Game development, beginner's advice for Java/Scala programmer

Question

Hi I am planning to participate in Thousand Year Game Design Challenge. I am new to game development. I know Java/Scala very well.

I was thinking if anyone could share advice/learning of their experience as a game developers. How do I start? Is there any open source tool that will make you move fast? Which is better to use Java or Scala to develop a game?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

There are some well-known libraries and frameworks, have a look at LWJGL and jMonkeyEngine in particular.

Answer 2

You might want to try http://processing.org/