Debian Games Project
Summary
java development
development of games in Java

This metapackage will install a selection of suitable tools and packages to develop games in the Java programming language. Example games written in Java are suggested.

Description

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Debian Games java development packages

Official Debian packages with high relevance

libjava3d-java
Java 3D API (java library)
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trixie1.5.2+dfsg-17all
bookworm1.5.2+dfsg-17all
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roleshared-lib
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The Java 3D API enables the creation of three-dimensional graphics applications and Internet-based 3D applets. It provides high-level constructs for creating and manipulation 3D geometry and building the structures used in rendering that geometry. With this software, you can efficiently define and render very large virtual worlds.

This package contains the java library.

libjinput-java
Java Game Controller API
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hardwareinput
roledevel-lib, shared-lib
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jinput is an implementation of an API for game controller discovery and polled input. It is part of a suite of open-source technologies initiated by the Game Technology Group at Sun Microsystems with intention of making the development of high performance games in Java a reality. The API itself is pure Java and presents a platform-neutral completely portable model of controller discovery and polling. It can handle arbitrary controllers and returns both human and machine understandable descriptions of the inputs available.

libjogl2-java
Java bindings for OpenGL API
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The JOGL project hosts the development version of the Java Bindings for OpenGL (JSR-231), and is designed to provide hardware-supported 3D graphics to applications written in Java. JOGL is not the official reference implementation of the JSR, but an evolving workspace; snapshots are taken from this workspace which become the official reference implementations of the JSR.

JOGL provides full access to the APIs in the OpenGL 1.3 - 3.0, 3.1 - 3.3,

= 4.0, ES 1.x and ES 2.x specification as well as nearly all vendor extensions. It integrates with the AWT and Swing widget sets, as well with custom windowing toolkits using the NativeWindow API. It is part of a suite of open-source technologies initiated by the Game Technology Group at Sun Microsystems.

liblwjgl-java
Lightweight Java Game Library
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The Lightweight Java Game Library (LWJGL) is a solution aimed directly at professional and amateur Java programmers alike to enable commercial quality games to be written in Java. LWJGL provides developers access to high performance crossplatform libraries such as OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) and OpenAL (Open Audio Library) allowing for state of the art 3D games and 3D sound. Additionally LWJGL provides access to controllers such as Gamepads, Steering wheel and Joysticks. All in a simple and straight forward API.

libpixels-java
manipulation and filtering of images in Java
Maintainer: Martina Ferrari
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A large number of Java Image filters which are all standard Java BufferedImageOps and can be plugged directly into existing programs.

Many of these filters are useful in applications such as games where images need to be generated on the fly, or where it's quicker to generate them rather than downloading them. For instance, it's quicker to download one image and rotate it several times than to download several separate images.

Another use for the filters is in animation. For example animating the Water Ripple filter can produce a nice rippling effect. Some of the filters have a time parameter for this purpose.

All of the filters are designed to work with TYPE_INT_ARGB images.

More info and samples can be found in http://www.jhlabs.com/ip/filters/index.html

libsvgsalamander-java
SVG engine for Java
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SVG Salamander is an SVG engine for Java that's designed to be small, fast, and allow programmers to use it with a minimum of fuss.

It's in particular targeted for making it easy to integrate SVG into Java games and making it much easier for artists to design 2D game content - from rich interactive menus to charts and graphcs to complex animations.

libupnp-java
Java library for Universal Plug aNd Play (upnp)
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Pure java library for interacting with upnp devices on a network. Commonly used for games, p2pool clients, and video services.

This package contains the Java library. For documentation, see libupnp-java-doc.

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freecol
open source remake of the old Colonization
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freecol is a game in the spirit of Civilization but taking place in a colonial background. Colonize the new world, build towns, trade or fight with natives and other European civilizations, trade with your homeland until you're ready to fight for your independence !

triplea
Turn based strategy game
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TripleA is a turn based strategy game. TripleA comes with multiple games and over 100 more games can be downloaded from the user community. Supports single player vs AI, hot-seat, Play by Email, and a hosted online lobby.

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