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If you've made it this far, you're probably feeling pretty good about your Java game programming skills. You might even wonder how much could be left to learn. Well, I don't mean to dampen your spirits, but you still have a decent amount of stuff to cover. You have yet to touch on artificial intelligence or multiplayer network gaming, which are two very big topics. You begin your final week with a conceptual lesson on artificial intelligence, followed by a complete game utilizing AI-Connect4. You then learn about the basics of multiplayer games, along with the network support provided by Java. You combine this knowledge to create a two- player network version of Connect4-NetConnect4. You finish the week with lessons on Java code optimization and assembling a set of Java game development tools.
You cover the following topics this week: