mramazingman 1y ago • 100%
It actually started as a high school project and became a bigger project for when I started interviewing for internships in college. The high school project was to make a game and we were encouraged to use Java GUI libraries so I made the classic snake game. It had static frame rates, many bugs, out of bound issues, and many violations of OOP, but it was more than what was expected. I kept it around in a local hard-drive and when I started my undergrad, I realized I needed to make a github and start some projects. I initially wanted to just add a repo for the current code I had but it wasn't really well written...
So I decided to abstract it. The more I abstracted it, the more I realized I was moving towards a game engine. Eventually I took a pause but I got an SDE intership interview that wanted me to present a project so I crunched JEngine during my winter break.
mramazingman 1y ago • 100%
Certainly, out of curiosity did was there an API to the phpBB forum that you used to build the CMS?
mramazingman 1y ago • 100%
Absolutely, I'm not sure if everyone else started out the same but I believe that's what hooked me on programming: the autocracy of trying out a new idea just for the heck of it. I think I'm still yearning for that same level of freedom and moving my career towards a position with more independence.
mramazingman 1y ago • 100%
Awesome, just crossposted it :)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1780971 > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1780754 > > > Hi all, > > > > I've never shared this publicly though it was my intent. I figure to help contribute to Lemmy, this would be a good first post. > > > > I wrote a 2D game Engine in Java as an undergraduate project. It's fairly simple: audio, sprites, physics, and component based architecture. If you're interested in writing a small 2D game in Java and have past experience with Unity, you may find this to be as a helpful starting point. I will say this: this engine is not meant for serious game development -- I started this project with 'can I do this?' mentality. > > > > Though I no longer work on this project, I hope that someone may find use of it.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1780754 > Hi all, > > I've never shared this publicly though it was my intent. I figure to help contribute to Lemmy, this would be a good first post. > > I wrote a 2D game Engine in Java as an undergraduate project. It's fairly simple: audio, sprites, physics, and component based architecture. If you're interested in writing a small 2D game in Java and have past experience with Unity, you may find this to be as a helpful starting point. I will say this: this engine is not meant for serious game development -- I started this project with 'can I do this?' mentality. > > Though I no longer work on this project, I hope that someone may find use of it.
Hi all, I've never shared this publicly though it was my intent. I figure to help contribute to Lemmy, this would be a good first post. I wrote a 2D game Engine in Java as an undergraduate project. It's fairly simple: audio, sprites, physics, and component based architecture. If you're interested in writing a small 2D game in Java and have past experience with Unity, you may find this to be as a helpful starting point. I will say this: this engine is not meant for serious game development -- I started this project with 'can I do this?' mentality. Though I no longer work on this project, I hope that someone may find use of it.
mramazingman 1y ago • 75%
I started using Kali Linux earlier this year. I’m by no means a hacker but it’s the first version of Linux with a UI that clicked for me. It’s built off of Debian so I’m pretty familiar with its package management and it’s been really easy to get a barebones version running on different computers.