FXGL VS LWJGL

I downloaded javafx from here: https://github.com/AlmasB/FXGL as a zip, extracted it, then went to my project structure and added it to my libraries. For a couple seconds it seems to work, but then I get the error again, and the folder isn't showing up in my external libraries.

Java seems to have gained a second wind in recent years, and the innovation in this ecosystem is speeding up. Java 20 and LTS release 21 are expected to happen this year. RIFE2, an actively-developed pure-Java web framework, has recently caught my attention. Like Javalin, it appears to be built on top of the successful Jetty server. I also started exploring FXGL for building games with Java. Lastly, as concerns over COVID-19 variants wane I expect an increase in Java developers participating in community events. For example, Chicago finally had its first in-person JConf event and the Chicago Java User Group (CJUG) is easing back into in-person events.

Have you checked FXGL? It’s built on top of JavaFX.

You might get some good use out of FXGL, a Java / JavaFX / Kotlin Game Library. It would probably save you implementing some things from scratch. It might not cover everything that you need, but it probably be at least somewhat helpful.

If you don't mind depending on all of JavaFX you could also try: https://github.com/AlmasB/FXGL Haven't tried it myself but seems like an easy way to start making a game. The author is a university lecturer, so there are plenty of tutorials for games. As the other comment said, Compose Desktop would be a nice choice for a chess game, with the added benefit of easy porting to Android in case you're interested in learning it!

I can highly recommend FXGL https://github.com/AlmasB/FXGL to get started building simpler 2d games before looking into 3d engines which can be daunting unless that’s what you are in for. Nice and easy api’s with everything you need as well as lots of example games to learn from.

Sure. See FXGL

GitHub sources: https://github.com/AlmasB/FXGL

Either libGDX (https://libgdx.com) or FXGL (http://almasb.github.io/FXGL/) . libGDX is more complicated and more powerful, FGXL is better suited for simpler games and so easier for beginners, but recently it's development is quite active and more and more features are available.

Download the latest LWJGL binaries from the official website.

(The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)

229 recipes 27 achievements 2023-11-15 18:45:08 [CLIENT] [INFO] Setting user: aleislost (Session ID is token:0:) 2023-11-15 18:45:08 [CLIENT] [INFO] LWJGL Version: 2.9.4 Starting up SoundSystem... Initializing LWJGL OpenAL (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org) OpenAL initialized. # # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # # EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x00007ffd49392ee7, pid=5988, tid=0x0000000000002188 # # JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (8.0_392-b08) (build 1.8.0_392-b08) # Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (25.392-b08 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops) # Problematic frame: # C [ig7icd64.dll+0x22ee7] # # Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows # # An error report file with more information is saved as: # C:\Users\Ale\AppData\Roaming\PollyMC\instances\1.5.2\.minecraft\hs_err_pid5988.log # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: # https://github.com/adoptium/adoptium-support/issues # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. # See problematic frame for where to report the bug. # AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed Process exited with code 1.

Both libGDX and JMonkey engine make use of LWJGL.

[17:23:20] [Client thread/WARN]: EventBus 0 shutting down - future events will not be posted. [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default, FMLFileResourcePack:Forge Mod Loader, FMLFileResourcePack:Minecraft Forge, FMLFileResourcePack:YUNG's Better Mineshafts, FMLFileResourcePack:Biomes O' Plenty, FMLFileResourcePack:Bountiful, FMLFileResourcePack:Mowzie's Mobs, FMLFileResourcePack:Quark, FMLFileResourcePack:Spiders 2.0, FMLFileResourcePack:Tetra, FMLFileResourcePack:The Twilight Forest, FMLFileResourcePack:Xaero's World Map [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderItem [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderItem, func_180454_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/item/ItemStack;Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/block/model/IBakedModel;)V) [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderEffect, func_191966_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/block/model/IBakedModel;)V) [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node LDC -8372020 [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node LDC -8372020 [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.EntityRenderer [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderWorldPass, func_175068_a] Descriptor (IFJ)V) [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKESPECIAL net/minecraft/client/renderer/EntityRenderer.func_78479_a (FI)V [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:20] [Client thread/WARN]: There were errors previously. Not beginning mod initialization phase [17:23:21] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Starting up SoundSystem... [17:23:21] [Thread-2/INFO]: Initializing LWJGL OpenAL [17:23:21] [Thread-2/INFO]: (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org) [17:23:21] [Thread-2/INFO]: OpenAL initialized. [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.RenderManager [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderEntity, func_188391_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;DDDFFZ)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKEVIRTUAL net/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/Render.func_76986_a (Lnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;DDDFF)V [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.Render [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderEntityOnFire, func_76977_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;DDDF)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.model.ModelBiped [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [setRotationAngles, func_78087_a] Descriptor (FFFFFFLnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node RETURN [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.layers.LayerArmorBase [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderArmorLayer, func_188361_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/entity/EntityLivingBase;FFFFFFFLnet/minecraft/inventory/EntityEquipmentSlot;)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderEnchantedGlint, func_188364_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/RenderLivingBase;Lnet/minecraft/entity/EntityLivingBase;Lnet/minecraft/client/model/ModelBase;FFFFFFF)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKESTATIC net/minecraft/client/renderer/GlStateManager.func_179131_c (FFFF)V [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKESTATIC net/minecraft/client/renderer/GlStateManager.func_179131_c (FFFF)V [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Sound engine started [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.RenderBoat [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [doRender, func_188300_b] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/entity/item/EntityBoat;DDDFF)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKEINTERFACE net/minecraft/client/model/IMultipassModel.func_187054_b (Lnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;FFFFFF)V [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.layers.LayerEntityOnShoulder [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderEntityOnShoulder, func_192864_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/entity/player/EntityPlayer;Ljava/util/UUID;Lnet/minecraft/nbt/NBTTagCompound;Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/RenderLivingBase;Lnet/minecraft/client/model/ModelBase;Lnet/minecraft/util/ResourceLocation;Ljava/lang/Class;FFFFFFFZ)Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/layers/LayerEntityOnShoulder$DataHolder;) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKEVIRTUAL net/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/RenderLivingBase.func_110776_a (Lnet/minecraft/util/ResourceLocation;)V [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.BlockModelRenderer [17:23:22] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderQuadsFlat, func_187496_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/world/IBlockAccess;Lnet/minecraft/block/state/IBlockState;Lnet/minecraft/util/math/BlockPos;IZLnet/minecraft/client/renderer/BufferBuilder;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/BitSet;)V) [17:23:22] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:22] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKEVIRTUAL net/minecraft/client/renderer/BufferBuilder.func_178987_a (DDD)V [17:23:22] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:22] [Client thread/WARN]: ERROR : Couldn't load Narrator library : Unable to load library 'fliteWrapper': Native library (linux-aarch64/libfliteWrapper.so) not found in resource path ([file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/lwjgl3/lwjgl-glfw-classes.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-slf4j18-impl/2.15.0/log4j-slf4j18-impl-2.15.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/maven/maven-artifact/3.5.3/maven-artifact-3.5.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/sf/trove4j/trove4j/3.0.3/trove4j-3.0.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/java3d/vecmath/1.5.2/vecmath-1.5.2.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/lzma/lzma/0.0.1/lzma-0.0.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-xml_2.11/1.0.2/scala-xml_2.11-1.0.2.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-swing_2.11/1.0.1/scala-swing_2.11-1.0.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-reflect/2.11.1/scala-reflect-2.11.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-parser-combinators_2.11/1.0.1/scala-parser-combinators_2.11-1.0.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.11.1/scala-library-2.11.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/plugins/scala-continuations-plugin_2.11.1/1.0.2_mc/scala-continuations-plugin_2.11.1-1.0.2_mc.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/plugins/scala-continuations-library_2.11/1.0.2_mc/scala-continuations-library_2.11-1.0.2_mc.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.11.1/scala-compiler-2.11.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-actors-migration_2.11/1.1.0/scala-actors-migration_2.11-1.1.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/typesafe/config/1.2.1/config-1.2.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/typesafe/akka/akka-actor_2.11/2.3.3/akka-actor_2.11-2.3.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/jline/jline/3.5.1/jline-3.5.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/minecraft/launchwrapper/1.12/launchwrapper-1.12.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/ow2/asm/asm-debug-all/5.2/asm-debug-all-5.2.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.12.2-14.23.5.2859/forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2859.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/patchy/1.3.9/patchy-1.3.9.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/oshi-project/oshi-core/1.1/oshi-core-1.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/jna/4.4.0/jna-4.4.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/platform/3.4.0/platform-3.4.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/ibm/icu/icu4j-core-mojang/51.2/icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/sf/jopt-simple/jopt-simple/5.0.3/jopt-simple-5.0.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecjorbis/20101023/codecjorbis-20101023.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecwav/20101023/codecwav-20101023.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/libraryjavasound/20101123/libraryjavasound-20101123.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/librarylwjglopenal/20100824/librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/soundsystem/20120107/soundsystem-20120107.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/io/netty/netty-all/4.1.9.Final/netty-all-4.1.9.Final.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/guava/guava/21.0/guava-21.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.5/commons-lang3-3.5.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/commons-io/commons-io/2.5/commons-io-2.5.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.10/commons-codec-1.10.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jinput/jinput/2.0.5/jinput-2.0.5.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jutils/jutils/1.0.0/jutils-1.0.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.8.0/gson-2.8.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/authlib/1.5.25/authlib-1.5.25.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/realms/1.10.22/realms-1.10.22.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.8.1/commons-compress-1.8.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.3.3/httpclient-4.3.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.1.3/commons-logging-1.1.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpcore/4.3.2/httpcore-4.3.2.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/7.1.0/fastutil-7.1.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/2.15.0/log4j-api-2.15.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/2.15.0/log4j-core-2.15.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/text2speech/1.10.3/text2speech-1.10.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/text2speech/1.10.3/text2speech-1.10.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/versions/1.12.2-forge-14.23.5.2859/1.12.2-forge-14.23.5.2859.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/mods/Quark-r1.6-177.jar, asmgen:/]) [17:23:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.tileentity.TileEntityPistonRenderer [17:23:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [render, func_192841_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/tileentity/TileEntityPiston;DDDFIF)V) [17:23:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true

Java Edition uses a number of third party libraries but the core game library is Light Weight Java Game Library, LWJGL.

Minecraft uses LWGL under the hood, which does support Wayland as of version 3 if it is configured to use EGL instead of GLX. (see https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl3/issues/748) Version 2 of LWGL does not support Wayland as it relies on xrandr, which is only available on X (see https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl/issues/118).