Gathering some Libraries

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

Hey,

So I’ve never really made serious games with Java before. I’ve made simple things like Pong remakes or asteroids or tetris, and other silly things like that. I’ve messed with slick2d a bit, so I’m kind of comfortable with the basics of that. So my question is - what other libraries should I collect to get started? What do I need and what’s available out there?

Slick2d
something for gui? (other than twl, if possible)
something for physics?
something for networking?
other ideas or suggestions?

Thanks for any help.

#2

(it seems like every other post I make is about LibGDX, but here goes… -_-)

LibGDX will cover your need for stuff like graphics (whether 2D or 3D), input handling, audio handling & physics (because it comes with Box2D) — so you can pretty much build your entire game using only the LibGDX framework.

Since I haven’t delved into networking, I can’t vouch for LibGDX in that regard though.

#3

Hmm thanks, I’ll take a look. I’ve used kryonet in the past for networking, not sure if there are better alternatives though. Hmm.

#4

Oh yes, LibGDX is great.

It even works to move your game to Android and HTML5 ;D

#5

Kryonet is probably as powerful a networking library as you will need.

#6

Use LibGDX instead of Slick2D, and it includes GUI.
For physics you could try JBullet and/or JBox2D.
For networking, use Kryonet.

For future reference, if you don’t need a library, don’t try and find one. :slight_smile: