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libGDX | jMonkeyEngine | |
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61 | 37 | |
22,609 | 3,669 | |
0.8% | 0.7% | |
8.8 | 9.1 | |
3 days ago | 5 days ago | |
Java | Java | |
Apache License 2.0 | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
libGDX
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Show HN: Integer Map Data Structure
Neat, thank you! I'd love to see how it compares to the libgdx IntMap[0].
[0] https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/blob/master/gdx/src/com/bad...
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OSS Game Engines are increasing their stars on GitHub due to Unity's missteps
For anyone interested, LibGDX[1] is a very nice open-source game engine for Java. It is cross-platform (mobile, PC/mac, web). Very popular and well maintained, too.
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(Java) Is there any way to convert InputStream to temp File without OutputStream?
And let me explain, for example jorbis this library has a lot of nested loops in it, i understand why this library using this, but this is really bad. Because when I am trying to use library with this code, this taking so much time to convert ogg to pcm, and yes I know that converting ogg to pcm is a hard process, but I need to optimize my program, make it more better. The main thing is EVERY decoding ogg file library using the same piece of code! And I am not joking for example libgdx.
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(Java) How to .ogg file convert to pcm?
What the pcm file contains? And what is the structure? What data I should use for converting .ogg file into pcm? Is there any information about pcm files? Is there any repositories in github that converts .ogg files into pcm? (I am already know there is JVorbis, libgdx and jorbis but thats not what i want)
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Instancing/Instanced Rendering in LibGDX (3D)
I found an example for rendering a [Mesh] object using instancing in LibGDX's tests (link), but I'm not sure how to apply that for rendering actual models.
- Web Scraping GitHub Page
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Is there anything like PICO-8 for Java?
Many newer Java games on Steam use libGDX. Older games used Slick2d. Both APIs mimic Java2D, the standard library API, which itself is good enough when you are starting out.
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What's the status of game dev and GC pauses in Java since JDK 16?
Also, according to https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx, libGDX has around 45% of source codes written in C++ and C, while only 53.3% are written in Java.
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I hate font rendering
An easy to use tool that generates font atlases and the corresponding metadata is Hiero.
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What software do you use to draw the UI?
I'm using LibGDX TexturePacker2 standalone version to pack images into atlases. I wrote my own .atlas file parse that loads the files (it's a very simple textual format).
jMonkeyEngine
- Not only Unity...
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Unity's Licensing Changes: Discover Stride a Community-Driven Open-Source Engine
> Unfortunately, this is yet another open source game engine with too small a user base.
I wonder why some engines are seemingly destined for success and others... aren't.
Godot got really big, despite a somewhat similar feature set: https://godotengine.org/ (really nice 2D support, 3D rendering was worse until version 4, GDScript has both a nice iteration speed but also has gotten some criticism, while C# was a second class citizen in the earlier iterations)
Stride is really nice and seemed like it should have been the Unity replacement that people would look at, if it had gotten more attention and a community would have formed around it, like Godot's.
There's also NeoAxis which is way more Windows centric, but still seems to be getting updates and is comparatively easy to use, yet similarly never got popular: https://www.neoaxis.com/
Weirder yet, Java doesn't really have that many game engines out there, at least the likes of Unity/NeoAxis/Stride that have nice editors, despite the language being pretty nice. The closest I can think of is jMonkeyEngine which I donated some money in the past to, which is pretty usable but similarly niche: https://jmonkeyengine.org/
I occasionally watch videos on the Gamefromscratch YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@gamefromscratch/videos) and it surprises me that there are so many engines out there, but very few actually are in the public eye. If you don't go out of your way to look for other options, you will most likely only have heard of Unity and Unreal (or maybe also Godot in recent years). I wonder why that is.
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[Hobby] Need help implement Continuous Collision Detection in a classic top-down multiplayer space shooter
This project develops a cross-platform Subspace client and server written in Java. It was developed from scratch on the idea of extensibility and modularity. The server is based on modules/frameworks highly optimized for scaled, networked, grid-based, infinite world physics. The client is based on the JMonkeyEngine, a minimalistic modern developer friendly, open source, game engine
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Godot 4.0 Stable
> Godot is one of those pinnacle FOSS projects that just totally impresses me, especially given the state its in now, with 4.0.
It is definitely one of the success stories, at least so far.
For example, there are projects like jMonkeyEngine (a game engine in Java, on top of LWJGL) that don't get as much attention and their movement forwards is way slower: https://jmonkeyengine.org/
There's also Stride 3D, which is a bit closer to Unity I'd say, which is still a really nice project, but is also limited in how much development can be done: https://www.stride3d.net/
Regardless, I wish all of those projects success and would still be glad if Godot could be one of the champions of open source game engines, perhaps as a viable and easy to use alternative to something like Unity for those who want that sort of thing, even in the professional development space eventually!
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I can't think about another video game using Java. I mean, there WILL be more but i haven't saw them.
It is, or at least was, efficient. Java has a great game engine called https://jmonkeyengine.org/ that at the time could compete with Unity, not sure the status now. And LWJGL, the lower layer for ooengl, was quite nice to use and it is efficient to go that low level if you plan to do a game that does not fit the stereotypes in such game engines, as you will find yourself fighting the engine more than the actual game.
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Terraria Clone With Java?
This seems interesting https://jmonkeyengine.org , how would I get started?
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interested in learning lisp, (specifically for games, but also for everything else including tui and gui applications for linux. currently have next to no programming knowledge, can i get forwarded some resources and some tips on what exactly i should do? any videos i should watch?
Java: Jmonkeyengine works with Armed Bear Common Lisp, but it requires you to write a lot of Java as "glue" because of the engine's structure. Still, the engine and ABCL are solid and you can get it if you give it time.
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game engines for 2D games in java?
I remember using https://jmonkeyengine.org some while ago
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What's the status of game dev and GC pauses in Java since JDK 16?
According to its Github repository, JMonkeyEngine is almost entirely written in Java.
What are some alternatives?
LWJGL - LWJGL is a Java library that enables cross-platform access to popular native APIs useful in the development of graphics (OpenGL, Vulkan, bgfx), audio (OpenAL, Opus), parallel computing (OpenCL, CUDA) and XR (OpenVR, LibOVR, OpenXR) applications.
FXGL - Java / JavaFX / Kotlin Game Library (Engine)
Cocos2d - Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.
Litiengine - LITIENGINE 🕹 The pure 2D java game engine.
LiquidFun - 2D physics engine for games
Mini2Dx - A high-level cross-platform 2D game development API
AndEngine - Free Android 2D OpenGL Game Engine
GreenLightning - High performance microservice runtime
HyperLap2D - A powerful, platform-independent, visual editor for complex 2D worlds and scenes.
playn - Legacy 1.x version of PlayN library.