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I think you're way off in saying there's a lack of good libraries to make games with Java! There are frameworks such as LWJGL, libgdx, and jMonkeyEngine that help with all of the things you mention...

Call it artistic license. The game focuses on hitting the bludgers, but you can also hit the snitch away- you would conceivably do this if the points that catching the snitch awards you still...

Thanks! With Quidditch, I designed it with two players in mind, and I didn't want matches to go on forever without end. If you want to prolong the game, you can bat the snitch away instead of...

First off, plenty of people are using Java to make games: Featured Games - Java-Gaming.org

But I know what you're getting at. There is a bit of a stigma attached to game programming in Java....