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Java Game Programming For Beginners #1: Creating a Canvas OR Screen for Your Game

Most of us love to play games on their computers but wouldn't it be fun if we could program our own game in Java. So I'm gonna show you how to make your game using Java programming. Making a game in java will require very good programming skill, so before reading this post make sure you at least know the basic concept and practical knowledge on how to make a java program. Game Programming is the vast concept and it cannot be written in a single post so I will be posting each important step in different posts  and explain to them so that you will get a clear understanding of each step. So as the title says, in this post, I'm gonna show you how to Create a canvas which is basically the Window inside which your game runs. I will be uploading more posts on game programming using JAVA and will place all the links in this post. So make sure you bookmark this page. Note: You will need an IDE like Netbeans for running your program.Also, I will firstly be writi...

Akinator The Genie: In-depth Review of a Mind Reader Game

For a while, I was searching for a good app that can read our mind. No, I am not talking about an app which simply tells what we are thinking, but this app asks us to imagine a person (Real or fictional) and asks us some questions about the person. We should answer them correctly, and within 20 questions it will guess the person correctly. I am talking about ' Akinator The Genie ' from the company Elokence . We can say that this game is a success by looking at its downloads. It has over 50 million downloads and a rating of 4.3/5 . Akinator the Genie Many have tried to understand the algorithm of Akinator the Genie because it's algorithm is one of a kind, and that makes it magical. Rhett Allain  of Wired  has come up with a theory of how the game works, you can check out the article here . I have personally used this app a number of times, and every single time it gives me the correct answer. I was surprised when it gave me the right answers even when I t...

Android App Development For Beginners: Introduction

One fine day, lying on my bed, preparing to go to sleep (That's when my imagination/Creative part of my Brain becomes active), an amazing app idea struck me.  That night I almost didn't go to sleep, I just kept on thinking about developing an Android application and making Millions. But there was one small problem, and that was: 'I didn't know Android Programming'. 'I didn't know Android Programming'. The next day, like any others, I Googled Android programming, and to my surprise, most of them were just paid courses, and I didn't have money to buy them. That's when I was determined that I will study Android App Development, and I will make sure that other broken guys like me, will get a chance to study Android Programming. Googling 'Android Programming' So in this article, I am not going to show you how to develop an android app in 5 minutes or 30 minutes, because those articles you find on the internet are not that u...

What Is DDOS Attack And How To Protect Your Network From It

If you're a network admin, the DDOS attack is one of the worst things you ever wanna face in your personal network. DDOS means Distributed Denial Of Service and it is used to temporarily crash or shut down an online website or organization network.  This method is famous among hackers as it makes a website unavailable to the intended users. This attack is also called as the Ping of Death as the main attack strategy is by pinging requests. A DDOS attack is accomplished when a hacker tries to flood tremendous amount of requests to a particular website which is beyond the amount of traffic the site can handle, thereby overloading and finally crashing the server down.An attacker often uses more than 100 types of IP address to initiate a DDOS attack. A DDOS attack is different from a DOS attack where the attacks take place from one destination or source whereas in the case of DDOS the attack originates from multiple s...

How To Download Wikipedia Offline And Carry It On The Go

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia which is an all-in-one destination from where you can get advanced and scientific information from almost any subject in the world.It has over 5,000,000 articles in English and still more on other languages.  Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. In 2007, Wikipedia entered the top 10 list of most popular websites in the US, according to comScore Networks. Wikipedia provides a vast source of information and the interlinking between the articles is really great that we not only get info about one particular article but also info on any article which is relevant to the searched article. Wikipedia HomePage So in this post, I'm going to show you how to download the famous Wikipedia for free offline reading. This step is completely legal. You can download Wikipedia easily though you will need huge storage capacity and some time.There are many reasons why you want to ...

10+ Run Commands Every Windows User Should Know

Microsoft Windows is the first preference of every regular PC user, as its easy to operate and it implements lots of features in it. Well, Run commands are one of the best useful tools you can think about. Run commands are the best way to quickly access any app or task in Windows. By the way, most power Windows users use Run commands to open simple apps like notepad to the advanced apps like Group Policy editor. Note: press “Win + R” on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box, and enter any of the below commands to access the respective tool. So, in this article, I am going to share 10+ most useful Run commands every Windows user should know. 1. calc You guessed it right, the " calc" run command opens up the calculator app. Just enter " calc " in the run dialog box, and immediately calculator will open up. calc 2.control The control panel is used for managing all the system settings and programs, and we need to access it from time to time ...

Zombie Catchers Game : Review

Everyday programmers upload a great variety of Apps and Games to the play-store. Most of them soon becomes a success while others fail to grab users attention. Gaming has been taken to the next level with the introduction of smartphones. Play store provides a great variety of game categories like Action, Arcade, Adventure, board, Strategy etc. So users can download any game of his/her likeness. There are also several games/apps handpicked by the Play store editors with the label "Editors choice". If your unsure of which games/apps to download, it is always worth the time to check the "Editors choice" as the play store editors only marks the best of best apps/games as editors choice.So today i'm here with a fun and addicting game released in playstore which is of course, marked as editors choice. The Game is called zombie Catcher , developed by Two men and a Dog. The game has over 10 million downloads and a 4.7 overall user rating.This game from Two me...