Index

A

• A* pathfinding
  • about / Intelligently behaving actors, A* pathfinding
  • overview / Overview
  • algorithm / Algorithm
  • definitions, in algorithm / Algorithm
  • URL / Algorithm
  • Mouse class / The Mouse class
• abstract classes
  • about / Base class
  • URL / Base class
• access controls, Java
  • URL / Stop the music
• achievement badges, Avoider Game
  • about / Achievement badges
  • Magically Delicious / Achievement badges
  • Turkey / Achievement badges
  • Unbreakable / Achievement badges
  • Master Avoider / Achievement badges
• actors
  • creating, in ZombieInvasionWorld / Dynamically creating actors in ZombieInvasionWorld
• actors, as tiles
  • about / Actors as tiles
  • HikingWorld class / The HikingWorld class
  • Hiker class / The Hiker class
  • ScrollingActor class / The ScrollingActor class
• actors, Cupcake Counter
  • launching / Bouncing
  • particle effects / Particle effects
  • turrets / Bullets and turrets
  • bullets / Bullets and turrets
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • MazeWorld scenario / The MazeWorld scenario
  • intelligently behaving actors / Intelligently behaving actors
• AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial
  • URL / The Avoider Game tutorial
• Avatar class
  • modifications / Changes to the Avatar class
• Avoider Game
  • tutorial / The Avoider Game tutorial
  • revisiting / Revisiting Avoider Game
  • about / Avoider Game, Avoider Game
  • URL, for downloading version / Avoider Game
  • recap / Avoider Game recap
  • high-score list / High-score list
  • achievement badges / Achievement badges
  • player conditioning / Player conditioning
  • storytelling / Storytelling
  • playtesting / Playtesting
  • gamepad, adding / Avoider Game with Gamepad
• AvoiderWorld class
  • modifications / Changes to the AvoiderWorld class

B

• background music, game
  • adding / Adding background music
  • music code, writing / Writing the music code
  • music code, analysing / Analyzing the music code
  • music, stopping / Stop the music
• basic game elements
  • about / Basic game elements
  • scenario, creating / Creating a scenario
  • game, creating / Making it a game
  • playability, enhancing / Enhancing playability
• behavior heuristics
  • about / Behavior heuristics
  • Snake class / The Snake class
• blank slate / A blank slate
• border-based collision detection methods
  • about / Border-based collision detection methods
  • single-object collisions, detecting at offset / Detecting single-object collisions at an offset
  • multiple object collisions, detecting at offset / Detecting multiple-object collisions at an offset
• bounding boxes / Detecting collisions
• built-in collision detection methods
  • about / Built-in collision detection methods
  • getOneIntersectingObject() method, used for detecting collision with single object / Detecting a collision with a single object
  • isTouching() / isTouching() and removeTouching()
  • removeTouching() / isTouching() and removeTouching()
  • getIntersectingObjects() method, used for detecting collision with multiple objects / Detecting a collision with multiple objects
  • getObjectsInRange() method, used for detecting multiple objects in range / Detecting multiple objects in range

C

• casting / Switching scenes
• cell size / Built-in collision detection methods
• class / Adding background music
• CloudsWorld class, side scrolling game
  • about / The CloudsWorld class
• collision
  • detecting, with single object / Detecting a collision with a single object
  • detecting, with multiple objects / Detecting a collision with multiple objects
• collision detection
  • about / Detecting collisions
• color
  • working with / The Star class
• Color class
  • URL / The Star class
• Comparable interface / The Mouse class
• constructor functions
  • URL / Adding background music
• constructors / Adding background music
• ControllerMate, for Mac
  • URL / Gamepad mapper software
• Coursera
  • URL / Learn more Java
• Cupcake Counter
  • about / Cupcake Counter
  • playing / How to play
  • implementing / Implementing Cupcake Counter
  • URL / Implementing Cupcake Counter
  • CupcakeWorld class / The CupcakeWorld class
  • enemies / Enemies
  • fountains / Fountains
  • turrets / Turrets, Rewards, Bullets and turrets
  • jumpers / Jumpers
  • platforms / Platforms
  • testing / Test it out
  • assignment / Your assignment, Your assignment
  • actors, launching / Launching actors
  • gravity / Gravity and jumping
  • jumping / Gravity and jumping
  • bouncing / Bouncing
  • particle effects / Particle effects
  • bullets / Bullets and turrets
  • challenge / Challenge

D

• 2D scrolling, mapped worlds
  • about / 2D scrolling
  • HikingWorld2D class / The HikingWorld2D class
  • Hiker class / The Hiker class
  • ScrollingActor class / The ScrollingActor class
  • implementing / Try it out
• D-pad
  • about / Gamepad overview
• decrement operator, Java / Hurting the avatar
• delay variables
  • about / Delay variables
  • avatar, hurting / Hurting the avatar
• design patterns
  • about / Achievement badges
• dynamically generated worlds
  • about / Dynamically generated worlds
  • creating / Dynamically generated worlds
  • side scrolling game / Side-scrolling

E

• easing equations
  • using / Easing
  • power-ups / Power-ups and power-downs
  • power-downs / Power-ups and power-downs
  • base class, creating for power items / Base class
• enemies, adding
  • about / Adding enemies
  • code / Enemy code
  • army, creating / Creating an army
• enemies, animating
  • about / Making enemies less happy
  • assets, finding / Finding assets
• Enjoy
  • URL / Gamepad mapper software
• explosion
  • creating, for ZombieInvasion interactive simulation / Creating an explosion
• exponential easing / Exponential easing

F

• fictional worlds
  • about / Fictional worlds
• Finch Robot
  • URL / Explore other input devices
• followMouse function
  • creating / Creating the followMouse function
• functional decomposition
  • about / Calling setImage() based on Actor location

G

• game-over screen, adding
  • about / Adding a game-over screen
  • scenes, switching / Switching scenes
  • play again button, adding / Adding a "play again" button
• game balance
  • URL, for wiki / Playtesting
• game creation
  • about / Making it a game
  • collision detection / Detecting collisions
  • game-over screen, adding / Adding a game-over screen
  • introduction screen, adding / Adding an introduction screen
  • background music, adding / Adding background music
• game difficulty settings
  • implementing / Implementing game difficulty settings and HUD controls
• gamepad project template
  • URL / Greenfoot gamepad software
• gamepads
  • overview / Gamepad overview
  • Windows setup / Windows setup
• games, with gamepads
  • exporting / Exporting games with gamepads
• game scoring
  • about / Game scoring
  • Counter class, adding / Adding the Counter class
  • score, increasing over time / Increasing the score over time
• garbage collection / Memory management
• Greenfoot
  • URL / The Avoider Game tutorial
  • URL, for documentation / The Avoider Game tutorial, High-score list
  • about / High-score list
• Greenfoot documentation
  • URL / Creating the followMouse function
  • URL, for World class / Unbounding the world
• Greenfoot Gamepad API
  • about / The Greenfoot Gamepad API
  • overview / Overview
  • static keyword / Overview
  • GamePad class / The GamePad and Direction classes
  • Direction class / The GamePad and Direction classes
  • URL / The GamePad and Direction classes
• GreenfootImage class
  • using / Using GreenfootImage
• Greenfoot program / Using the mouse as a game controller
• Greenfoot worlds / Built-in collision detection methods

H

• heads-up displays (HUDs) / UIWorld
• hidden-sprite collision detection methods
  • about / Hidden-sprite collision detection methods
• high-score list, Avoider Game / High-score list
• Hiker class, MazeWorld scenario
  • about / The Hiker class
• HUD controls
  • implementing / Implementing game difficulty settings and HUD controls

I

• image movement
  • about / Image swapping and movement
• image swapping
  • about / Image swapping and movement
• increment operator, Java / Hurting the avatar
• input devices
  • exploring / Explore other input devices
• instanceof operator / Detecting multiple-object collisions at an offset
• intelligently behaving actors
  • about / Intelligently behaving actors
  • ScrollingEnemy class / The ScrollingEnemy class
  • randomness / Randomness
  • spider / Spider
  • behavior heuristics / Behavior heuristics
  • A* pathfinding / A* pathfinding
• interactive entertainment iterative development process
  • about / The interactive entertainment iterative development process
  • game pitch / Game pitch and initial design
  • initial design / Game pitch and initial design
  • prototype / Prototype
  • playtest, conducting / Playtest
  • evaluation stage / Evaluation
  • refinement / Refinement
  • benefits / Benefits
• introduction screen, game
  • about / Adding an introduction screen
  • initial screen, setting / Setting the initial screen
  • play button, adding / Adding a "play" button
• isTouching() method / isTouching() and removeTouching()

J

• Java
  • URL, for tutorials / Hurting the avatar
  • about / Learn more Java
• Java exceptions
  • about / Avoider Game with Gamepad
  • URL / Avoider Game with Gamepad
• Java file I/O
  • URL, for tutorials / High-score list
• Java interfaces
  • about / Detecting a collision with multiple objects
  • reference link / Detecting a collision with multiple objects
• Java switch statement
  • URL / Changes to the AvoiderWorld class
• Java Tutorials
  • URL / Learn more Java
• Joystick Mapper
  • URL / Gamepad mapper software

L

• Last-in First-out (LIFO) order / The Mouse class
• Leap Motion
  • URL / Explore other input devices
• levels, adding to game
  • about / Adding levels
  • spawn rates, increasing / Increasing spawn rates and enemy speed
  • enemy speed, increasing / Increasing spawn rates and enemy speed
  • difficulty, increasing based on score / Increasing difficulty based on the score
  • enemy speed increases, implementing / Implementing enemy speed increases
• linear easing / Linear easing
• List interface, Java
  • about / Detecting a collision with multiple objects
• Lynda
  • URL / Learn more Java

M

• Magically Delicious badge / Achievement badges
• main actor framework
  • creating, for ZombieInvasion interactive simulation / Creating our main actor framework
• mapped worlds
  • about / Mapped worlds
  • side-scrolling / Side-scrolling
  • 2D scrolling / 2D scrolling
• Master Avoider badge / Achievement badges
• MazeWorld class
  • about / The MazeWorld class
• MazeWorld scenario
  • about / The MazeWorld scenario
  • MazeWorld class / The MazeWorld class
  • Hiker class / The Hiker class
  • ScrollingActor class / Scrolling actor
  • ScrollingObstacle class / The ScrollingObstacle class
  • UI, adding / Adding a UI to MazeWorld
  • menus, adding / Adding menus and buttons
  • buttons, adding / Adding menus and buttons
  • HUD, adding / Adding a HUD
  • game difficulty settings, implementing / Implementing game difficulty settings and HUD controls
  • HUD controls, implementing / Implementing game difficulty settings and HUD controls
• meaningful play
  • about / Meaningful play
  • scenarios / Meaningful play
  • complexity / Complexity
  • goals / Goals
• Menu class
  • about / The Menu class
• Microsoft Kinect
  • URL / Explore other input devices
• mouse, as game controller
  • about / Using the mouse as a game controller
  • followMouse function, creating / Creating the followMouse function
  • code, breaking down / Breaking down the code
• multiple object collisions
  • detecting, at offset / Detecting multiple-object collisions at an offset
• multiple objects
  • collision, detecting with / Detecting a collision with multiple objects
  • detecting, in range / Detecting multiple objects in range

N

• narrative descriptors / Narrative descriptors

O

• object-oriented programming concepts
  • URL / What have we just done?
• obstacles
  • creating, for zombie horde / Creating obstacles
• OS X setup
  • gamepads, using / OS X setup/workarounds
  • gamepad mapper software / Gamepad mapper software

P

• Packt Publishing
  • URL / Learn more Java
• parallax
  • using / Using parallax
• playability, enhancing of game
  • about / Enhancing playability
  • game scoring / Game scoring
  • levels, adding / Adding levels
• player conditioning, Avoider Game
  • about / Player conditioning
• playtest, Avoider Game
  • conducting / Playtesting
• power-downs
  • about / Power-ups and power-downs
• power-ups
  • about / Power-ups and power-downs
• power items
  • linear easing / Linear easing
  • exponential easing / Exponential easing
  • sinusoidal easing / Sinusoidal easing
• Press Space To Win (PSTW) / Complexity
• project
  • brainstorming / Build something larger

R

• random actions
  • about / Random actions
  • blinking / Blinking
• removeTouching() method / isTouching() and removeTouching()
• RGBA color model
  • URL / The Star class
• Rocket class, side scrolling game
  • about / The Rocket class

S

• scenario creation
  • about / Creating a scenario
  • world, creating for game / Creating our world
  • character, creating / Creating our hero, What have we just done?
  • character, adding / Adding our hero
  • mouse, using as game controller / Using the mouse as a game controller
  • enemies, adding / Adding enemies
  • world, unbounding / Unbounding the world
  • memory management / Memory management
• ScrollingActor class, actors as tiles
  • tiles / Tiles
  • Lake class / The Lake class
• ScrollingActor class, MazeWorld scenario
  • about / Scrolling actor
• ScrollingEnemy class
  • about / The ScrollingEnemy class
• ScrollingObstacle class, MazeWorld scenario
  • about / The ScrollingObstacle class
• setImage()
  • using / Using setImage()
  • used, for animating enemies / Making enemies less happy
  • calling, based on Actor location / Calling setImage() based on Actor location
• setLocation()
  • using / Using setLocation()
  • star field, creating / Creating a star field
• side-scrolling, mapped worlds
  • about / Side-scrolling
  • creating / Side-scrolling
  • HikingWorld class / The HikingWorld class
  • Hiker class / The Hiker class
  • ScrollingActor class / The ScrollingActor class
  • implementing / Try it out
• SideScrollingActor class, side scrolling game
  • about / Side-scrolling actors
  • clouds / Clouds
  • walls / Walls
• side scrolling game
  • creating / Side-scrolling
  • Rocket class, creating / The Rocket class
  • CloudsWorld class, creating / The CloudsWorld class
  • SideScrollingActor class, creating / Side-scrolling actors
  • implementing / Try it out
• single-object collisions
  • detecting, at offset / Detecting single-object collisions at an offset
• single object
  • collision, detecting with / Detecting a collision with a single object
• Singleton design pattern / Achievement badges
• sinusoidal easing / Sinusoidal easing
• Star class / The Star class
• star field
  • creating / Creating a star field
  • blank slate / A blank slate
  • Star class / The Star class
  • moving field, creating / Creating a moving field
  • parallax, using / Using parallax
  • GreenfootImage class, using / Using GreenfootImage
• storyboards
  • about / Build something larger
• storytelling
  • about / Storytelling
  • fictional worlds / Fictional worlds
  • narrative descriptors / Narrative descriptors
• storytelling, Avoider Game
  • about / Storytelling
  • story screen, adding / Adding a story screen
  • score, modifying / Changing the score
  • sound effects, adding / Adding sound effects
• synchronization
  • about / Timing and synchronization

T

• tile-based worlds
  • about / Tile-based worlds
  • actors, as tiles / Actors as tiles
  • game sprites / Other game sprites
• timing
  • about / Timing and synchronization
• top-down design / Switching scenes
• triggered events
  • about / Triggered events
  • eyes, adding / Adding eyes
  • hero sight, giving / Giving our hero sight
• Turkey badge / Achievement badges

U

• UI
  • adding, to MazeWorld / Adding a UI to MazeWorld
• UIWorld
  • about / UIWorld
  • Button class / The Button class
  • TextBox class / The TextBox class
  • Menu class / The Menu class
  • heads-up display (HUD) / Heads-up display
• Unbreakable badge / Achievement badges
• user conditioning
  • about / User conditioning
  • positive reinforcement method / User conditioning
  • negative reinforcement method / User conditioning
  • punishment method / User conditioning
• user interfaces (UIs)
  • UIWorld / UIWorld

W

• War card game
  • URL, for wiki / Complexity
• work, sharing
  • about / Share your work
  • Greenfoot.org, publishing on / Publishing on Greenfoot.org
  • desktop application / Desktop application
  • web page,. exporting / Exporting as a web page

X

• Xbox 360 controller, for Windows
  • setting up / Windows setup
  • connecting / Connecting your controller
  • reference / Connecting your controller
  • Greenfoot gamepad software / Greenfoot gamepad software

Z

• zombie horde
  • obstacles, creating for / Creating obstacles
• ZombieInvasion interactive simulation
  • about / ZombieInvasion interactive simulation
  • URL, for initial version / ZombieInvasion interactive simulation
  • actors, creating / Dynamically creating actors in ZombieInvasionWorld
  • obstacles, creating for zombie horde / Creating obstacles
  • main actor framework, creating / Creating our main actor framework
  • explosion, creating / Creating an explosion
  • testing / Test it out, Time to test it out