You can create them physically (outside NetBeans) or through NetBeans if you do a right click on the project and choose New… Other… Other… Folder. Once you create the NetBeans project you should also create two directories in the project folder. Go to File… New Project… Java Application and create a project. Lets start by creating a project in NetBeans. The full distribution contains the slick.jar file, several other libraries, example source code as well as the native libraries necessary to run the games. I downloaded the full distribution and unzipped it on my hard drive. It’s a very simple game, the purpose was just to see what Slick is and how easy it is to write a game.įirst download the Slick libraries from the Slick site. Our game will consist of a map, a sprite, animation of the sprite and collision detection when the sprite hits a wall. Ok enough talking, lets see how we can write a very simple game using Slick. I think that the people behind Slick need to write more documentation of how to use it since many people, especially new developers, might not be able to follow the source code examples. Slick comes with several source code examples of how to use it, but, unfortunatelly with only limited documentation the Slick wiki as well as the API Javadocs (though I found the forums to be of a great help).

And indeed, after spending a few hours using it, I think it’s true that using Slick it’s very easy and fast to implement games in Java. In that session one of the speakers mentioned Slick, a Java 2D engine for games that provides more or less everything one needs to write a game. One of the sessions I attended at JaveOne this year was about games and Java.

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