title: Creating a Interactive GUI for a java game
body: <p>Hey guys I'm creating a game similar to farmville in java and I'm just wondering how would I implement the interactive objects/buttons that the user would usually click to interact with the game client.</p>
  
  <p>I do not want to use the swing library (generic windows looky likey objects), I would like to import custom images for my buttons and assign button like properties to those images which would be used for the GUI.</p>
  
  <p>Any advice?  Any pointers?  I can't seem to find that information through youtube or some other java gaming sites as they're only showing simple example using swing.</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be deeply appreciated thanks!</p>
  
  <p>Regards
  Gareth</p>