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Atomfinger
Atomfinger

Reputation: 714

Java: Make a gridbased boardgame

I need to make a boardgame where the user can select an image and use it as a board. The image part is easy, though I need help with how to make equal sized grids based upon user input. For example there could be a 10x10 grid or a 50x50.

My current approach is by having a StackPane that has a GridPane over a ImageView. All of this is inside a ScollPane so that the image can be as big as possible.

Are there any other better ways of doing this? Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4718

Answers (1)

jewelsea
jewelsea

Reputation: 159291

Yes, use a GridPane for your board.

I used the same method for my Tic-Tac-Toe game - it worked fine.

class BoardSkin extends GridPane {
  BoardSkin(Board board) {
    getStyleClass().add("board");

    for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
        add(board.getSquare(i, j).getSkin(), i, j);
      }
    }
  }
}

You can use a StackPane with an ImageView layered behind your board grid squares as you mention in your question, but it's not strictly necessary.

Instead, I'd use some updated css from the tic-tac-toe game linked earlier. To get the board image layered behind the grid squares, set the board image as a background image for the grid.

.board {
  -fx-hgap: 10px;
  -fx-vgap: 10px;
  -fx-background-image: url('http://www.woodge.com/books/maps/map_Narnia.jpg');
  -fx-background-size: cover;
  -fx-background-position: center;
}

.square {
  -fx-padding: 10px;
  -fx-background-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.4);
}

boardgamebackground

Upvotes: 1

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