This documentation wiki contains installation and configuration guides, jME coding tutorials and other information that will help you get your game project going. You can search the contents of this wiki using the “Wiki” menu search box at the top of each page.

You are also very welcome to fix mistakes or spelling as well as unclear paragraphs using the “Wiki” menu “Edit” and “Add” buttons. You have to be logged into GitHub to edit the wiki. You can learn more about editing and contributing under the Contribute heading.

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Install

Before installing, check the license, features, and requirements. Then choose one of these options:

RecommendedOptionalOptional

You want to…

Get started with jMonkeyEngine

Use jMonkeyEngine in another IDE

Build custom engine from sources

Then download…

You receive…

SDK, binaries, javadoc, sources

Binaries, javadoc, sources

Sources

Learn more here…

* The SDK creates Ant-based projects that any Java IDE can import. We recommend users of other IDEs to also download the jMonkeyEngine SDK and choose File ▸ Import Project ▸ External Project Assets to create a codeless project for managing assets only. This way you can code in the IDE of your choice, and use the SDK to convert your models to .j3o format.

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Contribute

Contact

You are welcome to contribute and inquire about the project: Please contact the developers or ask on the forums.

Languages

The team is looking for other monkeys that would be interested in a wiki translation of [insert your favorite language here]. If you’re interested in hosting translations see Wiki Translation Repositories.