The project is not yet complete....still have the animation system,inverse kinematics to complete.

Once the project is finished i ll upload the whole package...might come around 260 Kb....

I am developing a Skeleton based 2D animator with lots of features like Inverse kinematics,micro-skeleton embedding,etc...

The resulting animation can be exported as a sprite sheet.
The animation and skeleton files can also be stored and by using a simple API can be directly controlled during game play...




Any features that can be added...?

Thanks for the comments.. btw this is not the complete game...just the prototype....i ll post the pictures of the work going on for the full game as soon as i get my blog up and running...

This game is a adaptation of Rescue Raiders...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Raiders
A small variation from original gameplay...Try SteamBrigade...www.pedestrianentertainment.com/

Anyone have ideas for implementing inverse kinematics for 2D Skeleton animation....

I fixed the Framerate to 40 fps....used... Thread.yeild();

code :

float target = 1000 / 40.0f;
      float frameAverage = target;
      long lastFrame = System.currentTimeMillis();
      float yield = 1000f;
      float damping = 0.1f;
      
      long renderTime = 0;
      long logicTime = 0;
      
      while (gameRunning) {
         long timeNow = System.currentTimeMillis();
         frameAverage = (frameAverage * 10 + (timeNow - lastFrame)) / 11;
         lastFrame = timeNow;
         
         yield+=yield*((target/frameAverage)-1)*damping+0.05f;

         for(int i=0;i<yield;i++) {
            Thread.yield();
         }

//=========================================================================

Thank you very very much for the positive comments.....Juriy...gjh9413...kingaschi....i am planing to rework the game completely.....switch from Java2D to JOGL....add more units,buildings......random terrain generation,different modes of game play.

I am also going to concentrate on multiplayer support...

I have never used webstart before...can u post a link containing some basic guide....btw i did what u wrote....didn't work....

I fixed the frame rate to 40 FPS using Thread.yeild(); // I think that is making the processor run at 100 %.
Any idea on how to implement a constant frame rate loop in game....

Thanks for ur comments irreversible_kev ,

This is just prototype,did it in 2 days...i am planning to improve the gameplay,add more units,ability to build new buildings,season changes,etc...

Will it be a good idea to make the game side-scrolling More space for the gameplay....

princec & gouessej : Webstart version ready...please leave a comment

This is just a prototype...has the basic game mechanics.
I am planning to add lots more,change the graphics a lot and add some music.

Play Here....designinks.bravehost.com/game/castles.jnlp



I have packed the game in an executable jar.

Game Description :

    You choose a kingdom and try to destroy the opposite kingdom's castle..Any units made will move towards the right..
    Once made no units can be controlled...A worker unit will bring the wood from tree back to the castle (which will increase your coins).A sword unit can be destroyed only by another sword unit.A thief if sucessfully sent to the opposite camp can steal 150 coins.A speed unit can travel faster than the other units.

      COST: Worker : 5 coins
                   Swordsman : 25 coins
                   Thief  : 45 coins
                    Speed unit : 60 coins.

This is a very basic version and has a large load time  ???after u press 's' key to start the game....
Anybody with ideas that can be added to the game,please give them....

The game basically has four different races(don't know what else to call them...

The map has places where specific resources can be found and the resources are required for building units and to launch an offensive.

I have planned for a mother unit(one with the gears),energy unit,shield unit,offensive unit,terrain traverse addons...and lots and lots of weapons ..U cannot build more than 4 mother units...

The low FPS i think is primarily due the the Java 2D API ( i am not using JOGL or LWJGL).

Only the background is drawn as bitmap,all the other objects are Entity's called GModel which contain many Shapes with colors attribute associated with them.

I also am using a small app of mine to convert .swf files to a file format that can be loaded in my game.(May be too much of vector graphics is overloading the system).

I Need some advice Regarding a game i am developing (Screen-shot posted above ).

It is a turn-based strategy game (Some what similar to Moon Base Commander ),i have not yet decided on  the theme...can anyone give ideas for a theme...?