In this part of my Java video tutorial, I create the spaceship object and a keyboard listener. I will use the keyboard listener to move the ship around the screen.

It is so easy to randomly add objects to the game we started making here Make a Java Video Game. I slowed things down a bit here, just to make sure you completely get the process.

All of the code is available under the video. Please feel free to ask questions.

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Here I continue what I started in Make a Java Video Game. If you haven’t seen it, watch it before this video.

I’ll now create the GameBoard class that will animate all of my asteroids. I redraw the board using threads. If you are rusty on them, check out my Java Thread Video Tutorial.

The code follows the video and should be used to help you better learn this material.

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