jME3 SDK – First Alpha Release
It is truly a historic day ladies and gentlemen! For today, on the 17th of May, Norway became independent. Oh, and jMonkeyEngine 3.0 releases its first official ALPHA!
Direct Download – jME3 SDK Alpha1, no questions asked, for the impatient and daring.
We have decided to release jME3 in two different packages:
- jMonkeyEngine3 SDK (includes jMonkeyEngine3 and jMonkeyPlatform)
- jMonkeyEngine3 Standalone (includes jMonkeyEngine3 only)
Go to our download repository and pick whichever flavor suits you.
Showcase videos
Documentation
- http://www.jmonkeyengine.com/wiki/doku.php/jme3
- http://www.jmonkeyengine.com/wiki/doku.php/jme3:jmonkeyplatform
If you’re wondering how the new jME3 matches up to the good ol’ jME2, check out the newly updated comparison, and join in on the discussion if you want to have your say.
We are also attempting to build an exhaustive list of all current and upcoming features. As of this writing, only the current and most complete features are listed.
Now let’s talk community!
Please read our contributor’s handbook. Make sure you don’t miss the part about reporting bugs. This is an alpha after all.
We could also use more video footage.
Frankly, we’re all rather exhausted now! There’s so much in store for the days to follow though. Here’s a taste:
- Plenty more showcase contents
- Webstarts!
- What’s up next? (general core, Android, terrain, jMonkeyPlatform plugins)
Happy Alpha Day, fellow jMonkeys!
~ jMonkey Team
Something about Erlend Sogge Heggen
I joined up with Kirill, thinking I'd lend a hand with basic site management and community building at a time when the project really needed it. A hobbyist partnership grew into a complete team. My role? I talk to a whole lot of people. Sure I do other stuff, but what I do most, and I think best and most importantly, is talk. How I and others see value in my jabbering is not easy to explain, so in the future I plan to talk more about just that.
I am impressed!
This is actually a Tera-Mega-Major release!
Could anyone give me a link for SKD because I think I’ve installed a wrong one, because when I run it (double click on jmonkeyplatform.exe) nothing comes up.
It’s a great start. I’m surprised by a couple of things:
1) It would be great to have Mac Launcher for the application.
2) I’m a bit surprised that this suite of tools isn’t just a plugin set for Netbeans rather than being it’s own development tool set.
That aside, I’m pleased to see that it’s taking off in the right direction. I look forward to tinkering with it in the near future.