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 application 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
- Sample code demos
- FXGL games (with source)
- Published demos on itch.io
Maven
- Maven template project if you use Java and/or Kotlin (Java 11+)
Make sure to set <release>11</release>
for maven-compiler-plugin
.
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.almasb</groupId>
<artifactId>fxgl</artifactId>
<version>11.14</version>
</dependency>
Note: use 0.5.4
for Java 8-10.
Gradle
- Gradle template project if you use Java and/or Kotlin (Java 11+)
Please refer to the template if there are any errors.
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.github.almasb:fxgl:11.14'
}
Note: use 0.5.4
for Java 8-10.
Modularity
If you wish to develop a modular application, here's a complete example of your module-info.java
:
open module app.name {
requires com.almasb.fxgl.all;
}
Uber jar
Download the latest uber jar from Releases
Community
- University of Brighton, UK
- University of Nottingham, UK
- kidOYO, USA
- Walton High School, USA
- Conant High School, USA
- Zealand Institute of Business and Technology, Denmark
- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- FHNW School of Engineering / Computer Science, Switzerland
If your institution wants to use or is using FXGL, add a note in the Chat 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 or 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
javafx
andfxgl
- Tweet with #fxgl
- Chat with the friendly FXGL community