Two open source projects to learn game development in Java ME

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Today I’d like to present two open source Java ME games recently released on Forum Nokia Projects. Both games are tested and so should work on both Series40 and Symbian devices supporting with CLDC 1.1 and MIDP 2.0.

BattleTank

Battle Tank is a classic tank game, and illustrates some of the basic concepts you could find when developing a game in Java ME as the usage of sprites, tiles and sound. The game is just a proof of concept, but you should definitely check it out if you want to learn the basics of game development.

Sudokumaster

A Java ME implementation of the classic Sudoku game. This project shows how to manage a dynamic layout for multiple screen resolutions, and how to use several input methods (key, touch, and key & touch). Check out the full source code here.

Other projects?

Do you have an open source game that you’d like to share with other Nokia developers? Let us know in the comment section below, we’d be glad to hear!