Developing game in Java

Question

Hi, i am thinking of developing simple game in JAVA. This game should look something like:

I wonder what technology to use for creating this app? I want to be able to use this game on-line or just do some things on-line. I am thinking about using JAVA applet or simple JAVA application, but i don't know what component gallery to use to create such nice looking graphics.

Can you suggest something for creating this kind of application? If there is any framework for crating this kind of applications?

Answer 1

Basically this could be done via swing and custom Controls, as no action except clicking the right answer is required.

http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2007/02/22/how-to-write-custom-swing-component.html

Here you can learn the basics of writing your own swing component.

Answer 2

I've used LWJGL (Lightweight Java Game Library) for creating 2D games in the past and it made it a lot easier. Check it out.