[JAVA][Beginning Java 8 Games Development]

Chapter 14 ■ Setting Up the Game Environment: Creating Fixed Sprite Classes Using the Actor Superclass
Finally, we tested two of these four new fixed sprite classes with larger props, which, if we do not define the fixed
sprite objects for use in collision detection by adding them into the CastingDirector object, could conceivably be used
for scene background compositing. This would help reduce the data footprint for the game, by minimizing use of
large PNG24 background imagery, allowing us to replace these data heavy images with far smaller PNG8 background
images. These could depict scene “settings,” such as a rainy day, a cloudy sky, or a vivid sunset.
In the next chapter, we are going take a look at how to add a digital audio sound effects engine to our game code.
This audio engine will use the JavaFX AudioClip class to add sound effect sequencing capabilities to the game, so that
we have all of the basic new media elements (fixed and motion imagery, and audio feedback) to work, with when we
get into adding things such as like physics and collision detection. In this way, we can start to add in multimedia that
will utilize all of our player’s senses in the game play (user) experience.
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