I'm leaving this engine, at least for now.

[nightm4re94]

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Posted: 2020-02-17 12:41:13
User: KvaGram [] (age: 1068 days 🔥; posts: 52)}
Well, it has been fun to be a part of this, but in the end, as I have been struggeling with making a UI for my game, I found the existing UI structure lacking, and I often found myself having to write much of the UI in AWT nearly from scratch.
I'm gonna experiment with a few other engines. Maybe Unreal, as an excuse to self-learn more c++.
Who knows, maybe I end up back here at the end of the week, it's hard to tell.
If anyone want to look at my project, in all of its messy unfinished glory, here is the repo:
https://github.com/Unicus-International/Java-space-game
Don't think this is a rushed decision. It's been in the back of my mind for the last month that your engine might not have been the best fit for my project. My latest struggles just made that clear.

[nightm4re94]

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Posted: 2020-02-17 14:37:09
User: nightm4re [Admin 👑, Mod 🔧] (age: 1567 days 🔥; posts: 185)}
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
UI is probably the weakest spot of LITIengine and we are aware of that.
You can expect everything GUI-related to be overhauled once LITIengine hits a release state.

[nightm4re94]

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Posted: 2020-02-18 07:13:51
User: KvaGram [] (age: 1068 days 🔥; posts: 52)}
I figured that was the case.
In that case, maybe some of the UI work I have done could be of use to you.
Parts of this class in particular is something I'd imagine would fit in, if reworked for arbitrary objects.
https://github.com/Unicus-International/Java-space-game/blob/master/src/main/java/unicus/spacegame/ui/crew/CrewCard.java

[nightm4re94]

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Posted: 2020-02-19 08:58:23
User: nightm4re [Admin 👑, Mod 🔧] (age: 1567 days 🔥; posts: 185)}
Thank you, I'm sure we can benefit from your project!
By the way:
To not make your endeavours with LITIengine gone and forgotten, you could, for example, write a short post-mortem article explaining what challenges you faced and how you overcame them.
What do you think?