[java] Galaga Clone

Best use a memoryImageSource, where you can actually work pixel based. You could then access the array where your enemy is stored at any angle, and then probably the geometry can be an advantage. If however you go for images, you should know you can draw an image rotated, so there's no need to create your art at incrementing angles. As for performance, I would not worry about it, if you implement it well, there's no issue drawing 50 or so enemies.
Furthermore, great idea, one of the best games around in my opinion!

I've never done this -- for a game, and I have read all of Java2D, so I have some reference material. I was thinking of trying to access the array of pixels and saving a copy of the pixels underneath the enemies, and then repaint them after the image moves or whatever. This is slightly unneccessary as I started to think about the game, because in Galaga, there is little, to know overlap of graphics. But, I'm curious, is this possible with the memoryImageSource, and the ImageBuffer stuff ?

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Thanks for the reply, by the way. I will post a link to the source, with Ant build file, and everything, when it is finally done -- it probably won't be for a while though, because I won't be able to work on it in the next few weeks, and then school starts again, but I figure an hour or three a day, even during school might eventually see it done.

Why not use JOGL?

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Original post by Tyraziel Why not use JOGL?

Or LWJGL?

Either way OpenGL makes it easy to do 2D games, with 3D acceleration.