Since I''m never going to do another java game applet, I put a link to the source of my sidescroller (ludum dare entry) on my site (in fact the source to all 3 of my applets is on there): http://www.geocities.com/nonnus29/unionjack/test.htm There''s alot of stuff in there like scrolling a tilemap, collision detection, particles etc... Its not commented at all so read at your own risk but the gfx are in there so you can compile and play it. Goodluck to all you java gamedev people (your gonna need it, heh).