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Java Game Engine

By Iman, Jesse, Lucas, Nikola, Noah, Tung

Lead: Frank H.

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What: Java Game Engine?

  • We will be developing a game engine with the Java programming language in order to provide a platform for lesser skilled game developers to learn how to make games without having to learn a more complex game design platform like Unity.

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Why: A Java Game Engine?

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  • Java is widely known and is commonly taught as a beginner language, giving our users the edge to be able to learn core game development concepts without having to additionally learn another language. Our goal is to completely throw out the need for coding when building a game in order to further familiarize people with with this side of the coding world.
    • Write once - Run Anywhere
      • Due to the Java Virtual Machine any software written in Java can be ran on any OS, this feature allows us to package everything in one executable for stable release instead of building and maintaining multiple codebases
    • Another reason for our idea is to further our own understanding of game creation =>The best form of learning is teaching.

Teaching

Learning

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Timeline

Learn 1-Dimensional Game Development through developing Pacman

Learn 2-Dimensional Game Development through developing Angry Birds

Abstract what we’ve learned into a game engine

Create a 2D medieval themed platform to showcase our engine

Time Goal:

End of Winter

Time Goal:

End of Spring

Time Goal:

Mid Summer Hopefully

Time Goal:

End of Winter ‘23

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Project Structure

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Namcap (read backwards)

1D Game Development Learning Platform

  • Practice Core Game development, and 1-Dimensional Game Dev Core concepts
    • Practice handling input
    • Practice handling collisions between objects
    • Practice creating game logic
    • Practice drawing things on screen
    • Fixed screen

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Minorly Inconvenienced Fowls

(Angry Birds Clone)

2D Game Development Platform

  • Practice 2-D Game Development and Core Concepts
    • Practice 2-D physics and movement
    • Practice more complex game logic
      • Properties on objects
      • Math
      • Camera Fixed on Object style
    • Import Audio and visual effects

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Earliest Foreseeable End Goal

Simple 2 Dimensional Game Engine

  • Through abstraction of what we’ve learned developing 1 dimensional and 2 dimensional games we will develop a game engine that will simplify most of what we learned from making Pacman and Angry Birds
  • Features:
    • Capable of producing 1D and 2D games
      • Physics, Complex Attributes, Level Editor, Basic Enemies
    • Educational Tool
      • Helps new game developers to grasp game development concepts
      • Stepping stone to other more complex engines

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Pierre the French Medieval

Carpenter ‘product of

End product’

  • Prove product meets end goal promises by making a medieval themed 2D platformer version of Super Mario Bros
  • Effectively this will showcase everything we learned about 1 Dimensional and 2 Dimensional game development as well as our abstraction from those experiences into a game engine