Tech Corner

This section of GaGaPlay.com will provide some technical background to games programming using the Java platform. Interesting articles and links to other resources can be found here.

Links to java programming resources

The official java homepage.
The latest news, JDK and JRE downloads, documentation etc.

The LWJGL homepage.
The official homepage of the Light Weight Java Game Library, an open-source library for accessing OpenGL, OpenAL, OpenIL, FMOD and more.

JavaGaming.org
Friendly, open discussion forum for java game developers. Frequented by professionals, indies, amateurs and even the always helpful Sun folks. If you have a question related to java game development, join javagaming.org.

Eclipse
Very powerful, free, open source, easy to use IDE. The IDE of choice of most java (game) developers.

jME
jME, or Java Monkey Engine is a feature-rich, free, open source and easy to use 3D game engine.

Xith3D
High performance scenegraph and renderer for gaming.

Java Games Factory
Free games, free articles, and java developer tutorials