- You need an earlier version of Java to be compatible with Android. Install Java Development Kit 6 Update 45 from here. Choose Windows x86 if you have a 32-bit operating system and Windows x64 if you have a 64-bit operating system.
- Install the latest version of Eclipse if you haven't already.
- Download Android SDK Tools from here. Expand USE AN EXISTING IDE and click the Download the SDK Tools for Windows button. Install.
- Open Eclipse.
- Go to Help > Install New Software. Click Add in the top-right corner. Enter ADT Plugin next to Name: and https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ next to Location:. Click OK.
- Click the checkbox next to Developer Tools. Click Next >. Click Next >. Click radio button next to I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Finish.
- Restart Eclipse. In the "Welcome to Android Development" window, choose Use existing SDKs and browse to where you installed the SDK Tools.
- Go to Window > Android SDK Manager. Check the box next to Android 4.0 (API 14) and click Install # packages....
- Go to Window > Preferences. Expand Java and click Installed JREs. Click Add..., select Standard VM, click Next >. Next to JRE home:, click Directory... and navigate to the JDK 6 folder (usually C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_45). Then click Finish and OK.
- Go to File > Import.... Expand General and double click Existing Projects into Workspace. Next to Select root directory:, click Browse... and select the Colonists Common folder from the workspace you cloned in the GitHub Client.
- Repeat step 10 for Colonists Client Common, Colonists Client Desktop, Colonists Client Android, and Colonists Server.
- Try the game out by opening the in.kevinj.Colonists.client.desktop.DesktopGame class from the Colonists Client Desktop project and clicking the Run button on the Eclipse toolbar.