Hi, I'm currently learning Java and I'd like to make a basic 2d game, but don't know where to start. Can you point me towards some tutorials for making a simple game like pong or something? Thanks.
Whatever you do, avoid game development books by O'Reilly and Jonathan S. Harbour... they're full of buggy and non-functional code, as well as poorly structured learning curves and bad coding practices.
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Anonymous2012-03-12 12:19
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Jon Harbour's books are introductory books that cover a fair amount of material. While it's true that the code is buggy and non-functional, they exist to demonstrate a lesson. The lesson being taught isn't necessarily a lesson on best practice. You need to Learn to comprehend context of work.
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Anonymous2012-03-12 13:21
H-ha I told you SICP would be just as good if you replaced all the examples with code from learnpythonthehardway.org, onee-san~