Whats the best 3D game engine available for java? I am looking for something that has a good set visual development tools. I have checked out the list available on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines
But I can't figure out the tool set provided by each engine and which free java 3d engine has the best toolset.
Thanks
Ardor3D
A fork of the JMonkeyEngine including two previous developers from JMonkeyEngine team. Essentially a more broad 3d engine with a clear(-er) API.
The Lightweight Java Game Library is a pretty good one.
a powerfull Java 3D engine is 3DzzD
including both software and hardware rendering, it is perfect for Web 3D
OGRE is a good open source engine for C++. Wiki.
Ogre4j is same thing for Java. Wiki.
jMonkeyEngine has a nice set of open source tools for 3d java development. They have been used for a few commercial games (Bang!Howdy and one that NCSoft was developing that was recently cancelled come to mind off hand). They have a good set of active developers with many code samples provided with the basic toolset.
If you are learning Java at the same time, and would like to write simple 3D games, try Env3D (http://env3d.sourceforge.net).