Where do I start?

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

I’m totally new at Java Game Programming… so I don’t know where to start :stuck_out_tongue:
Can anyone tell me where to start? oh btw, I’ve installed LWJGL…

#2

if you need help with LWJGL best place is the irc channel over at freenode room #LWJGL

would recommend you have a look at the space invaders demo that comes with LWJGL its most useful if your new.

Some very nice tutorials over at http://www.cokeandcode.com/tutorials

You can also use the standard nehe tutorials with LWJGL which most ppl starting with opengl use, from http://nehe.gamedev.net/ for versions of really nice LWJGL code grab the source of the tutorials from http://bloody-blades.de/?page_id=3 its much better than the ones on the actual nehe pages.

personally would recommend you also check out the Slick project http://slick.cokeandcode.com/ its very cool & easy to use, has great examples, docs and a very helpful community and is layered on top of LWJGL. Best of all is that it has all the tools most newbies get stuck with such as creating a window, playings sounds, ogg player, font loading, loading image formats, etc etc.

#3

thanks alot :smiley:

#4

Where to start; normally I would hand pick links from this page, but since it’s late I’m going to direct you to look at the Most Useful Links/Bookmarks page. Please do not reply in that thread, there is a discussion thread

#5

Thanks alot. I’ve started working with Space Invaders. It seems like a good start :slight_smile: