Development of Open Eggbert

Requirements for Development

Java 17 must be installed. Newer versions may work only for the desktop.

Sound + Midi support

https://github.com/mgsx-dev/gdx-pd

Graphics

How to scale graphics - ?

https://github.com/leonbloy/pngj

https://www.nayuki.io/page/png-library

https://github.com/nayuki/BMP-IO?tab=readme-ov-file

https://www.nayuki.io/page/bmp-io-library-java

https://github.com/PyroSamurai/JBL

https://github.com/nayuki/PNG-library

https://image4j.sourceforge.net/

https://libgdxinfo.wordpress.com/basic_image/

Animation

https://github.com/WinterAlexander/gdx-animation

https://libgdx.com/wiki/graphics/2d/2d-animation

https://gamefromscratch.com/libgdx-tutorial-3b-simple-animation/

https://gamefromscratch.com/libgdx-video-tutorial-sprite-animation/

https://www.pixnbgames.com/blog/libgdx/frame-by-frame-animations-in-libgdx/

https://www.codeandweb.com/texturepacker/tutorials/libgdx-sprite-sheet-tutorial

https://www.reddit.com/r/libgdx/comments/18bghen/how_can_i_get_an_animation_to_be_timed_correctly/

https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/138324/libgdx-animation-sequence

Sprite Tools

Generating sprite animations to gifs

https://genuinecoder.com/how-to-create-gif-from-multiple-images-in-java/

Detection of sprite positions.

Support for web and mobile platforms (Android, iPhone)

It is a good idea to ensure, that Open Eggbert is runnable on web and mobile platforms.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2590850/threading-in-gwt-client

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57735039/how-framwork-such-as-libgdx-handle-threading-for-web-target

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28267316/libgdx-not-work-on-android-api-21

Networking

https://www.reddit.com/r/libgdx/comments/4rtdph/what_are_some_networking_options_for_libgdx/

Screens

https://www.gamedevelopment.blog/full-libgdx-game-tutorial-loading-screen/

https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/libgdx-screens-fonts-and-preferences/44430118

2D physics engines

https://github.com/erincatto/box2d-lite

http://www.jbox2d.org/

https://github.com/dyn4j/dyn4j

https://slick.ninjacave.com/

https://github.com/jwvhewitt/Slick2d-Game-Engine

How to create a Java Platformer game

https://longbaonguyen.github.io/courses/platformer/platformer.html

Design patterns

https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/command.html

Wikipedia

Game design - Wikipedia

Video game development - Wikipedia

Gameplay - Wikipedia