I just tried using the giter8 template for Play/Scala and it failed:
$ sbt new playframework/play-scala-seed.g8
[info] Loading settings for project global-plugins from idea.sbt,sbt-dependency-graph.sbt,sbt-fresh.sbt,sbt-dependency-check.sbt ...
[info] Loading global plugins from /Users/huntc/.sbt/1.0/plugins
[info] Updating ProjectRef(uri("file:/Users/huntc/.sbt/1.0/plugins/"), "global-plugins")...
[info] Done updating.
[warn] There may be incompatibilities among your library dependencies.
[warn] Run 'evicted' to see detailed eviction warnings
[info] Set current project to openj9-container-test (in build file:/Users/huntc/Desktop/openj9-container-test/)
[info] Set current project to openj9-container-test (in build file:/Users/huntc/Desktop/openj9-container-test/)
This template generates a Play Scala project
name [play-scala-seed]:
organization [com.example]:
Exiting due to error in the template: /var/folders/7g/ftd7sqz132zcfj_rlpb6xpw00000gn/T/giter8-45745514827859
File: /var/folders/7g/ftd7sqz132zcfj_rlpb6xpw00000gn/T/giter8-45745514827859/src/main/g8/build.gradle, 59:71: mismatched input '.' expecting LPAREN
I thought you’d like to know.