Definately applets

Locked framerate at 60 fps. Added alot more particle effects.
Please let me now your system specs if you have lower fps.
 

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Yep i know it, im checking the forums several times a week :-)

Really nice game, thumbs up again to you Scarzzurs , your productivity amaze me!! Nice to see some other indy java game developers from Denmark. Keep up the good work!!
 
 

Ok, now its locked at 80 fps (= 79 on my own rig). But i feel like its a bit too slow now, but i have been playing it for ages, so my opinion is very biased.
I would like too speed it up a little, especially the speed of the player so i will probably add some kind of  'speed power ups' to grab after a timed interval.
I will probably make it level based too, with some arcadey score numbers(as sprites) approaching after a kill, and a multiplier pickup.

Furthermore i think i will make it level based(to feel that extra urge to reach a bit further), and make some stages where the aim is locked at a fixed position, to make the player move more(because thats the fun part), instead of just standing still and shooting.

Any other ideas are welcome, i have a lot of plans and inspiration right now, but time and inspiration is
 a relative beast, so hope i can catch it right while i can :-)
 

Im gonna add a splash screen. At home it only takes max 4-5 seconds to startup, but just tried it here at work on an old celeron 2.53 and it takes 5 minutes or so, i thought it had crashed too, but checked the console and saw it running..

Until now its just a Sparx with way better performance and a new particle system.
But more will come.There is no fps lock yet, and only 1ms sleep so on high end pcs it may run a little fast.

After i have deployed it, and run it from the webpage, its suddenly 3Xfaster(==to fast on a q6600) than when i run it in netbeans???Anyone know why? Netbeans cant be that much overhead.

http://www.sparx.dk

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Finally got some time to work on the game again, hiscore is finally up now. Gonna add some music later today!

http://www.sparx.dk

Thanx Kev, actually started up game programming, reading your space-invaders tutorial to get an idea of game programming basics :-)

Added some multiply pick-ups to the game, when enemy sprite dies a token is left, take the token and 0.2 is added to your your multiplier.
Multiplier is used to calculate enemy point. Destroyed enemy score=score * multiplier.
This way the player is forced to move, and will hopefully make the game more enjoyable.

Its late now, got it working... but need to optimize it tommorow, some slowdowns, but plenty of room for optimization, just need to start looking for it :-)

 

I am probably gonna add some kind of leveling, and some challenging stages (like in galaga), where i lock the aim at a given position, and the player, have to rotate about it to hit the enemy, because thats the way i usually play it(only using the aim a little, but circling around it with the spaceship, to direct the bullets at the enemy, and thats way more fun than standing still and using the aim!!!), but i found out most people just stands still and use the aim, and that is pretty boring.......... so i have to find a way tomake people play it the fun way...Matbe i could also add some bombs that freeze the aim, making the player move around more.

Just updated the game, the engine is much more versatile now, will take some screenshots tommorrow.

Thanks alot keith, you just saved my day
That solved my timing problems, and the slowdowns.

Jacob

Calculate sleeptime for each frame again.

Put a frame counter on, but are getting some very unstable readings.

.....

        public static final int FRAME_RATE = 80;
        public static int sleepTimeMs=1000/FRAME_RATE;
   private int frameTime=1000000000/FRAME_RATE;

......
   public void paint(Graphics g){
            long startTime = System.nanoTime();
            Graphics2D g2d=(Graphics2D)g;

      Color c=game.getBackgroundColor();
               
      if(c!=null){
         g2d.setColor(c);
         g2d.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(), getHeight());
                        g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
                        g2d.drawRect(0,0,getWidth()-1,getHeight()-1);
                       
                       
      }
      game.paint(g);
      long estimatedTime = System.nanoTime() - startTime;

                             
                sleepTimeMs=(int)(frameTime-estimatedTime)/1000000;
                if (sleepTime<1){sleepTime=1;}
               
   }

.................

        public void run() {
           while(true){
                long startTime1 = System.nanoTime();
                   
              if(!gp.isPaused()){
                 gp.repaint();
                        }
              try{
                 sleep(sleepTime);
              } catch (Exception e){
                 e.printStackTrace(System.err);
              }

               
                long estimatedTime1 = System.nanoTime() - startTime1;
               
                Sparxx.fps=(1000000000/estimatedTime1);


           }

...................

only 2ms sleeptime,
Before i calculated the sleeptime each frame, so i could get a stable frame rate, was not sure if it worked, but will change it back right away..

Thanx for all the feedback 

Updated to v0.7

-Better graphics
-Better enemy bevior
-General Performance/Game tuning

www.sparx.dk

Its my own own little java2d engine, all graphics are done via java2d line/rect/oval drawing (no photoshop here), to keep the graphics simple, but stylish.
All animations are prerendered then cached.
The explosion are made with my own simple particle system(no physics, only velocity and speed), also prerendered and cached.

Glad you like it 
 

Whats your machines specs?

Ups my fault(put a faulty version up late last night), should be ok now.

Think im going to test it with Java 6u10 with the D3D/Opengl pipeline today, and try to make some sort of speed test, so speed of game adapts to computer used..... Do you know when Java 6u10 is officially released ??

Thanks 
-Think im gonna make a quick filebased solution tonight, my server runs php so no servlets.

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Make sure that the applet is in focus, by pressing the mouse button while the pointer is on the applet.

Hey everyone,
Have been writing my first game in Java, its still WIP, but playable.
Its an arena shooter done in Java2d.

Take a look, and leave a comment.
http://www.sparx.dk

Need some tips on implementing a global  hiscore table.

Check out my music --> http://www.myspace.com/hazerec