What libraries/engines do most successful 2d java games use? Just lwjgl?

Engines, Libraries and Tools
#21

You have a point ;D

#22

I would say the most succesful “Not Minecraft” Java game was written with libgdx :stuck_out_tongue:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bithack.apparatus&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5iaXRoYWNrLmFwcGFyYXR1cyJd

500k-1000k paid downloads. I win.

#23

That’s quite a variation between 500k and 1m though isn’t it!

Cas :slight_smile:

#24

Well pick the low-end, 500k, and you still got an impressive income at 2€ a piece :slight_smile:

#25

Don’t forget 2D games like Altitude and Catacomb Snatch which have made more than that :slight_smile:

#26

I lose.

#27

Oh, i just noticed, the same guys who did Altitude just released Bumbledore on Steam (it’s been on Android for a while). So there’s now a libgdx game on Steam. That’s nice. Shared win between libgdx & LWJGL :smiley:

#28

LWJGL is all over Steam :slight_smile:

Cas :slight_smile:

#29

watch out, we’re going hot here 8)

#30

Yeah, but, but, but… LWGJL doesn’t work on Android!

#31

Well theoretically it should be relatively easy to write a LWJGL API wrapper (using OpenGL ES or GL20) on top of LibGDX to get LWJGL Apps to run on Android and HTML5 :slight_smile:

#32

And that would also allow you to run your lwjgl game using libgdx using lwjgl backend on desktop!

#33

Why not wrapping directly OpenGL-ES like JOGL 2.0? Maybe it could be done in LWJGL 3.

#34

I agree, we need more wrapping.

#35

My birthday is in August, let’s all wrap lots of stuff for that!

#36

wraps GTX 580 and hands it to theagentd…SIKE My GTX 580 is mine! Mwahahahahahahahhaaha ;D

#37

Meh, I’ll just buy a Kepler! >=D

#38

You want a laptop with a Kepler card that can play Battlefield 3 at 1366x768?

#39

I want an intact wallet, a screen larger than an Iphone and at least 32x antialiasing, so no, I don’t want another laptop. -_- I’d rather get the dual GPU Kepler card if it’s out by the time I get home to my desktop computer, which should be sometime around June-July.

#40

i want a pony. wrapped.