Java 2D Drawing Optimal Performance

Question

I\'m in the process of writing a Java 2D game. I\'m using the built-in Java 2D drawing libraries, drawing on a Graphics2D I acquire from a BufferStrategy from a Canvas in a

Answer 1

There's an important one which hasn't been mentioned yet, I think: cache images of everything you can. If you have an object that is moving across the screen, and it's appearance doesn't change much, draw it to an image and then render the image to the screen in a new position each frame. Do that even if the object is a very simple one - you might be surprised at how much time you save. Rendering a bitmap is much faster than rendering primitives.

You might also want to look at setting rendering hints explicitly, and turning off things like antialiasing if quality considerations permit.