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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2013 / Re: Demolition Derby 4K
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on: 2012-12-09 05:56:42
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The only effective strategy is to flee, wait until every car but one breaks down after running into each other at the same time, and then keep away from the last remaining car into it crashes into something. Without that strategy, it's too hard and with that strategy it's unchallenging and depends entirely on luck or patience.  Is it meant to be that type of game? Yes.  ....well, you can't just wait, as they come after you. And I would have thought it's not entirely luck, as you need to dodge the other cars. It was supposed to be a case of position your car so the opponents crash into each other. However, it didn't quite work as well as I had hoped. Thought about going down the route of your car is stronger on the front then the back, so if you hit someone, you do more damage or get points, but I wanted to keep it as simple as possible. Any ideas on how to spice up the game play strategy would be greatly appreciated. |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2013 / Re: Pack200 Verify Error
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on: 2012-12-09 05:33:52
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Hmm. I just went into the Windows 7 Control Panel -> Java -> Temporary Internet Files -> Settings -> Delete Files. And trashed all the cached files. Now it works fine on this computer.
I have a feeling something odd happened when I was switching from Java 7 then back to Java 6 (I upgraded to 7, then realised 7 made a larger compile, so I switched back to 6, and all the time I was testing in the browser).
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2013 / Re: Demolition Derby 4K
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on: 2012-12-09 05:23:42
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Yay, a driving game  Nice work on AI and tire tracks. My only complaints are (1) that there's a "game over" notification or something, instead of the game just ending, and (2) a health bar instead of a damage taken bar, although that's probably just preference. The main trick I used to win was letting the other cars crash into each other by escaping like a ninja. Fun game! Excellent ideas ninja driver!  1. The game actually never ends, you just get more and more cars, so I've now added a "Level x" message. 2. I agree, health bar makes more sense. Now changed the damage bar to a health bar. |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2013 / Demolition Derby 4K
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on: 2012-12-09 05:02:53
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Survive the mayhem and be the last car standing in this gruelling destruction derby game. Make it through and you're in for more mayhem with with more cars. Use the bull bar on the front of your car, to smash up the other cars and protect your car. ...oh, did I forget to mention that all the other drivers are out to get you! Controls: - Arrow keys or WSAD for car control. - Shift for hand brake. - Esc to retry.
http://www.java4k.com/index.php?action=games&method=view&gid=431Feedback / comments / praise / flames all welcome. ...well, maybe not the flames.  |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Judging panel results!
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on: 2012-03-23 23:50:53
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Indeed I felt like The Little Scientist might be a good start for a real game... If I find the time maybe I'll start making a mobile app out of it, who knows If you go through all the winning games in the past java4k contests, then you'll realize all of them have one thing in common, the potential of being a full game. 4k is great for prototyping games, and as a judge what I love the most is seeing potential, my imagination takes off and I have all sorts of ideas for the game. That's exactly what I use the Java4k for. Apologies to the judges for boring them with car games every year! Their reviews along with the community results are invaluable information. So a big thanks to all! A combination of my first few game went on to become https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.craigsrace.headtoheadracingI'm still trying to nail down what my second game will be (looks like I now have the physics, just need the game play) Congratulations on The Little Scientist. Such a fun game! I look forward to seeing it as a mobile app! |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Drift Driver 4K
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on: 2011-12-27 07:57:03
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Great game as always from you. Really nice feel, pretty much like last years contribution, but much more fun gameplay! Unfortunately I can not start level 4 because of this: Exception in thread "Thread-16" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at java.awt.image.DataBufferInt.<init>(DataBufferInt.java:41)
at java.awt.image.Raster.createPackedRaster(Raster.java:458)
at java.awt.image.DirectColorModel.createCompatibleWritableRaster(DirectColorModel.java:1015)
at java.awt.image.BufferedImage.<init>(BufferedImage.java:315)
at A.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)This is on OS X Lion, Java 1.6  Couldn't use handbreak either on OS X. HTML5 seems to work fine though. Will play that now! Mac OutOfMemoryError should now be fixed. I now make my buffered images global and reuse them - no clue why the Mac Java garbage collector didn't reclaim the memory.  http://www.java4k.com/index.php?action=games&method=view&gid=354Cheers. |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Drift Driver 4K
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on: 2011-12-04 10:19:07
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Great game as always from you. Really nice feel, pretty much like last years contribution, but much more fun gameplay! Unfortunately I can not start level 4 because of this: Exception in thread "Thread-16" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at java.awt.image.DataBufferInt.<init>(DataBufferInt.java:41)
at java.awt.image.Raster.createPackedRaster(Raster.java:458)
at java.awt.image.DirectColorModel.createCompatibleWritableRaster(DirectColorModel.java:1015)
at java.awt.image.BufferedImage.<init>(BufferedImage.java:315)
at A.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)This is on OS X Lion, Java 1.6 The game does use a lot of memory (I create 2 2200x2200 RGB BufferedImages), however, it creates them on every level and throws away the old ones, so I'm at a loss as to why it would make it all the way to level 4 and then crash. Might look at putting in some memory flags on the Java4K sites applet code if needed. Couldn't use handbreak either on OS X. HTML5 seems to work fine though.
Now changed the handbreak to use the Shift key. |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Drift Driver 4K
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on: 2011-12-04 10:11:25
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One comment, it seems like the area you're allowed to drive on before losing your points when drifting always is the same even though the track gets smaller. That causes confusion as you don't know exactly when to stop drifting due to getting to close to the secret border.
Mike
No secret border. If all 4 wheels go off the track, then your score for that drift is lost. So you have to be more precise when the track gets narrow. |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Drift Driver 4K
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on: 2011-11-25 12:21:05
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Just for fun, I made an HTML5 version!  I stuck my 4K code into a GWT project, fixed up the game loop to be single threaded, changed the gfx calls to use GWT, and boom, GWT made me an HTML5 version!  The only other difference is there is no dashed line support in HTML5, so I replaced the centre line with some track texture (as I wasn't worrying about the 4k limit). The actual Javascript compiled out to only 50K, so that's not too bad. You can see it in action here http://www.brasurf.com.au/DriftDriver/This, my friends, I think is the future! (well, for small online games anyway). |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Drift Driver 4K
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on: 2011-11-24 00:30:59
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Got to the last level, but immediately gave up. Took me very many tries to beat level 9, but I eventually did it. The snow level was great. It was fun and awesome, but not very challenging, which was a nice change of pace. The only 2 things that really bothers me with is for one that the car's abilities changes each level. It makes all the things you learned at the last level useless as they don't work anymore. The second thing was most apparent on the last level: The car doesn't run straight. On the last level, just holding the up arrow key makes your car make a sharp turn to the left. It was very difficult just getting the first turn right due to this, and considering the insane degree of drift needed for points, combined with the high speed of the car, the soap slippery road and the 1000 point requirement, it was pretty much impossible for me to do enough flawless drifts in a row for me, so I just gave up.
Very nice game though, especially in 4K!
After reviewing the last level, I agree. I've made the car too powerful with not enough traction. It's not fun, it's just annoying how it snaps into a spin so easily. I also see your point that you need to relearn on each level. I need the user to gradually work up from a car that doesn't drift much, to a car that does. However, when the user does get to that car (probably the black car on level 6), I think I need to stop modifying the car, and only modify the track, points, and time limit to make it harder. Excellent feedback! Thank you! It's funny how when you program and play the game so many times, you loose track of what you think works and what doesn't. |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Drift Driver 4K
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on: 2011-11-23 16:55:59
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Made it to the 5th level I think. It was the one with a 1500 score limit.
Actually, that was the 6th level! Made some more changes: - There are now 10 levels. - The track width changes between levels. - Level 7 is now a snow track. I think the transitioning between levels is now fairly smooth. Please let me know if you get to a level and feel like it was too much of a jump in difficultly. Any other comments/suggestions are also most welcome. http://www.java4k.com/index.php?action=games&method=view&gid=354Many thanks again! |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Mystery Mash
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on: 2011-11-22 02:47:03
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It's now working. Lots of fun! Skill level was just right. Score was pretty much level the whole way. The start was a little slow, but then it really cranked and was a lot of fun! Great job!
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Drift Driver 4K
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on: 2011-11-22 02:25:49
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I wonder how you calculated "drift"
Drift is the angle of the rear wheels compared to the direction of travel. The first level you only need PI/16 to get "drift", however, as you go through the levels, you need a greater angle, by level 5 you need a PI/9 angle. Oh, and there is also a check to make sure you are going fast enough too. |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Drift Driver 4K
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on: 2011-11-21 07:08:23
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Thanks so much for all the excellent feedback. I've now made many changes to address the problems: - Cars are now much faster. - Tires have a more grip (no more ice skating rink feel). - Front tires no longer break traction, so pulling out of a drift is easier. - Going on the grass now helps the car out of a drift. - More levels (now 7). - Able to progress through levels faster. If you get a chance, I'd really appreciate hearing if the changes make the game better, and what level people can now get up to. http://www.java4k.com/index.php?action=games&method=view&gid=354Thanks again! |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Drift Driver 4K
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on: 2011-11-19 16:07:39
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I am not sure why, but on level two, whenever I turned, it would just keep turning until I let go fo the accelerator, and so I got some wierd circles that spiraled off into the grass. great game other than that though Thanks h3ckboy When you released the turn control, did the wheels straighten up? If they did, then everything is working correctly, as when the car begins to drift, you need to steer into the skid to keep control (ie. the opposite direction). If the wheels didn't straighten up, then I have some control issues that I need to fix. |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: 4K 2012 contest preliminaries
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on: 2011-11-19 12:34:33
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Any comments? What should be improved, especially with regards of the site?
First off, the Java4K site is awesome! One small thing that could be improved is the user comments. Publishers should me made to register to submit their game, however, players should not have to just to leave a comment. If you used a service like http://www.disqus.com/ then I think we would see a lot more comments on the games. |
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Games Center / 4K Game Competition - 2012 / Re: Drift Driver 4K
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on: 2011-11-19 07:26:21
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"GAME OVER" bug fixed. Will looking into making it easier to drive. I assume the problem was the car would spin too easily? Might make it a 4WD car, so you'll be able to power out of the drift, instead of having to lift off the accelerator. |
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