PlayN

PlayNOriginal author(s)| Google

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Initial release| January 19, 2011
Stable release|

2.0.8 / June 21, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-06-21)[1]

Repository| github.com/playn/playn
Written in| Java
Operating system| Linux, Windows, Mac OS X
License| Apache License 2.0[2]
Website| playn.io

PlayN is an open source Java software framework and set of libraries intended to create multi-platform games and distributed under the Apache License 2.0. It was started on January 19, 2011 as a game abstraction library built over GWT and was previously named Forplay. As of January 2024, its current version is 2.0.8.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Name
* 3 References
* 4 External links
* 4.1 Videos

## History

Forplay was created in January 2011.[3][4] In August 2011, the project was forked and rebranded as PlayN.[5]

## Name

The name PlayN comes from the project's motto "Cross platform game library for N>=5 platforms", as it claims to build games for five platforms: Java SE, HTML 5, Flash, Android and iOS.

## References

1. ↑ "Releases". https://github.com/playn/playn/releases. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
2. ↑ "LICENSE". https://github.com/playn/playn/blob/master/COPYING. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
3. ↑ "As seen by the first commit in the repository tree". https://code.google.com/p/forplay/source/list?num=25&start=18. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
4. ↑ "last forplay commit log message". https://code.google.com/p/forplay/source/list?num=25&start=268. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
5. ↑ "First forplay commit log message citing PlayN". https://code.google.com/p/forplay/source/list?num=25&start=268. Retrieved 2013-03-25.

## External links

* PlayN google code site: code.google.com/p/playn
* Forplay google code site: code.google.com/p/forplay
* PlayN platform overview playn-2011.appspot.com
* PlayN tutorial with code samples: proppy-playn101.appspot.com
* PlayN Google Plus community: plus.google.com/communities/103644414672868334044
* PlayN Google Groups forum: groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/playn

### Videos

* Cross Platform Game Programming with PlayN - New Game 2011 [1]
* Introducing PlayN [2]

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