causual gaming framework?

Networking & Multiplayer
#1

I have been searching the web for quite a while looking for a framework to use for java causual gaming development.
For example, I’ve looked at these sites:

PopCap.Com (http://developer.popcap.com/) and see that they only support the C/C++ DirectX framework.
PlayFirst (http://www.playfirst.com) which also focuses on C/C++ development.

My question to everyone here is, are there any frameworks out there supporting Java (beyond webstart or applets)?

Does anyone have any thoughts about casual game development through Java, are there some interesting sites to look at?
Are there any publishers out there providing wide exposure to Java games, if not why? (publishers such as aol gaming, yahoo games,etc. seem not to support java)

Look forward to seeing people’s input.

#2

Actually, games.yahoo.com is almost all java

#3

all our games at certusgames.com are java games (applets, but could just as well have been webstart or applications).
This includes backend too ofcourse.
Unfortunately we dont license our framework.

What I can tell you though, is that it’s not hard doing a simple client/server game framework for casual games. All the fuss start when you want to support community stuff and tournaments and integration with other stuff and so forth :slight_smile:

#4

http://www.gamegardens.com/ has a nice, free, framework. They’ll host your game, too.