Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
There are a number of “genres” of new media elements, or assets, as I call them, that
are supported in JavaFX, which is the new media engine in Java 8 (and Java 7) and
thus what you will be using as the foundation for your Java 8 game development. The
primary genres of new media, for which you will be installing the leading open-source
software in the remainder of this chapter, include digital illustration, digital imaging,
digital audio, digital video, and 3D.
Downloading and Installing Inkscape
Because JavaFX supports 2D, or
vector,
technology, commonly used in
digital illus-
tration
software packages, such as Adobe Illustrator and FreeHand, you will download
and install the popular open-source digital illustration software package known as
Ink-
scape
.
Inkscape is available for the Linux, Windows, and Mac OSs, just like all the soft-
ware packages that you are installing in this chapter, so you can use any platform you
like to develop games!
To find the Inkscape software package on the Internet, go to Google Search, and
type in
Inkscape
, as shown in
Figure 1-15
, at the top left. Click the
Download
link (or
right-click, and open in a separate tab), and click the icon that represents the OS that
you are using. The Penguin signifies Linux (far-left icon), the Window signifies Win-
dows (center icon), and the stylized apple signifies Mac (far-right icon).
