Java Game development

Open-source Java projects categorized as Game development

Top 23 Java Game development Projects

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  • libGDX

    Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

    Project mention: How to Use the Foreign Function API in Java 22 to Call C Libraries | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-08
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  • 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.

    Project mention: Building a Game Engine Using Java with LWJGL | dev.to | 2024-04-01

    Download the latest LWJGL binaries from the official website.

  • shattered-pixel-dungeon

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler with randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use. It's based on the source code of Pixel Dungeon, by Watabou.

    Project mention: Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-20

    https://github.com/00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon/blob/mast...

    This is such a useful document. It details how to get your own fork up and running. I’ve seen a lot of open source software go in the other direction.

  • jMonkeyEngine

    A complete 3-D game development suite written in Java.

    Project mention: Top 8 Gaming open-source projects | dev.to | 2024-06-17

    8. jMonkeyEngine

  • Terasology

    Terasology - open source voxel world

    Project mention: Lessons from Open-Source Game Projects | dev.to | 2024-04-10

    Terasology - Minecraft-inspired voxel game. Java

  • JustWeEngine

    An easy open source Android Native Game FrameWork.

  • LITIENGINE

    LITIENGINE 🕹 The pure 2D java game engine.

  • stipple-effect

    Stipple Effect is a pixel art editor that supports animation and scripting (available on Windows, macOS and Linux)

    Project mention: Show HN: Stipple Effect – a scriptable pixel art editor to make game art faster | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-08-13

    Thanks for your interest.

    Not presently, but it's definitely something I can look into adding. I haven't used Godot much, but I see the momentum it has behind it (especially since the Unity scandal a few months ago) and it seems like Godot integration will become a more and more coveted feature.

    For the time being, I welcome you to drop a comment about it in the feedback section at the bottom of the store page or to submit a feature request here: https://github.com/jbunke/stipple-effect/issues/new/choose

  • Mini2Dx

    A high-level cross-platform 2D game development API

  • talos

    Talos Particle Engine (by rockbite)

  • HyperLap2D

    A powerful, platform-independent, visual editor for complex 2D worlds and scenes.

  • GreenLightning

    High performance microservice runtime

  • xcloud-shield

    Xcloud Beta Unofficial App for the Nvidia Shield Android TV. Playing Xbox Cloud Gaming directly on the box Nvidia Shield tv in the best way.

  • JavaRTS

    Hobby project, trying to create a simple RTS game with somewhat challenging AI

  • PolyWorld

    A world generator that is based on Voronoi diagrams

  • PieMenu

    A library for easy integration of a flexible circular WidgetGroup within libGDX

  • marvelous-bob

    libGDX Client and Server architecture for multiplayer game (with CI/CD done for deploying Docker images on AWS ECS)

  • pixel-community

    High performance and modular Java/Kotlin 2D Game Framework.

  • hms-game-demo

    GameServiceKit Android sample code encapsulates APIs of the HUAWEI GameSevice Kit. You can implement features like achievements and events faster, so you can quickly build the foundations for your game.

  • Subspace-Infinity

    A spiritual and technical successor the infamous 2d space mmo Subspace

  • WAT-Vis

    A tool for game developers and server owners to decode, visualize, and analyze player positional data.

  • Cities

    Procedural city & road placement

  • Battleship3D

    Classic terminal Battleship with a 3D twist!

    Project mention: A Terminal Game of Battleship with a 3rd Dimension | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-05
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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What are some of the best open-source Game development projects in Java? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 libGDX 23,248
2 LWJGL 4,761
3 shattered-pixel-dungeon 4,697
4 jMonkeyEngine 3,798
5 Terasology 3,672
6 JustWeEngine 772
7 LITIENGINE 731
8 stipple-effect 515
9 Mini2Dx 508
10 talos 419
11 HyperLap2D 367
12 GreenLightning 220
13 xcloud-shield 217
14 JavaRTS 149
15 PolyWorld 81
16 PieMenu 78
17 marvelous-bob 26
18 pixel-community 26
19 hms-game-demo 22
20 Subspace-Infinity 16
21 WAT-Vis 15
22 Cities 11
23 Battleship3D 6

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