Coming back to Java after a long absence; good Java game dev resources?

Question

I've just gotten a new job and will be focusing a lot more on Java development. I figure I'll do my business stuff (Web) during the day, and then do a bit of playing after hours (Game Dev).

It's been forever since I've been active in any sort of Java game development community; is there a good central source for such information? Source demos, frameworks, books, that sort of thing?

Thanks! IVR Avenger

Answer 1

You could do worse than investigate the Light Weight Java Games Library (LWJGL).

Also JOGL.

Also FengGUI for 2D interfaces in OpenGL (think a themable Quartz 2D Extreme in Java).