[JAVA][Beginning Java 8 Games Development]

Chapter 14 ■ Setting Up the Game Environment: Creating Fixed Sprite Classes Using the Actor Superclass
Next, let’s instantiate the Image object that holds one of the prop images, a tileable brick, so that we can use our
four InvinciBagel.java methods, .loadImageAssets(), .createGameActors(), .addGameActorNodes(), and, finally,
.createCastingDirection() to install fixed Prop objects into our game’s Scene object, and onto our game’s Stage object.
Instantiate Image Objects: Using the .loadImageAssets( ) Method
Open the InvinciBagel.java tab in NetBeans and open the loadImageAssets() method. Now add an iP0 Image object
instantiation statement referencing the prop0.png file and its 72x32 pixel size. The Java code to create the iP0 Image
object, which you can see in Figure 14-20, should look like the following Java statement:
iP0 = new Image("/prop0.png", 72, 32, true, false, true);
Figure 14-20. Add the iP0 Image object instantiation using the prop0.png file name and the 72 by 32 pixel image size
Now we’re ready to add our first Prop object to our game to add a fixed sprite, which will allow us to create our
game design using classes that we’re putting into place in our invincibagel package code base during this chapter.
Adding Fixed Sprites Using Prop Objects: .addGameActors( )
After your .loadImageAssets() method there are three other method “containers” that we designed for our use during
the game design process, for adding Actor objects into this game. These are called in the order that we need to utilize
them for this process, so let’s continue to be organized, and use them in that order. The first instantiation that we will
need to perform creates a new (using the Java new keyword) Prop object. We will use our “dummy” SVG shape data
again for now, as well as the 0,0 center of the screen X and Y locations, and finally, the iP0 Image asset, which we just
declared and instantiated during the previous sections of this chapter. The Java instantiation statement, which can be
seen in Figure 14-21, should look like the following line of Java code:
iPR0 = new Prop("M150 0 L75 200 L225 200 Z", 0, 0, iP0);
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