Java Gaming Resources

Java Gaming Wiki
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[h1]Recommended Books[/h1]

[h1]Game Tutorials[/h1]

[h2]Full Game Source Code[/h2]

  • The entire source code to Revenge of the Titans! (Please respect the fact that it is copyright and use for educational purposes only)

[h1]Game Libraries[/h1]

[h2]2D Engines and Libraries[/h2]

  • LibGDX (2D and 3D OpenGL library, both desktop and Android support, and more. Actively maintained)
  • Slick2D (Hardware Accelerated 2D Games Library)
  • PulpCore (2D Games Engine, especially good for Applets. No longer actively maintained.)

[h2]3D Engines and Libraries[/h2]

  • JMonkeyEngine (Java based 3D engine)
  • Ardor3D (Java based 3D engine)
  • jPCT (Java based 3D engine)
  • LibGDX (2D and 3D OpenGL library, both desktop and Android support, and more)
  • Clyde (For creating action-oriented networked 3D games in Java.)
  • Xith3D (Java based 3D engine)
  • Ogre4J (Java binding to the popular C++ engine Ogre3D)
  • Java 3D (scene graph based 3D application programming interface)
  • 3DzzD (Java based 3D engine for webpages, no longer maintained)

[h2]Graphics and Sound Bindings[/h2]

  • LWJGL (OpenGL, OpenAL, OpenCL, JInput)
  • JogAmp (OpenGL, OpenAL, OpenCL, OpenMAX, JInput For JogAmp)

[h2]Sound Libraries[/h2]

  • Paulscode 3D Sound Engine (abstraction layer over JavaSound, OpenAL, etc)
  • TinySound (very simple wrapper library for JavaSound)
  • AudioCue (a more powerful ‘Clip’, enabling concurrent playback, real-time volume, panning and frequency controls)
  • Java Sound Libraries (Includes MP3 decoding, Zorbis and other Javazoom libraries set up for Maven)

[h2]Physics Libraries[/h2]

  • JBox2D (2D physics engine, straight port of the C++ Box2D engine)
  • JBullet (3D physics engine, No longer maintained)
  • dyn4j (A 100% Java 2D collision detection and physics engine)

[h2]Network Libraries[/h2]

  • KryoNet (clean and simple API for efficient TCP and UDP client/server network communication using NIO)
  • RedDwarf (RedDwarf is a server side technology written in Java that radically simplifies the development of online games and lowers the barrier to entry into the MMOG market)
  • Narya (The Narya library provides various facilities for making networked multiplayer games.)

[h2]GUI Libraries[/h2]

  • TWL (TWL is a GUI library built on top of OpenGL and provides all the standard widgets like labels, edit fields, tables, popups, tooltips, frames and a lot more.)
  • Nifty (Nifty GUI is a Library for games or similar applications. The configuration of the GUI are stored in xml files with little supporting Java code.)
  • Feng GUI (FengGUI is built on OpenGL and provides all typical GUI components.)
  • PureSwing (Reimplementation of Swing)

[h1]Java Game Portals[/h1]

  • GameJolt - Upload Java Games and make money
  • Games4J - Upload Java Games and make money
  • FunOrb - Java Games Portal
  • Java4K - The site for the annual Java4k contest, upload & play Java4K games
  • Java Game Tome - Showcase your java games online
  • Pogo - Online Games Portal
  • Chrome Web Store - Google’s App Store allows Java Games (You can even sell them)

[h1]Featured Misc.[/h1]

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Please respect the nature of this resources page:
[x] do not add your, or anybody else’s library if it’s not proven to be production ready.
[x] every library must be thouroughly tested/used by a lot of developers.
[x] when in doubt, plug your library elsewhere on the forum, and ask whether it belongs here.

#3

I’ve only quickly glanced through the source, but dyn4j looks promising and is actively developed.

#4

Added a link to the download of the source code to Revenge of the Titans in the tutorials section.

Cas :slight_smile:

#5

I updated some outdated links for cokeandcode which is now defunct, and removed the old project for Physics that no longer exists on that site, I couldn’t find any links to an active download of it.

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I updated some outdated links for cokeandcode which is now defunct, and removed the old project for Physics that no longer exists on that site, I couldn’t find any links to an active download of it.