kaliham / fxgl

Java / JavaFX / Kotlin Game Library (Engine)

About

JavaFX Game Development Framework

Why FXGL?

• No installation or setup required
• "Out of the box": Java 8-12, Win/Mac/Linux/Android 5.0+(Sample)/iOS(alpha)/Web(Sample)
• Simple and clean API, higher level than other engines
• Superset of JavaFX: no need to learn new UI API
• Real-world game development techniques: Entity-Component, Event System, Scripting, and many more
• Games are easily packaged into a single executable .jar or native images

Good for:

• Any 2D genre (side-scroller / platformer / arcade / RPG)
• Complex UI controls
• Hobby / academic / commercial projects
• Teaching / learning / improving game development skills
• Fast prototyping of game ideas

Minimal Example

public class BasicGameApp extends GameApplication {

    @Override
    protected void initSettings(GameSettings settings) {
        settings.setWidth(800);
        settings.setHeight(600);
        settings.setTitle("Basic Game App");
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
}

Getting Started

• Version for Java 8-10: 0.5.4 (not updated)
• Version for Java 11: 11.5 (frequent updates)

FXGL 11 supports Java 11+ and has a more scalable architecture, but currently supports only a subset of features from 0.5.4.

Want a quick dive into code? See basic examples. Otherwise, you have the following options:

• Java 11 modules
• Wiki & Written tutorials
• YouTube tutorials
• Sample code demos
• FXGL games (src)
• Game demos (.jar)

Maven

• Maven project if you use Java
• Maven project if you use Kotlin

Already have pom.xml? Then add: (use 0.5.4 for Java 8-10). Note: make sure to set <release>11</release> for maven-compiler-plugin.

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.almasb</groupId>
    <artifactId>fxgl</artifactId>
    <version>11.5</version>
</dependency>

Gradle

• Gradle project if you use Java 8-10
• Gradle project if you use Java 11+
• Gradle project if you use Kotlin

Already have build.gradle? Then add: (use 0.5.4 for Java 8-10). Note: in case you have errors, please see templates for Gradle above.

repositories {
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.github.almasb:fxgl:11.5'
}

Uber jar

Download the latest uber jar from Releases

Community

• University of Brighton, UK
• University of Nottingham, UK
• kidOYO, USA
• Walton High School, USA
• Zealand Institute of Business and Technology, Denmark
• Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

If your institution wants to use / is using FXGL, drop me an email to discuss how FXGL can aid your course.

Contribution & Support

If you want to build FXGL from sources or want to contribute, please see the Contribution Guide (including non-code). FXGL is fully modular, so new contributors do not need to understand the entire codebase, only the module to which the contribution is made.

You can support the FXGL development / show interest by simply starring the repo.

Contact

• Ask questions on StackOverflow with tags javafx and fxgl
• Tweet with #fxgl
• Chat with the friendly FXGL community
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