Game Development is the art
of creating games and describes the design, development, and release of a game.
It may involve concept generation, design, build, test and release. While you
create a game, it is important to think about the game mechanics, rewards,
player engagement and level design.
Game Development can be
undertaken by a large Game Development Studio or by a single individual. It can
be as small or large as you like. As long as it lets the player interact with
content and is able to manipulate the game’s elements, you can call it a ‘game’.
Is Java good for game development?
Can we develop games with Java?
Java is widely used by indie game development companies and for creating mobile games. And it shouldn't come as much of a surprise,
given how versatile the language is and given its rich collection of
open-source material. Many of the world's top mobile games have been developed in Java.
Top Companies that Use Java
There is a majority of companies such as Uber,
Pinterest, Google, Instagram, Spotify, Netflix, Airbnb, etc.
that use Java in their tech stack. We have listed some companies or
organizations and their projects. It will help you to decide which programming
language you have to choose for the next project.
NASA
Word Wind
NASA Word Wind is the project of an
independent agency of the U.S. federal government NASA. It is a fully 3D
virtual globe that provides geographic information. It uses imagery and aerial
photography received from the NASA satellite and builds 3D models of the planets.
It is an open-source proprietary software written in Java and
supports all operating systems. In this project, the OpenGL API is used to
provide 2D and 3D graphics that interact with the graphics processing unit. It
also shows the data in real-time by using the GPS plugin such as displaying clouds,
hurricanes, earthquakes, etc. Using this application, we can search for
locations by geographical names, set visible layers and viewing angles, and
much more.
Netflix
Netflix is one of the most popular and largest US entertainment
companies that provide movies and TV shows on streaming multimedia. Most of the
applications of Netflix is developed using Java. With a slight mixture of C++,
android and android TV applications are almost build in
Java.
Spotify
Spotify is an online audio streaming service that uses Java to
implement the functionality of its web application. For example, log and
stabilize, and data transfer. The android application of Spotify uses Java.
Minecraft
Minecraft is a famous computer game that is written in Java. The
Minecraft Java edition comes with Java 1.8 and Minecraft used it by default.