to applets and source code

Last updated 1999-06-04

Click here to download these applet examples with source code and images (262 kb).

Chapter 2. Your first applet

• MyApplet (The first applet example)
• InitBackground (Show you how fillRect() works)
• RisingSun (Examples of more Graphics methods)

Chapter 3. Threads and animation

• ThreadTest (An applet that shows you the functionality of threads)
• SleepTest (Show you how sleep() works)
• StatusScroller (A scrolling effect on your status bar)
• StatusDataText (A computer terminal in your status bar)
• FallingText (Text is falling on your status bar)
• TextScroller (Scroll your text on the applet screen)

Chapter 4. Images and parameters

• LoadImage (The first example loading an image in an applet)
• LoadImageII (Shows you how MediaTracker works)
• AppletAnimator (Imitates the animated GIF89's)
• AppletAnimatorII (You first fully configurable applet)
• SlideShow (A cool configurable slide show)
• SlideShowII (A slide show using the double buffering technique)
• TextScrollerII (Your first configurable text scroller)

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