Monthly Archives: June 2009
Is Java too slow for making AAA commercial games ??
In almost every game development forum i have seen people saying that java is too slow for making AAA commercial game titles. So is it true that commercial AAA tiles cannot be made using Java ?????
Here i will tell u about a very amazing AAA tile that i recently played and has been made using [...]
Installing or Setting up JOGL on Ubuntu
Here are the detailed steps to set up or install JOGL on your ubuntu. First of all you have to download the jogl library(according to your machine) from here . I am using Ubuntu 8.04 on intel board so i downloaded jogl-1.1.1-linux-i586.zip.
So extract the zip file. Now open the folder that you have just now [...]
Alpha Blending using OpenGL with SDL
Alpha Blending is a convex combination of two colors allowing for transparency effects in computer graphics. Blending is used to combine the color of a given pixel that is about to be drawn with the pixel that is already on the screen. How the colors are combined is based on the alpha value of [...]
Setting up java classpath on ubuntu
When u install sun’s jdk manually on ubuntu, java classpath doesn’t get set automatically unlike in windows. So when you enter command javac in terminal window, it says “javac command not found”. So here is the very simple way to set up the classpath for java on ubuntu.
STEP 1 : Open the terminal window.
STEP 2: [...]
How to make a exe file of Java Program ?
If you are making a java program for windows operating system only then wouldn’t it be easy to have a exe file for your java program and distribute it to the users and user would find easy to execute your program. Well i guess yes because exe would definetly make easy for users to execute [...]
Posted in Tools, Tutorials Tagged .exe file of java, exe4j, java exe maker, making an exe for java app 2 Comments
Setting up Slick 2D with netbeans 6.5.1
Slick2D engine is a high performance 2d game library based on a LWJGL(Lightweight Java Game Library). You can see the current features of Slick2D in their site. Download the library from here.
You can check the games made in Slick2D engine http://www.cokeandcode.com/ and http://slick.cokeandcode.com/gallery.php.
Tutorials : There are good and easy to go tutorials for beginners.
Now download [...]
Posted in Tutorials, developer Tagged 2D engine, lwjgl, netbeans, Slick 2D, slick 2d with netbeans 8 Comments
2D Sprite Rotation using Opengl with SDL
Rotating 2D Sprite: In my previous post i showed how to move a 2D sprite in two dimensional screen using Opengl with SDL. Now in this post i’l show how to rotate a 2D sprite using Opengl with SDL.
In Opengl, rotation can be made about x axis, y axis and z axis. In different axis [...]
Posted in Opengl with SDL, Tutorials Tagged 2d graphics, 2d rotation, opengl, sdl, texture mapping 1 Comment
Moving 2D Sprite using Opengl with SDL
Moving 2D Sprite: SO on my previous post i showed you the code to display a 2D sprite using OpenGl with SDL. Now i’ll show how to move a 2D Sprite using opengl with sdl. There will be some minor changes in the code and rest will be the same.
I’ll write the new changes in [...]
Posted in Opengl with SDL, Tutorials Tagged 2d graphics, 2d sprite, moving 2d sprite, opengl, sdl, texture mapping Leave a comment
Drawing 2D Sprite Using OpenGl with SDL
In many forums, i have seen people asking about making 2D games using OpenGl and there weren’t any satisfactory answers. So i searched the google on doing 2D graphics using Opengl. Surprisingly there were not many results on that, there were very very few info on doing 2D graphics using OpenGl.
So i did some research [...]
Posted in Opengl with SDL, Tutorials Tagged 2d graphics, 2d sprite, 2d texture, opengl, sdl, texture mapping 3 Comments
Getting started making games with java !!