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Posted by Mridul Gupta
Mridul Gupta
2,144 Points

Moderators Game Development in Android and Java.

I just checked out the Game Development course and realized that it is in C#. I am more familiar with Java and Android and would like to see a Game Development course in these languages.

Are there more such courses coming in the library? Even 1 or 2 workshops will also do as there are already great courses in Java and Android.

PS. I maybe wrong there may already be some videos about it.

2 Answers

John Steer-Fowler
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John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points
John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points

Hi Mridul,

I am not sure if there are any Java game courses in the pipeline, although a member of Treehouse staff might be able to shine some light on that.

You might be interested in jMonkeyEngine which is a good game engine using the Java language.

I think most of the courses on Game Development will use C# because that is the scripting language used by Unity Engine.

Most of the knowledge learned on the Game Development course is transferable to other game engines and languages. So I still recommend following along with the Treehouse course.

Mridul Gupta
Mridul Gupta
2,144 Points

ok Thanks John. That helps. I will check out jMonkeyEngine. :)

Mridul Gupta
Mridul Gupta
2,144 Points
Mridul Gupta
Mridul Gupta
2,144 Points

I was looking on Google about Unity and JME and found this link.

I hope someone else reading it may find it helpful. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21616995/should-i-use-jmonkeyengine-3-jme-3-or-unity-4-3-to-teach-game-programming-to-m

John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points
John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points

Hi Mridul,

I just read that Stack Overflow thread. It's interesting.

I have used both Unity and jMonkeyEngine 3 and personally I prefer Unity to JME3.

JME3 is a great engine and Java is an awesome language. However, Unity has a much bigger development team and is more widely adopted.

However, this doesn't stop JME3 being awesome (it is!), so I hope you have fun using it and make some awesome games!