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Creative Greenfoot: RAW

Creative Greenfoot: RAW

By : Haungs
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Creative Greenfoot: RAW

Creative Greenfoot: RAW

4.7 (3)
By: Haungs
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Overview of this book

This book is for coding students and Java programmers of all levels interested in building engaging, interactive applications with Greenfoot. Familiarity with the very basics of Greenfoot is assumed.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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1. Let's Dive Right in…
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1. Let's Dive Right in…
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The Avoider Game tutorial
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Basic game elements
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Summary
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2. Animation
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2. Animation
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Revisiting Avoider Game
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Image swapping and movement
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Timing and synchronization
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Easing
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Avoider Game
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Your assignment
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Summary
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3. Collision Detection
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3. Collision Detection
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ZombieInvasion interactive simulation
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Built-in collision detection methods
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Border-based collision detection methods
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Hidden-sprite collision detection methods
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Challenge
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Summary
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4. Projectiles
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4. Projectiles
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Cupcake Counter
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Launching actors
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Challenge
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Summary
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5. Interactive Application Design and Theory
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5. Interactive Application Design and Theory
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Meaningful play
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User conditioning
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Storytelling
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The interactive entertainment iterative development process
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Avoider Game
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Challenge
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Additional readings
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Summary
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6. Scrolling and Mapped Worlds
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6. Scrolling and Mapped Worlds
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Chapter scenario examples
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Dynamically generated worlds
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Mapped worlds
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Tile-based worlds
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Summary
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7. Artificial Intelligence
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7. Artificial Intelligence
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The MazeWorld scenario
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Intelligently behaving actors
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Summary
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8. User Interfaces
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8. User Interfaces
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UIWorld
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Adding a UI to MazeWorld
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Adding menus and buttons
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Adding a HUD
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Implementing game difficulty settings and HUD controls
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9. Gamepads in Greenfoot
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9. Gamepads in Greenfoot
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Gamepad overview
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Windows setup
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The Greenfoot Gamepad API
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Avoider Game with Gamepad
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OS X setup/workarounds
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Exporting games with gamepads
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Summary
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10. What to Dive into Next…
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10. What to Dive into Next…
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Build something larger
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Share your work
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Explore other input devices
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Learn more Java
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Index
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Index

Chapter 7. Artificial Intelligence

 

"Wisdom begins with Wonder."

 
 --Socrates

We looked at moving, controlling, detecting collisions between, and animating Greenfoot actors up to now in this book. What we will look at in this chapter, is giving our actors a semblance of intelligent behavior. Doing so will allow us to tell better stories and create more engaging user interactions.

Now, the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is very complex, and creating truly intelligent behavior for our actors is beyond the scope of this book. However, there are some simple techniques we can use to simulate various levels of intelligent behavior using probability and heuristics. We will then look at a popular algorithm (used in many AAA games) that will allow an actor to traverse a path through a set of obstacles. Specifically, you will learn how to apply the following to simulate intelligence:

  • Randomness
  • Behavior heuristics
  • A* (pronounced A-star) pathfinding

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