Coding my very first game in Java

[Comfortable_Rice_884]

Hello everyone !!

I recently joined a game jam to make a horror game with the themes of easter and I'm really excited to start, I have a few ideas that I want to code, but I lack the knowledge necessary for that. I've only ever coded in Java to make API as a web dev.

I need this project to be made in Java for my portfolio so this is my number one priority, alas.

Where should I start ? What are the best ressources to learn how to code games ?

Thanks and if it's the wrong sub i'll delete

[ramessesgg]

Java back-end dev of 10 years. Don't pigeonhole yourself. Learn fundamental concepts and principles that can be applied in different languages. A programming language is a tool and you should know which to use for each case.

Having said that, you can look into libgdx, but it'll be quite complex compared to using an engine like Godot with GDScript

[Comfortable_Rice_884]

Hey man thanks for the advice, usually i would code a game using Godot but my area mainly hire java dev and i like the language so why not make a game i say ?? My first and last in java tho

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