Java – Swing Applications 02
TEXT-BASED ADVENTURE GAME IN A GUI

TEXT-BASED ADVENTURE GAME IN GUI – VERSION 1

VERSION 1 DESCRIPTION

This is a basic GUI program that shows a start screen and an end screen. A button allows you to go from one to the other.

VERSION 1 FILES

The following two images are needed in your Eclipse project.

gameOfGames.jpg
gameOver.jpg

VERSION 1 CODE

//Warning: Two images are required.

import java.awt.Container;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

import javax.swing.JButton;

import javax.swing.JFrame;

import javax.swing.JLabel;

import javax.swing.JPanel;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon; //I had to add this import manually. Why?

public class GameFrame extends JFrame implements ActionListener

{

public Container gc;

//start screen

public JPanel startPanel;

public JButton startButton;

public BufferedImage startImage;

public JLabel startImageLabel;

//end screen

public JPanel endPanel;

public JButton restartButton;

public BufferedImage gameOverImage;

public JLabel gameOverImageLabel;

public GameFrame()

{

gc = this.getContentPane();

showStartScreen();

this.setTitle("Game of Games - Version 1");

this.setSize(500,500);

this.setVisible(true);

}

public void showStartScreen()

{

try

{

startPanel = new JPanel();

startImage = ImageIO.read(new File("gameOfGames.jpg"));

startImageLabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(startImage));

startPanel.add(startImageLabel);

startButton = new JButton("Start");

startButton.addActionListener(this);

startPanel.add(startButton);

gc.add(startPanel);

revalidate(); //needed after replacing a component

repaint(); //needed after replacing a component

}

catch (IOException e)

{}

}

public void showEndScreen()

{

try

{

endPanel = new JPanel();

gameOverImage = ImageIO.read(new File("gameOver.jpg"));

gameOverImageLabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(gameOverImage));

endPanel.add(gameOverImageLabel);

restartButton = new JButton("Restart");

restartButton.addActionListener(this);

endPanel.add(restartButton);

gc.add(endPanel);

revalidate(); //needed after replacing a component

repaint(); //needed after replacing a component

}

catch (IOException e)

{}

}

public static void main(String[] args)

{

GameFrame game = new GameFrame();

}

@Override

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)

{

if (e.getSource() == startButton)

{

gc.removeAll();

showEndScreen();

}

else if (e.getSource() == restartButton)

{

gc.removeAll();

showStartScreen();

}

}

}