Javalobby hosting tutorial series on LWJGL

Javalobby is hosting an article series on creating real games in Java. The series runs the gamut of topics of creating a truly professional quality game in the Java Programming Language using the LWJGL (Lightweight Java Game Library) API which includes a native binding to OpenGL, OpenAL, FMOD, and native input routines. The goal of this series is to provide users with everything they need to make Java games that can stand up to their C/C++ counterparts.

http://www.javalobby.org/articles/game-programming/

Awesome! I just checked it out. I think I’ll give the whole tutorial a whirl soon :wink:

Great work Greg!

I may actually be inspired to start writing a game using LWJGL…

Wow, that’s got to be one of the most professional looking tutorials I’ve seen! I love PDFs. LWJGL has really needed something like this. Great stuff.

Nice tutorial, but what does Megacorps Online from Agency9 got to do with LWJGL? they use JOGL

// gregof

I have been thinking about taking the plunge and testing LWJGL or similar for some time, but lack of documentation/real examples have stoped me. This looks VERY promising!

This could really give the LWJGL 16K compo a big boost!

Very well written article! Cant wait for the coming ones! Especially the “developing fancy 3D enviroments” :smiley:

Bad longing before download.
Bad PDF.

Zipped HTML with pictures and a source code is the best.

Nice indeed, I’ve also been thinking on trying out lwjgl. But I’ve been pushing it forward because I wanted to wait until the 1.0 release, since there has been some major redesigns of the API along the line. Does this tutorial mean that the API is finalized design-wise?

nope :slight_smile:
But we don’t expect any large changes in the public api - so you should be good to go - or just use xith/jme, then it’s their problem 8)

Yeah, seeing as Elias is a few days from releasing his first commercial LWJGL game he won’t be so bloody quick to go breaking the API completely any more :wink:

Cas :slight_smile:

LWJGL’s great, but, I’ll believe that when I see it :stuck_out_tongue: ;D

Will.