A Sams.net cover: a painted muscular warrior swings a curved axe out of a red and black ground, teeth bared. Panels at the top right headed Learn, Discover and Explore cover sprite animation with transparency and collision detection, multiplayer internet games, and artificial intelligence. The title runs in yellow and white across the lower half. By Michael Morrison.

TY Internet Game Programming with Java in 21 Days

Sams Publishing · 1996 · Author · 416 pages

Teach Yourself Internet Game Programming with Java in 21 Days shows in detail how to use Java to program games for interactive use on the Internet and World Wide Web. Topics covered include sprite animation, collision detection, audio, artificial intelligence, and networked multiplayer gaming. Several interesting games are developed throughout the book such as Traveling Gecko, Scorpion Roundup, and Connect4.