Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jeff Higgins Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: JOGL, Java3d, or other? Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:02:47 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:02:35 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="6a6a291fa7e9c0bd872c1a9cbe2b371d"; logging-data="8501"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+bkpKtz5pbddIm/gPNzQNyFm86cwh7N2o=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20120726 Icedove/3.0.11 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:BLI8KhssDLxOD/3DttiU0bCDNWM= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:18303 On 08/23/2012 01:55 PM, Daniel Pitts wrote: > I'm considering working on a Minecraft like project, just as an > experiment/hobby. I have no intention of competing with Mojang or Notch ;-) > > I have very little experience with any 3D libraries (other than basic > home-grown ones that aren't hardware accelerated). So, the question I > have is what would be a good first library to jump into? Given the hobby > project status, portability isn't a big deal, but would be a nice to > have in case I want to share this with friends. If you're going to > suggest a non-portable library, keep in mind I use a Mac. > > What's most important to me is the community around the library, and the > continued development of the core of the library. > > > Any suggestions appreciated. jMonkeyEngine?