There's still some things I'd like to see fixed, like tools/weapons/armor getting miraculously repaired after dropping them and picking them back up, plus not being able to pick up certain items, plus combat doesn't seem to work so well (lag issues).  It's playable, but it has a few updates to go before it is close to looking like single-player survival mode. 

I love the game though.  I wrote Markus a love letter with my bug report. 

Nicely done!  I might use this for my Minecraft server, once SMP is fixed to the point of playability and whatnot. 

Nice!


Yes, they seemed a bit easier, which is one of the reasons I was hoping they would be at least viable.  Not worried so much about using a blocking API (yet).

Thank you both for the feedback!

I'm no stranger to Java programming, but it seems the API has been expanded quite a bit since I last wrote any code.

I was wondering, is there any benefit/detriment to using BufferedImages loaded by ImageIO rather than using standard Image objects obtained through the Toolkit?  This is pertaining to a desktop application (.jar), not an applet.

A few constructive answers would be immensely helpful!

I love what you've done so far. Did you write the engine from scratch? If so, I like how you implemented the dialog system and the movement controls; very reminiscent of the good old top-down action RPG days.

Keep up the good work.