lwjgl-basics is a lightweight, shader-driven Java library designed to teach and simplify 2D game development using LWJGL and OpenGL, focusing on minimal abstractions and direct control over rendering pipelines. It provides essential utilities for handling textures, shaders, and sprite rendering while maintaining a low-level approach that exposes developers to the underlying graphics concepts. The repository doubles as both a functional library and an educational resource, offering example code and tutorials that demonstrate how modern graphics programming works in practice. ...