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Offline 106498

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« on: 2007-04-09 18:51:58 »
I found a tutorial on game programming in java and was wondering if it is any good. It looks promising but it is very long and I don't want to cram my brain with useless information. If someone could please tell me what they think about it I would be very thankfull.
The url is:
http://www.softlookup.com/tutorial/games/index.asp

thanks already for any replies.
Offline oNyx

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« Reply #1 on: 2007-04-09 19:38:30 »
Totally outdated (How old is it? 10 years?) and a really painful color scheme.

First learn the basics of the language. Any semi decent book will do the trick. After that take a look at:
http://www.cokeandcode.com/tutorials
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Offline 106498

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« Reply #2 on: 2007-04-09 19:47:04 »
It did look sort of arcane (netscape 4)
thanks for the reply!
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Offline oNyx

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pixels! :x
« Reply #3 on: 2007-04-09 20:36:07 »
Netscape 4? WTF? Isn't that thing also like 10 years old?

Try Firefox or Opera (a current version... don't get em from some browser archive again o_O).
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Offline Eliwood

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« Reply #4 on: 2007-04-09 20:44:00 »
The fact that the article talks about 1996 as "the future" and about Java 1.0 as the latest might be problematic.  Grin
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Offline SimonH

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« Reply #5 on: 2007-04-09 21:36:50 »
Nah! Chapter 8, Quiz, Question 3: How is interrupt 16h used to handle key presses? Sooooo Java!
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Meanwhile try Bloodridge
Offline 106498

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« Reply #6 on: 2007-04-10 03:55:30 »
Quote from: oNyx on 2007-04-09 20:36:07
Netscape 4? WTF? Isn't that thing also like 10 years old?

Try Firefox or Opera (a current version... don't get em from some browser archive again o_O).
I meant the screenshots lol.
I use opera 9!
Thanks for the replies.I think I will use the cokeandcode tutorial first!
Offline g666

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« Reply #7 on: 2007-04-10 05:49:29 »
It is old, but alot of the information is still usefull imo. There are better tutorials out there though, such as this one:

http://www.planetalia.com/cursos/
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