Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 6. GUI with Nifty GUI
First of all, what is
Nifty GUI
? It's not the only GUI available in jMonkeyEngine, but it is
the one that is officially supported. It is not developed by the jMonkeyEngine team but is
an independent open source effort that has implementations in other engines as well.
In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:
• Initializing Nifty and managing an options menu
• Loading the screen
• Creating an RPG dialog screen
• Implementing a game console
• Handling a game message queue
• Creating an inventory screen
• Customizing the input and settings page
• Using offscreen rendering for a minimap
