Recently, a lot of side libraries and projects have been initiated, I would say that they could rival only if combined in a good way to build something that target a real life problem, I wouldn’t call it a game thus far! Game Engines are way beyond games.
I believe that we could have a project idea for Google Summer of Code (2026-2027 or even 2028) with an open due date, and we could submit as an organization when we reach a specific maturity milestone that achieve our target.
My ideas are not games. We could build Open Source Community tools for building Distributed Simulation Systems using jMonkeyEngine and I will support the facilities for Hardware on Linux Systems. I would say, I already do this but I mainly do hardware embedded stuff and Android, so I am not having good results mainly on Physics, and Graphics Simulation for now.
I see a lot of projects that could do something outside of the Gaming World, and to the Scientific Simulations.
Imagine these projects got used on the same codebase to build a Small Engine for Distributed Simulations:
- Jolt-Jni for physics Simulation:
- Game Tactics from the Archer Game:
- Global Illumination:
- JME3-AI:
- The Electrostatic SDK for Hardware Controls on GNU/Linux:
- Zay ES for ECS:
- Automata4j for Automata-based solutions (could be implemented on Zay-ES Systems):
And you can share your library if you think it can help!
If we have proceeded with this, we could then build a techdemo for showcasing in one of those fields:
- Spaceship Simulation.
- Space Missions Simulation.
- Biosimulation.
I would say this will be a huuuge work, but with the right architecture from the start, we could deliver a rivaling project that is still based directly on the Engine, and it will really help in Scientific Simulation. I could offer help in areas of Architecture, Physics Simulation and Hardware Simulation.
I am aware that this is a large community project, but with the right plan and team work, we could deliver a real thing that solves real problems.
Not to mention, there would be a lot of challenges including building the hardware and testing it, and yet some limitations on both the hardware and the software, but hey, do you see any open source project that could do this? With a set of complete simulation tools? I don’t think so!