Suggestion of a library or a framework?

Question

i am planning to do a vehicle traffic simulation as my under grad project. my plan is to simulate the movement of vehicles in a area. before starting any coding i would like to know of any java 2d libraries or frameworks (Eg:- game libraries) i can use, thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can check those links, see if they might help you:

Java2d

JGame:

JGame is an open source 2D game engine that runs on any Java 1.2+ JRE platform (with optional OpenGL enhancements through JOGL), as well as the mobile J2ME (CLDC1.1/MIDP2.0) platform. It provides a very high-level framework for developing "classic" type arcade games. It is based on sprites with automatic animation and collision detection, a tile-based background with easy sprite-tile interaction facilities, and high-level game state and game sequence facilities. JGame games can be run in a variety of ways without requiring any changes in the code: regular applications, webstart, applets, or MIDlets. Graphics are scaled automatically to fit any screen size, from the smallest mobile device to full-screen desktop PC. JGame uses 2D graphics acceleration where available, but using OpenGL enables better graphical quality.

LWJGL

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.

Slick

Slick2D is a simple set of tools wrapped around the LWJGL OpenGL binding for Java. It's aims are as follows:

• Provide a simple 2D API
• Make transition from Java2D to OpenGL easier
• Enable distribution via WebStart without the complexity
• Provide the tools required for most simple games out of the box
• Extensible framework for flexibility
• Mix and Match - you use what you want, nothing is enforced.
• Help with rendering, sound, input, collision and anything else we can think of.

And a list of game engines from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines