Thread: lwjgl, gamedevelopment and game engine

Hi , i learned java. i started learning lwjgl with the with the aim to game development. i fell in love with lwjgl. Now i come to know that game engine( unity3d, udk, jMe etc) is required to develop games. A game engine abstracts out all of the OpenGL, low-level logic. It does 100% of the rendering for you (except for shaders). And developing a game engine is not one persons work. So why did/should i learn lwjgl? Now should i continue learning lwjgl? What are the advantages? Please reply at your earliest convenience.

@KevinWorkman, bro can i use lwjgl code directly in libgdx or is it like jMe that abstracts low level staff and hides everything? and what about most of the successful game developers- do they develop games without game engine? ok, my question may sound wired, but i asked this to know whether it is possible to be a successful game developer without using existing popular game engine?

Thanks a lot for kind reply @KevinWorkman.

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unfortunately, i can not register at Java-Gaming.org because of the quiz it's asking me can't even post anything since i am not a member.

hm, obviously i can run java/lwjgl programs with eclipse. But i didn't get that. ok i will give another try.Thanks again.

JGO is pretty great for java game making...i have been visiting there for about a week or so now and have learned tons..didnt know the quiz was to see if you could compile and run a program but now that kevin said that it clears things up for me haha

if you are only wanting to make games then you should probably check out c++...not saying java isnt great but if you plan to do it working for a company eventually you will probably be using c++ over java...with that said im starting game making with java and loving it

although from what ive done so far its really just a bunch of for loops and if statements lol...but that may be just because im starting out with platform type games...anyway hope you find what you are looking for