Is it good to go for game development after completing short term course in Java?

If you have interest in game development, then you can sure give a shot and go for it once you complete java course. But, it is not really used in game designing. Technical reasons: - Most of the best 3D game engines are written in C/C++. This is a big deal since most game developers don't want to compromise on their 3D engine, but nor do they want to write one from scratch. Java has jMonkeyEngine which is open source and actually really good but it still can't yet compete with the Unreal Engine. - For some very rare situation, there are advantages in getting "close to the metal" in C or assembly language, specifically for access to special hardware features. This is not so important nowadays, but professional game developers still like to have the option. - Java has a garbage collected, managed runtime. 99% of the time this is a huge advantage, it certainly makes coding easier and less error-prone and is one of the big reasons why Java is so popular. However, it does cause an occasional latency issue for games as garbage collection cycles can cause noticeable pauses. This is getting to be less of an issue with the newer low-latency JVMs but is still an issue for graphically intensive games where maintaining high FPS is critical.

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