Java real time strategy game development

Question

I\'m coming to the end of my first year of CS and I thought a great way to consolidate all the things I\'ve learnt this year would be a personal game project.

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Answer 1

Keep it simple or you will simply drown in complexity before getting around to have anything playable. Since you have not tried it before, you will have a lot of nuts to crack and you don't know how long they will take.

Also remember that report writing and documentation takes time too.

The idea is good, and I think you can pull off a whole game if you find good building blocks. I would suggest discussing this with your teacher to hear what is acceptable for you to use. Would it e.g. be ok to do a game on an open source engine if you add some non-trivial functionality?

Update: Seems to be several engines available from Java at http://www.devmaster.net/engines/list.php?fid=6&sid=1