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Beta 1 Game Contest Results

January 15, 2012 in Site & Project

After a month and a half of intense game development, the Beta 1 Game Contest came to a close with the end of 2011.  We were ecstatic to see an incredible 30 projects come to life with more than 1100 posts in work in progress threads.  In the end, 10 projects found their way to the final submissions thread for judging.  Without further ado, the winners!

First Place

The Cove – @thetoucher

Score: 86%

The Cove, by @thetoucher

Second Place

Monkey Mania – @ndebruyn

Score: 79%

Monkey Mania, by @ndebruyn

Third Place

Pirate Hell – @ceiphren

Score: 73%

Pirate Hell, by @ceiphren

Complete reviews and scores for all of the entries can be found in the forum thread.  Our winners will be receiving the prizes outlined in the prize announcement.  @thetoucher can expect a free copy of the upcoming jMonkeyEngine Book in the mail as well as a free WordPress theme courtesy of our friends at  WooThemes.  @ndebruyn and @ceiphren will be offered substantial discounts on both the book and a WordPress theme.  Thank you to all for making this contest the huge success it was; Truly a community feat!

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Mercator chart projection

January 9, 2012 in Spotlight

Hello, my name is Benjamin Jakobus and I have been working on a navigation and mercator chart projection module for jME (based on my FYP under the supervision of Cormac Gebruers and Dr. Sabin Tabirca). The module works within the context of the Clarke spheroid of 1880 which has an equatorial radius of 6,378,249.145 meters, a polar radius of 6,356,514.870 meters and an inverse flattening of 293.465 meters. The projection module itself has an accuracy of up to 6 meters.

Now that the documentation is finally complete (thanks to Ian Mayo from PlanetMayo Ltd for funding this article), we’d love to have some more monkeys try it out.

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jMonkeyEngine 3 Beginner’s Guide coming early 2012 – Preview online

December 19, 2011 in Site & Project

A while back we announced a successful deal made with Packt Publishing, entrusting our very own Ruth Kusterer @zathras to author “jMonkeyEngine 3 Beginner’s Guide”. For the past year Ruth has been hard at work, masterfully balancing a tight schedule of wiki updates and chapter deadlines. Consider for a second how much jMonkeyEngine 3 has changed and improved over the course of this year, and you’ll have an idea of the moving target she’s had to deal with. Hopefully by the time the book is released, it will be referring to a jMonkeyEngine 3 gone stable.

While you wait, and as a means to help you decide whether you should buy this book, please go visit book.jmonkeyengine.com for an early preview of the book’s contents! We’ll preview a new chapter roughly every day until all 13 are online.

Is it on your wishlist? Whatever the answer, we’d appreciate your honest input.

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