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About
JavaFX Game Development Framework
Why FXGL?
- No installation or setup required
- "Out of the box": Java 8-15, Win/Mac/Linux/Android 8+/iOS 11.0+/Web
- 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, interpolated animations, particles, and many more
- Games are easily packaged into a single executable .jar or native images
Good for:
- Any 2D game (side-scroller / platformer / arcade / RPG)
- Any business applications with complex UI controls / animations
- Experimental 3D
- Hobby / academic / commercial projects
- Teaching / learning / improving game development skills
- Fast prototyping of app 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
For a quick dive into code, see standalone basic examples. Otherwise, see:
- Showcase Trailer
- Wiki & written tutorials
- YouTube tutorials
- Java 11 modules
- Sample code demos
- Full FXGL games (with source)
- Pre-built FXGL demos (.jar)
- Published demos on itch.io
Maven
- Maven template project if you use Java and/or Kotlin (Java 11+)
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>11.13</version>
</dependency>
Gradle
- Gradle template project if you use Java and/or Kotlin (Java 11+)
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:11.13'
}
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 be added to the list.
Community tutorials:
- Space Ranger at journaldev
- Geometry Wars at webtechie
Community projects (identified using fxgl topic):
If you'd like your project featured here, just add a note in the Chat.
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. Contributions will be reviewed in accordance with the Code of Conduct.
You can support the FXGL development / show interest by simply starring the repo or becoming a sponsor.
Sponsors
Users:
- @Marsl10
- @SergeMerzliakov
- @mbains
- @sabit86
- @hendrikebbers
Companies:
- @karakun
Contact
- Ask questions on StackOverflow with tags
javafxandfxgl - Tweet with #fxgl
- Chat with the friendly FXGL community