Extends Feb 2, 2024 , Friday Classwork

After a lot of code, and confusion, I finally managed to OPEN A WINDOW!!

in Game.java

package com.tutorial.main;

import java.awt.Canvas;

public class Game extends Canvas implements Runnable{
	
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1550691097823471818L;
	
	public static final int WIDTH = 640 , HEIGHT = WIDTH / 12*9;
	

	public Game(){
		new Window(WIDTH, HEIGHT, "Lets Build A Game!", this);
	}

	public synchronized void start() {
		
	}
	
	public void run() {
		
	}

	public static void main(String args[]) {
		new Game();
	}
}

and in Window.java

package com.tutorial.main;

import java.awt.Canvas;
import java.awt.Dimension;

import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class Window extends Canvas{

	private static final long serialVersionUID = -240840600533728354L;
	
	public Window(int width, int height, String title, Game game) {
		JFrame frame = new JFrame(title);
		
		frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, height));
		frame.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(width, height));
		frame.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(width, height));
		
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		frame.setResizable(false);
		frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
		frame.add(game);
		frame.setVisible(true);
		game.start();
	}
	
}

All of this, just to make. to make…

This little guy, this silly little box. I can already tell this is going to be a long ride, and I’ve got my work cut out for me.

After following the tutorial a bit more (15:07 left off), I managed to get some of the run code

In Game.java (No changes made to Window.java)

package com.tutorial.main;

import java.awt.Canvas;

public class Game extends Canvas implements Runnable{
	
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1550691097823471818L;
	
	public static final int WIDTH = 640 , HEIGHT = WIDTH / 12*9;
	
	private Thread thread;
	private boolean running = false;

	public Game(){
		new Window(WIDTH, HEIGHT, "Lets Build A Game!", this);
	}

	public synchronized void start() {
		thread = new Thread(this);
		thread.start();
		running = true;
	}
	
	public synchronized void stop() {
		try {
			thread.join();
			running = false;
		}catch(Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
	
	public void run() {
		long lastTime = System.nanoTime();
		double amountOfTicks = 60.0;
		double ns = 1000000000 / amountOfTicks;
		double delta = 0;
		long timer = System.currentTimeMillis();
		int frames = 0;
		while(running) {
			long now = System.nanoTime();
			delta += (now - lastTime) / ns;
			lastTime = now;
			while(delta >= 1) {
				tick();
				delta--;
			}
			if(running)
				render();
			frames++;
			
			if(System.currentTimeMillis() - timer >1000) {
				timer += 1000;
				System.out.println("FPS: " + frames);
				frames = 0;
			}
		}
		stop();
	}
	
	public static void main(String args[]) {
		new Game();
	}
}

According to the video, this is the popular way with Java to run a game:

And it is often recommended to run it this way.

This is the basic setup code to help run and end the game when it is started. Obviously, 2 functions need to be made for it to properly work just yet. Based on the names, it is likely to be about the frames and refresh rate.

However, I am out of time here. I didn’t get very far, but as this tutorial is not really for beginners, so I suppose it makes sense that I would be pausing a lot 🙁