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Asked: 2026-06-03T10:45:16+00:00

In many first person 2d games, there will be a huge playing field, but

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In many first person 2d games, there will be a huge playing field, but a small display area on your computer:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++aaaaaa+++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++aaaaaa+++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++aaaaaa+++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++aaaaaa+++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

where “+” is the entire playing field and “a” is the displayable region on your screen.

I want to make a game like this where pressing the arrow keys will make you move across the entire playing field.

Question: Would I need to create a huge JPanel to accomplish this? (Bigger than the screen)

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you start a regular game, do you expect to find scrollbars for the whole level at the bottom and the side of your screen ? Or do you expect you can navigate (using your mouse/arrows/…) through the whole level.

    In case of the first, be my guest and create a gigantic JPanel and put it in a JScrollPane but I strongly suggest to go for option 2.

    For option 2 I outlined a possible approach in another related SO question. That might be worth a look

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