polyanim

2d polygonal animation library (+ maybe an animation editor in future)

http://polyanim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/polyanim/images/polyanim_logo.png

About PolyAnim

PolyAnim is a Java library (and perhaps an editor in future) for animations consisting of groups of 2d polygons. It is mainly intended for animated game sprites, not for movies really. And no, it's not meant to be a Flash killer.. ;)

I originally began this project in C++ with just a plain OpenGL renderer. However, as I've been recently spoiled by Java, garbage collection etc., I kinda grew tired of dealing with the C++ stuff (read more about it in this blog post). So I ported the code I had to Java and LWJGL and here I am. =)

Project status and news

Check the latest status / news updates from here.

See also:

  • PolyAnim feature listing
  • PolyAnim demos (Java Web Start)
  • Current source code documentation (Doxygen + Javadoc)
  • Building PolyAnim using Apache Ant
  • Checking out PolyAnim using Eclipse + Subclipse
  • Using Inkscape to create animations
  • How the animations are constructed internally

Screenshot from the test program (LWJGL renderer)

http://polyanim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/polyanim/images/screenshot.jpg

Check out the video on YouTube!

Project Information

Labels:
Java Graphics Animation Library Gameprogramming XML Polygons Sprites Sprite Polygon Games Utility Editor Inkscape