Thread: Rush Hour Game

I am creating the rush hour game. I am using the cars and trucks as Jlabel. I have created a 6x6 grid using GridLayout and I need to place the cars or trucks into the grid. I know how to place into a grid a Jlabel that takes only one cell. But how do you place a Jlabel that takes up more than one cell? For example, the cars occupy two cells on the grid, and the trucks 3 cells

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Each cell of the grid is an area that can contain only one component, so the concept you've described is not possible. However, you can create the illusion of a single object spanning multiple cells by using colors and modifying the borders between the occupied cells.

An alternative is to "draw" the vehicles as graphics objects on a paintable object, placing them using a coordinate system. Yes, it's a bit more complicated than the design you've described, but I believe in the end will provide a more satisfactory result.