LITIENGINE is a free and open source Java 2D Game Engine. It provides a comprehensive Java library and a dedicated map editor to create tile-based 2D games.
🎮 Main Features
- Basic Game Infrastructure (GameLoop, Configuration, Resource Management, Logging, ...)
- 2D Render Engine (GUI Components, Spritesheet Animations, Ambient Lighting, Particle System, ...)
- 2D Sound Engine (support for .wav, .mp3 and .ogg)
- 2D Physics Engine
- Support for Tile Maps in .tmx format (e.g. made with Tiled Editor)
- Player Input via Gamepad/Keyboard/Mouse
- Entity Framework
⚙️ Installation
🐘 Gradle
The LITIENGINE Java library is hosted on the Maven Central Repository, i.e. fetching it with Gradle is as simple as configuring your source repository and defining the dependency as shown below.
Groovy syntax:
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
implementation 'de.gurkenlabs:litiengine:0.5.2'
}Kotlin Syntax:
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
implementation("de.gurkenlabs:litiengine:0.5.2")
}Other ways of installing and using LITIENGINE
For alternative ways of downloading and applying LITIENGINE to your project, visit our Getting Started Guide.
📚 Documentation
The LITIENGINE documentation contains in-depth explanations, guides, and tutorials for general concepts of the engine.
Javadocs
If you are searching for a particular method or class within the API or just want to further explore the engine's capabilities and structure, the Javadocs are a good place to start:
Questions
You've found yourself trying to work out a feature of the engine that is not yet documented? Join our community in the official LITIENGINE forum or on Discord for troubleshooting.
Bugs and Issues
You've encountered an obvious issue or bug with LITIENGINE or want to request enhancements and features? File an issue in our Issue Tracker.
📦 Libraries Used
- JInput for Gamepad support
- MP3 SPI for .mp3 support
- Ogg Vorbis SPI for .ogg support
utiLITI
- Darklaf for theming support
Other Recommended Libraries
- Steamworks4j for supporting the steamworks SDK
🤝 Contributing
If you've decided to help out with LITIENGINE's development - you're awesome! And here's what you need to to:
- Agree to our Code of Conduct
- View our Contribution guidelines
Star History (Compared with other 2D java game libraries / frameworks / engines)
Contact
LITIENGINE is created by two Bavarian brothers known as gurkenlabs:
 |
 |
|---|---|
| Steffen Wilke | Matthias Wilke |
| steffen-wilke | nightm4re94 |
💬 Links and Social Media
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