jmonkeyengine/README.md

jMonkeyEngine 
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jMonkeyEngine is a 3D game engine for adventurous Java developers. It’s open-source, cross-platform, and cutting-edge. 3.2.1 is the latest stable version of the jMonkeyEngine 3 SDK, a complete game development suite. We'll release 3.2.x updates until the major 3.3 release arrives.

The engine is used by several commercial game studios and computer-science courses. Here's a taste:

![jME3 Games Mashup](https://i.imgur.com/nF8WOW6.jpg)

 - [jME powered games on IndieDB](http://www.indiedb.com/engines/jmonkeyengine/games)
 - [Maker's Tale](http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93461954t)
 - [Boardtastic 2](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boardtastic.skateboarding)
 - [Copod](http://herebeben.com/copod)
 - [Attack of the Gelatinous Blob](http://attackofthegelatinousblob.com/)
 - [Chaos](http://4realms.net/)
 - [Mythruna](https://mythruna.com/)
 - [PirateHell](http://www.desura.com/games/piratehell)
 - [3089 (on steam)](http://store.steampowered.com/app/263360/)
 - [3079 (on steam)](http://store.steampowered.com/app/259620/)
 - [Lightspeed Frontier](http://www.lightspeedfrontier.com/)
 - [Skullstone](http://www.skullstonegame.com/)

## Getting started

Go to https://github.com/jMonkeyEngine/sdk/releases to download the jMonkeyEngine SDK.
[Read the wiki](https://jmonkeyengine.github.io/wiki) for a complete install guide. Power up with some SDK Plugins and AssetPacks and you are off to the races. At this point you're gonna want to [join the forum](http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/) so our tribe can grow stronger.

Note: The master branch on GitHub is a development version of the engine and is NOT MEANT TO BE USED IN PRODUCTION, it will break constantly during development of the stable jME versions!

### Technology Stack

 - Java
 - NetBeans Platform
 - Gradle

Plus a bunch of awesome libraries & tight integrations like Bullet, Blender, NiftyGUI and other goodies.
 
### Documentation

Did you miss it? Don't sweat it, [here it is again](https://jmonkeyengine.github.io/wiki).

### Contributing

Read our [contribution guide](https://github.com/jMonkeyEngine/jmonkeyengine/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).

### License

New BSD (3-clause) License. In other words, you do whatever makes you happy!