first game help

hey guys I have an idea for a game and so far I have making it all to be played using commands in terminal or cmdprompt.

I have been trying to make it in windows using the JOptionPane commands.

but i dont know how to do what I want to do.

here is a screen shot of what my goal is.
and my code that I have so far.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2193/idea0.png

Code:

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import javax.swing.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;




public class RPG extends JFrame {



  public static void main(String[] args) {
 

 
        Icon icon = new ImageIcon("http://www.java-forums.org/images/Icon.png");
        Icon warrior = new ImageIcon("http://www.java-forums.org/images/Warrior.png");
        Icon ranger = new ImageIcon("http://www.java-forums.org/images/Ranger.png");
        Icon magician = new ImageIcon("http://www.java-forums.org/images/Magician.png");
        Icon character = new ImageIcon();

  String name = (String)JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your name?", "RPG Game by --------",  JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE, icon, null, null);
 
    Object[] selectionRaces = {"Human", "Elf", "Dwarf" };
    String initialRace = "Human";
    Object race = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What race are you?",
        "RPG Game by -------", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE, icon, selectionRaces, initialRace);

    Object[] selectionType = { "Warrior", "Ranger", "Magician" };
    String initialType = "Warrior";
    Object type = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What class are you?",
        "RPG Game by --------", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE, icon, selectionType, initialType);
       
    Object[] selectionSide = { "Neutral", "Good", "Evil" };
    String initialSide = "Neutral";
    Object side = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What side are you on?",
        "RPG Game by -------", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE, icon, selectionSide, initialSide);   
   
    if (type == "Warrior") {
            character = warrior;
    }
    if (type == "Ranger") {
                    character = ranger;
    }
    if (type == "Magician") {
            character = magician;
    }
    if (type == null) {
            character = icon;
    }
   
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Name:  " + name + "\n" +
                                                                            "Race:    " + race + "\n" +
                                                                            "Type:    " + type + "\n" +
                                                                            "Side:    " + side + "\n" , "RPG Game by --------", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE, character);
     
System.exit(0);
  }
}

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thanks for any help. :)

relith

My suggestion is not to do a bunch of JOptionPane dialogs, but rather to study Swing and then build a Swing GUI app from the ground up. To learn how to do this, start here: Using Swing Components

Best of luck!

that looks like exactly what I was looking for.

I have looked at swing before but i guess the sites i was using sucked.

ever thought a site through oracle could be so thorough and newbie friendly.

thanks a bunch! :)

ps - dig the name fubarable. :P