GameCoding with JavaScript and JavaFX reloaded

[Mirko Sertic]

Hi@all

 

Last year i wrote a JavaFX based Game Authoring System. It used a JavaFX development IDE and provided game runtimes for Java, Android and HTML5/JavaScript.

 

Basically it is something like Construct2, but free, based on JavaFX and can export games to HTML5 with or without WebGL support.

 

Here is a short list of features:

• Open Source
• Java and JavaFX based
• Visual Game Authoring
• No programming required
• Exports games as HTML5 using GWT JavaScript
• Exports games as HTML5 using Dragome JavaScript
• Exports games as HTML5 using TeaVM JavaScript
• Exports games as Android APKs >= API Level 10
• Support of Physics using JBox2D
• Support of Audio using Java Audio API or HTML5 Audio.
• Support of WegGL using Parallax3D

 

The project source code is hosted on GitHub here:

 

https://github.com/mirkosertic/GameComposer

 

Here is also a short introduction about the key concepts behind the engine:

 

http://www.mirkosertic.de/doku.php/javastuff/javafxgameauthoring

 

 

For the original version i used GWT to cross compile Java to JavaScript. This worked pretty well, but GWT does not support Java8, and new frameworks such as Dragome or TeaVM arised. Here is also a short comparison of all of them:

 

http://www.mirkosertic.de/doku.php/javastuff/gwtdragometeavmgame

 

 

If anybody is interested to contribute, please let me know. If would be cool if someone wants to contribute to this project! Currently i an working on some features and also the sound system for mobile devices(HTML5) needs some work. I'd be really happy for some assistance :-)

 

Looking forward for interesting discussions!

 

Regards

Mirko