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Java

Posted by Gabriel E
Gabriel E
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Setting up LWJGL 3 with IntelliJ IDEA

This may be a rather lengthy question, so if you answer, it's fine just to post a link to a helpful source if you don't have the time for an answer :). Here's my question. I just got IntelliJ IDEA after completing the Java course here at Treehouse. I would really like to start working on making a simple game with LWJGL 3, because I heard it was a pretty good library to use. I guess some pretty famous games used it. Anyway, I'm a little lost on (1) how to setup the library in my new IDE (2) how to actually just get started with coding the game, a really simple 2 platform just for practice. (Yes, I have done Nick Pettit's course on gamedev in Unity). and (3), like how do I setup a viewport to preview my game. Sorry for the terribly overwhelming question, but this has been a planned project for a while and I would really like to see it work. Thanks a ton!

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