(Not) Just Another 2D API

Here is the sourceforge project site

3/1/2011- Check out the YouTube video demonstrating the new CollisionMap API tools!

2/23/2011- Version 0.3 has now been released! We have been focusing mostly on enhancing the OpenGL-based game tools, and have finally developed minimum-sized release packages for Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX. Our most impressive additions include an all-purpose game controller driver and a collision map-based scroller and level generator API. Stay tuned for a YouTube demo of the collision map scroller tools. Download it now

The latest OpenGL-based game tools include:

• A powerful renderer that directly calls OpenGL. However, all OpenGL interaction is completely transparent to you.
• Video syncing (updates are synced with your monitor refresh rate for smooth animation)
• Static and flipbook (frame animation) sprites with collision detection and easy transformations
• A tile-based 2D scroller API with tiled foreground and parallax background layers
• An OpenGL polygon maker
• Text rendering (created from Java2D text object)
• A collision map-based scroller API. This surpasses the predominate tile-based approach by making level creation easier and collision detection smarter and more resolute.
• A collision map generator tool. Available out-of-the-box, this tool allows you to draw levels in GIMP or Photoshop and load them into JA2DAPI game ready.
• An all-purpose game controller API. It allows you to map controls in code or use the Controller Config GUI to allow users to customize controller mappings at runtime.