Graphix

A small game library that allows you to make 2D games easily in Java

Features

GLib does not provide many resources for game development yet, but some of the resources you can find are:

* To be added

• Spritesheet Manager
• Animation Managers
• Support for Joysticks *
• Vector Utilities
• Math Utilities
• IO/Net Utilities *

Implementing GLib

The implementation of GLib is a very simple thing. Since GLib works with an Application System, that is a way to provide functions for rendering and updating the game components, you'll have to create one just as below:

public class MyGame extends GLibApp {
  
  private GLibFont gameFont;
  
  @Override
  public void init() {
    // initialize game components
    this.gameFont = GLibFont.MONOSPACED.deriveFont(10.0f);
  }
  
  @Override
  public void render(GLibBatch batch) {
    // draw game components on screen
    batch.clearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
    batch.clearScreen();
    
    batch.color(0xffff0000);
    batch.drawText("Hello, World!", 100, 100, gameFont);
  }
  
  @Override
  public void update() {
    // update game components
  }
  
  @Override
  public void end() {
    // unload game resources
  }
}

After implementing the structure above, you need to call GLib to initialize your application, and it is done as it follows:

public class MainClass {
  
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    var myGame = new MyGame();
    int width = 640;
    int height = 480;
    int pixelSize = 2;
    int fpsRate = 60;
    boolean infiniteFPS = false;
    boolean fullScreen = false;
    
    // initializes GLib and shows the window
    GLib.initialize(myGame, width, height, pixelSize,
                    fpsRate, infiniteFPS, fullScreen);
  }
}

GLib was compiled in Java 10.0.2 (Java 10) and therefore, uses the new Java Module System implemented in Java 9. You may learn more about the module system by clicking here.