Cool planet floating icon :3

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # My own SpaceSim written in Java
 pretty self explanatory idk what else to write..
 
+## docs i'd like to keep close
+Swing tutorial (Oracle): https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/ JFrame, JPanel, key listeners, timers, etc.
+Java 2D graphics tutorial: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/2d/ drawing shapes, images, and Graphics2D.
+
 ## credits for assets
 Ive used font from [OpenFont Library](https://openfont.org/) (the one called Caveat Brush)
+all other assets are made by me, images are made in krita.

src/main/java/dev/dvorakmortonxd/Game.java

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.FontFormatException;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.util.Random;
 
 public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
@@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
     private final int[] starY = new int[MENU_STAR_COUNT];
     private final Timer timer = new Timer(16, this); // 60 FPS
     private Font caveat;
-
+    private BufferedImage planetZX311;
+    private int planetfloat = 0;
+    private String planetfloatDirection = "up"; // this makes the cool floating animation on the main menu
     public Game() {
         // sets the window size
         setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,600));
@@ -25,13 +29,20 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
             starX[i] = rand.nextInt(800);
             starY[i] = rand.nextInt(600);
         }
-        // loads up the font
+        // loads up the fonts
         try {
             caveat = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("assets/CaveatBrush-Regular.ttf"));
         } catch (FontFormatException | IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
             caveat = new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 12);
         }
+        // loads up the image assets
+        try {
+            planetZX311 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/planet-ZX311.png"));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
         setBackground(Color.BLACK);
         setFocusable(true);
         addKeyListener(this);
@@ -40,6 +51,17 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
 
     @Override
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { // update step
+        if (planetfloatDirection == "up") {
+            planetfloat++;
+            if (planetfloat > 45) {
+                planetfloatDirection = "down";
+            }
+        } else {
+            planetfloat--;
+            if (planetfloat < 0) {
+                planetfloatDirection = "up";
+            }
+        }
         repaint(); // triggers render
     }
 
@@ -54,7 +76,11 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
 
         g.setColor(Color.GRAY);
         g.setFont(caveat.deriveFont(Font.BOLD, 72f));
-        g.drawString("Very Cool Space Sim", 38, 80);
+        g.drawString("Very Cool Space Sim", 120, 80);
+
+        if (planetZX311 != null) {
+            g.drawImage(planetZX311, 375, 150+planetfloat/3, 128*3, 128*3, this);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override