Archer-Game-Template 2

A demo of a third-person controller with a bow and arrow system made with jMonkeyEngine

The demo contains:

• Arrows are now physical objects affected by gravity with trajectory prediction
• There are 3 types of arrows:
  • normal (The normal arrows stick to surfaces)
  • explosive
  • acid
• A materialize shader that simulates "materializing" an object in or out.
• Third Person Camera with collision detection
• Dynamic update of camera FOV when aiming
• Vertical rotation of the spine when aiming
• Keyboard/Mouse support
• Joystick support
• Sounds
• Particles Effects
• Post Processing Filters

Keyboard Commands

• WASD: Basic movements
• E: Aiming
• R: Switch arrow type
• LMB: Left Mouse Button to fire
• LSHIFT: Running
• CAMERA: Use the mouse to orient the camera
• KEY_0: Toggle Physics Debug

Youtube videos

Demo

Requirements

• jmonkeyengine - A complete 3D game development suite written purely in Java.
• Minie - A physics library for JMonkeyEngine.
• SkyControl - A sky simulation library for jMonkeyEngine
• Lemur - jMonkeyEngine-based UI toolkit.
• java 11+

Credits

I acknowledge the following artists and software developers:

• "grizeldi" for creating the 3d scene, bow and arrow models and for improving the lighting effects and graphics of the demo.
• "stephengold" for his excellent work on updating and maintaining the "Minie" physics library and for his useful advice.
• "polincdev" for creating the "ShaderBlowEx" library with additional scene filters.
• "jayfella" for creating the "jme-materialize" library.

How to build and run the demo from source

1. Install a 64-bit Java Development Kit (JDK), if you don't already have one.
2. Point the "JAVA_HOME" environment variable to your JDK installation. (The path might be something like "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_301" or "/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64" or "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/liberica-jdk-17-full.jdk/Contents/Home" .)

• using Bash or Zsh: export JAVA_HOME=" path to installation "
• using Windows Command Prompt: set JAVA_HOME=" path to installation "
• using PowerShell: $env:JAVA_HOME = ' path to installation '

3. Download and extract the demo source code from GitHub:

• git clone https://github.com/capdevon/Archer-Game-Template2.git
• cd Archer-Game-Template2
• git branch latest 14000ad6
• git checkout latest

4. Run the Gradle wrapper:

• using Bash or PowerShell or Zsh: ./gradlew build
• using Windows Command Prompt: .\gradlew build

You can run the demo application:

• using Bash or PowerShell or Zsh: ./gradlew run
• using Windows Command Prompt: .\gradlew run

You can restore the project to a pristine state:

• using Bash or PowerShell or Zsh: ./gradlew clean
• using Windows Command Prompt: .\gradlew clean