Archive for May, 2006

Sinfah’s Lair Debuts

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Sinfah's Lair Screenshot The first beta version of Sinfah’s Lair is now available to the public. Sinfah’s Lair is a side-scrolling adventure for cell phones and Java-enabled mobile devices. Visit the Sinfah’s Lair page for more information, game instructions, and free download.

Working with Images

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

This article will focus on how to use images in MIDlets, specifically as it relates to game programming. We will look at how to include image files in your JAR file, creating Image objects from resources, support for transparency in MIDP, as well as usage of the Graphics.drawImage() method.

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Sameness Debuts

Monday, May 29th, 2006

Sameness Screenshot

I had some free time on my hands this week, so I decided to port a Java applet I had written several years ago to Java ME. Sameness is a puzzle game for cell phones and Java-enabled mobile devices. Visit the Sameness page for more details and to download.

Adding a Canvas

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

The previous tutorial dealt with starting a Java ME project in NetBeans and creating a MIDlet class. This time we will add a simple Canvas class to our project, which does some basic graphics commands.

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The Making of a MIDlet

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

Now that you know what Java ME is, let’s talk about the NetBeans IDE, and create our first mobile project. We’ll also discuss the required methods of a MIDlet class.

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Quick Java ME Primer

Friday, May 19th, 2006

So you want to make wireless applications, eh? Well, I’ve written a little primer on the topic of Java ME to get you started. We’ll talk about what Java ME is, and the different configurations of Java ME which are available on cell phones and PDAs.

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Welcome to Don’s Mobile Journal

Friday, May 19th, 2006

Hi everybody, and welcome. This is my site dedicated to Java ME programming and mobile gaming. In the coming weeks I plan on writing some articles related to what I know about Java ME, specifically as it relates to game programming. This is also where I will distribute my own MIDlets for people to download, free of charge.

At the moment, I am working on what will be a pretty sweet side-scrolling platform game. I hope to have a version out within the next month or so. In the meantime, feel free to try out the games I currently have available. Have fun!