Thanks for the feedback on this. The original target audience was actually someone who is a little more experienced in java and it's more how to apply your understanding in regular java to game development.

Also as for the question/comment about minicraft. The early versions of the project were inspired by conventions used from games such as minicraft, however once the base layers were all set it has expanded a lot. More recently I have been going into Multiplayer support on the project.

Feel free to check out the start of those tutorials here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uwr4WCxzB_A?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Uwr4WCxzB_A?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>


Also the most recent video can be found: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/pfl8L-_3fQA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/pfl8L-_3fQA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>

Why thank you

Hey there,
My name is vanZeben and this is a Youtube series that I have created to teach people how to develop several types of games in Java with only core JDK libraries. This particular series will teach you how to create a 2D top-down game engine that will later be used to create various types of games based off of it. Feel free to check it out if you're interested.

If you have any suggestions on how to do these videos or things that I have not explained fully enough or things that I have explained incorrectly, feel free to let me know and I can see what I can do about it.

Most recent video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/pfl8L-_3fQA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/pfl8L-_3fQA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>

Episode List:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/VE7ezYCTPe4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/VE7ezYCTPe4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/o7pfq0W3e4I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/o7pfq0W3e4I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/6FMgQNDNMJc?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/6FMgQNDNMJc?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vv7G5GMOre8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Vv7G5GMOre8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/7eotyB7oNHE?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/7eotyB7oNHE?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/gWSx7S8YiPQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/gWSx7S8YiPQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/XSBTWhV75hM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/XSBTWhV75hM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/aDZemglb2WI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/aDZemglb2WI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/dQP7ZmFhqgg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/dQP7ZmFhqgg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>