learning to program java with games 3

[47redlands]

I wish to teach Java programming to my young nephew. He wishes to go straight into game developing.

Is there any open source/shareware java games with graphics front end? I want the game to have graphical front end from the start so all I teach my nephew is game logic via “if statement”, “Boolean logic” etc.
Typical games I am thinking of are Java Pac man game, java spaceship game, java maze game, java arcade type game however it must have a graphical interface.

Please help if you can?

 

[mikrom]

Maybe look at this tutorial

http://myflex.org/books/java4kids/java4kids.htm

 

[47redlands]

mikrom - this is amazing book, it is something i have been looking out for a very long time I will be reading this straight away! Again a big thank you for directing me to this!

 

[janissantony]

I have great success using irrlicht. It is very advance for graphics. It has a Java wrapper:

http://jirr.sourceforge.net/

 

[janissantony]

try also jmonkey engine. it looks promising