2023 · Games / Physics
Reconnect — Arcade Circuit Survival Game
Top-down arcade shooter and circuit repair game built in Java.
Java Game Development
The problem
Creating an engaging retro arcade game from scratch in pure Java without third-party game engines.
The constraint
Rendering animated 2D sprites at 60 FPS in Java AWT without screen tearing or stutter.
What I built
A custom game loop using double-buffering, state machines for enemy AI, and Axis-Aligned Bounding Box (AABB) collision detection.
The outcome
A complete, playable 60 FPS arcade game built entirely from scratch in Java.