The Little Book Of Adventure Game Programming in Java by Huw Collingbourne ISBN 9781913132132, 1913132137 instant download

The Little Book Of Adventure Game Programming in Java by Huw Collingbourne ISBN 9781913132132, 1913132137 instant download

This book will teach you the secrets of text adventure programming – from beginner to advanced level. You will learn how to create Rooms and Treasures, how to let the player take and drop objects and how to save games using serialization. You will also learn advanced techniques such as using recursion to calculate the combined masses of Treasure objects (so the player can only take a specific number and weight of objects at a time) and parsing adjectives so that the user can enter commands such as “take the small golden Elvish sword”. You can download all the code free – including the Bitwise Interactive Fiction Framework to help you to write your own games!
The Little Book Of Adventure Game Programming in Java provides a step-by-step guide to creating a game in Java. If you want a fun way to extend your knowledge of the Java language and Object Oriented techniques, look no further!
This book explains…
    How to write Interactive Fiction (IF) games    Creating class hierarchies
    How to create a map of linked ‘rooms’
    Moving the player around the map
    Adding treasures to rooms
    How to take and drop treasures
    Putting objects into containers (sacks, treasure chests etc.)
    Using lists and dictionaries (HashMaps)
    Overridden methods
    Overloaded methods
    How to save and load games
    Streaming and serialization
    Recursion
    Parsing user commands
    Matching adjectives with objects
    Distinguishing one object from a similar one (e.g. “small gold ring” or “big silver ring”)
    Calculating total mass of objects (so player can only carry a specified size or weight)
    Designing a command-line game to run at the system prompt
    Write your own games with the free BIFF game fra