Programming a simple ball game

**kez323** · 05-31-2012, 08:45 PM

HEEEEY!

okay ive been set as a task to make a "Basic Game" where you can move a ball around the screen with the arrow keys.

does anyone have any good links to places/vidoes/ source-code examles that would help me?

- Thanks..

**Fubarable** · 05-31-2012, 11:15 PM

You'll be better off in my experience to try to write your program, and then come on back with your code if you get stuck.

**kez323** · 06-01-2012, 10:45 PM

Okay ive tried and im COMPLETLEY STUCK

ive gotten a man to walk left and right.
but i have no clue how to make the guy jump?
this is that part of the code:

package GamePackage;

import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

/**
*
* @author kezhall
*/
public class Player {
int x, dx, y;
Image still;
public Player(){
ImageIcon i = new ImageIcon("/Users/kezhall/Desktop/Player.png");
still = i.getImage();
x = 10;
y = 172;

}
public void move() {
x = x + dx;
}

public int getX() {
return x;
}

public int getY() {
return y;
}

public Image getImage() {
return still;
}

public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
int key = e.getKeyCode();
if (key == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT)
dx = -1;

if (key == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT)
dx = 1;
}

public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
int key = e.getKeyCode();

if (key == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT)
dx = 0;

if (key == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT)
dx = 0;
}

}