Processing is basically a Java IDE that contains a bunch of useful libraries, and it simplifies the coding process.

You can see some official demos here: http://processing.org/learning/topics/ (You can also find them within the Program too.)
And a lot of less official demos here: http://www.openprocessing.org/

Here are some of the things professionals have done with it: http://processing.org/exhibition/



Personally, I made the "Online Mod" with Processing, and I also made this:
http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=13226
In a day and a half.

As you can see, it is very powerful and simple.

I encourage you all to give it a shot.

Download it here: http://processing.org/download/

looks awsome!
ill give it a shot... will edit after i check it out thoroughly.


EDIT: Love it! I'm learning about it now, but it seems very useful! Unluckily... I can't figure out how to make open source games written in Processing but grabbed from the webernets work correctly... maybe it needs to be put into a webpage?

Funny thing, a few years ago I stumbled upon a few games that used Processing, but then I had no comprehension whatsoever of what it actually was.

Fun games, by the way.

http://hardcorepawn.com/winterzombies/

Too bad I don't know java yet. Found this a while ago. Apparently it's good for prototyping stuff.

I came in only knowing Lua, and I felt at home right away.

Don't let not knowing Java discourage you.

Oh, I won't, I'm just more concerned with getting my forums happening first

As far as i know, Lua and Java are every similar, so this might just be useful for me. Thanks for showing.

Having attempted Java once before, I can safely say that this is an incredibly useful tool. You just got me back into Java again.

Most of the high level programming languages can be picked up pretty fast if you know one of them, since a lot of them use C syntax and do garbage collection for you.

I made a little something. Controls are up and down to speed it up, z and x to change circle size. Try not to hold the keys down near the wall, as sometimes it either sticks to it, or just goes straight through.

I've been working on the one in the first post, and I made it "First Person"
so the camera follows the player, and I made it wrap on the X axis.

A side effect of the First person thing that I accounted for is now you can
dig infinitely deep using the holes because the camera will always follow you.

I'm thinking of making it a sort of Cotex Command lite, like Prefrontal-Cortex Command or something.