PoxNora

[Gedden]

PoxNora has released itself on facebook. Visit http://apps.facebook.com/poxnora

If you have seen poxnora before, then you know its a JOGL/webstart application. However we just converted it to use the new applet plugin2 features of Java 1.6. So basically you can play it from within a browser on facebook.

For those of you who have not seen poxnora before, we are on our 12th expansion, and I have been posting on these forums about this game ever since it first began development on the floor of a garage! It is a java game, end to end
- Client is JOGL and Jorbis
- Server is pure java
- Website is Java (J2EE/hibernate)
- AI server is also pure java

I put a few images below, and check out this trailer video.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mdI1zmmZQY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/3mdI1zmmZQY</a>

   

Go try it out here.

[fruitmaze]

I haven't had time to play it yet, but from the video and the images it looks really great! The graphics and design is just perfect. How long have you been working on this game?

[Karmington]

Hangs in loading screen for me. Continues looking like it's loading but doesn't seem to go anywhere.

Exception in thread "Thread-21" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class sun.security.provider.SeedGenerator
   at sun.security.provider.SecureRandom.engineNextBytes(Unknown Source)
   at java.security.SecureRandom.nextBytes(Unknown Source)
   at java.security.SecureRandom.next(Unknown Source)
   at java.util.Random.nextInt(Unknown Source)
   at com.sun.deploy.cache.Cache.getRandom(Unknown Source)
   at com.sun.deploy.cache.Cache$15.run(Unknown Source)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
   at com.sun.deploy.cache.Cache.generateCacheFileName(Unknown Source)
   at com.sun.deploy.cache.Cache.downloadResourceToTempFile(Unknown Source)
   at com.sun.deploy.cache.Cache.downloadResourceToCache(Unknown Source)
   at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.actionDownload(Unknown Source)
   at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
   at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
   at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
   at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCachedFile(Unknown Source)
   at com.sun.javaws.jnl.LaunchDescFactory.buildDescriptor(Unknown Source)
   at com.sun.javaws.jnl.LaunchDescFactory.buildDescriptor(Unknown Source)
   at sun.plugin2.applet.JNLP2Manager.initialize(Unknown Source)
   at sun.plugin2.main.client.PluginMain.initManager(Unknown Source)
   at sun.plugin2.main.client.PluginMain.access$300(Unknown Source)
   at sun.plugin2.main.client.PluginMain$2.run(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Games published by our own members! Go get 'em!

[Gedden]

fruit, this game has been in production for about 4 years now.

Karmington, it looks like you either hit deny, have a corrupted javaws cache or have some custom security settings. Visit poxnora.com and try the "downloadable" version. This bundles a VM and by-passes webstart.

[SwampChicken]

Woah.
Graphics look fantastic!

[Gudradain]

I agree the game look very well done.

On wikipedia it said that you were bought by Sony Online Entertainment LLC.

As of January 16, 2009 the PoxNora game and its website are owned by and operated for Sony Online Entertainment LLC.

Does it help to develop the game or the game was already finished?

[kappa]

Well sounds great that you ppl are still developing Java games under Sony. Rumour had it that when Sony bought PoxNora, they forced all developers working there to move to C/C++. Guess it was wrong.

[Karmington]

Got it working. yah probably pressed a wrong button in confirmation messages by mistake.
Good solid game, done some tutorial campaigns, soon ready to enter the noob lounge :p
However it seems confusing to me that when I open the facebook App page and press play, it launches a new installer.
So I can't really play it from facebook, I have to launch the game from desktop?

[Gedden]

You can play from facebook as an applet so long as you have java 6.

If you have java 1.5 it will launch via webstart.

[kappa]

FEATURED.

Games published by our own members! Go get 'em!

[Eli Delventhal]

That video isn't available to view in the US.

[kappa]

That video isn't available to view in the US.

odd, anyway same trailer can be found here.

heres some more videos:

How to Play PoxNora:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dgd6iceKnL8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Dgd6iceKnL8</a>

Dev Diary (part 1 of 2)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/m1ohxlHL_sE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/m1ohxlHL_sE</a>

Gameplay Trailer
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/CWSwnyI6bWo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/CWSwnyI6bWo</a>

[ra4king]

The facebook link doesn't work. It says "Page not found"