I would just like to announce that I have dropped this project (that would explain the lack of updates)
As I said before, I intended this project to be a learning curve for me and games programming, and I did learn a lot from it.
I may pick up this project again in the future, but to be honest, it is highly unlikely that I will do so.
Thanks a lot for the support and interest, and a special thanks to cheatsguy (http://www.java-gaming.org/index.php?action=profile;u=146276) for the textures.

0.1.2 is officially out , download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?8qji2shodjxi5fy
Basically I just made the editor interface a little more user-friendly, and also added support for levels that were not exactly 8x8 in size.

Enjoy, and as always, just ask in the replies if you would like to know any of my source code, I'd be happy to help

UPDATE:
Currently working on Version Alpha 0.1.2 (yaaay )
This will basically add support for levels that are not of size 8*8, the update will also have a mini-map scaled according to the size of the map, as well as a scaled overview of the level in editor mode.

Again thanks for the interest guys (1500+ views wow!), all criticism and/or suggestions are well appreciated

Finally, Dungeon Man is available for download (Download Here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ibsxi5m8jkpcd9q)
Dungeon man Alpha 0.1.1 is available for download and includes a level editor(switch between editing and playing by pressing Backspace)

Upon opening the game, you will be asked to enter the name of a level to play, you can choose between 'maze' and 'smiley' by default, and you can make your own levels later on in the level editor.

NOTE: you MUST enter the level name correctly, or else an error will occur and the game will close without warning (Refer to Instructions.txt for more information)

Have fun, and please do not hesitate to make any suggestions or critisism of the game, it would really help me a lot

PS: If you are a budding game dev (like me) and want to know how I went about coding any part of the game, feel free to ask me and I'll try and help you out

Sorry for the lack of posting guys, I have been VERY sick over the last few days and I could not find the time nor energy to make new content, I do have an update though. I will try and release Alpha 0.1.1 soon, it will include a parser to read data from an XML file and use this data for the placement of walls in the level (I have decided to scrap the PNG decoder idea as it was too complex and too much hassle). As soon as the new update comes out I will work on making the game downloadable as a playable demo, or maybe an applet.

If anyone knows of some sort of method for putting an applet on a site for free, I would really appreciate it if could let me know (I dont want to be spending money monthly on getting a website hosted) if there was any website hosting companies that did free plans (very little storage ect.) that would be great!

I learned OpenGL from "TheCodingUniverse" on YouTube, you should check him out, his tutorials are pretty good. I'm also learning from pdf's of famous OpenGL books "OpenGL Superbible" and "OpenGL Programming Guide" these are really good books that cover beginner stuff as well as advenced functions of OpenGL.
But keep in mind that OpenGL can only do so much, a lot of making a game has to do with the programmers ability to solve problems, and a very creative mind is required. Using OpenGL isn't all that difficult, the hard part is solving problems yourself.

PS: Practise makes perfect Also, I am using Display Lists for rendering.

 
I've been trying to make parser that would convert PNG files into three-dimensional arrays (The first two dimensions would be the pixels x and y coords, and the third dimension would be that pixel's color channel (either R, G, B or A). I've had no luck yet and its getting really frustrating and confusing.M aybe some of you guys would have any suggestions for maybe a simpler method of doing this? or if anyone could tell me what i'm doing wrong.

Thanks in advance.

PS: I am still in Secondary School (High School) this is the reason why I may be slow to work on this project, but I do try my best to put some time in every day.

Here's what it looks like with your textures, They're awesome



I may use the other ones in future if I do add any thing else other than walls and floors, with full credit given to you for the textures of course

Thank's for the interest man.
The lighting was actually pretty easy, here's what i did:

I used this to make the 'Sky' black with a small tint of Blue.


I used these parameters for the fog effect:

And that's it, no fancy lighting was used just a few clever tricks with fog and glClearColor.

PS: I took a look at delver, it looks pretty impressive and I wish the best for the developers. I also believe that Delver is on Steam Greenlight, if you do have a moment, could you please take the time to support it's developers and give it a 'Thumbs Up'  

Wow, those are some great tiles, did you make them yourself?
I'll try and implement these tiles into the game tomorrow, and I'll post a picture of them in-game tomorrow.


Yes you're probably right, I'll try and post this in 'WIP Games' instead sometime tomorrow (in case anyone is looking for it or can't find it, I'll use the same title as this thread)

Wow, thanks for the interest guys.

I am using the LWJGL library. I couldn't really be arsed making my own textures this early on, maybe i'll make some in the future if this game does sort of go somewhere. A Demo may be released later on, i'll focus on that as soon as the game gets somewhat playable (walking, weapons ect. The game consists of 'no-clipping around a level at this stage). I will also try to put up a video on YouTube soon.

PS: I am also using twl's PNGDecoder to decode PNG files into ByteBuffers which are then readible by OpenGL.

(Link for LWJGL Download Page: http://lwjgl.com/download.php)
(Direct link for twl's PNGDecoder: http://twl.l33tlabs.org/dist/PNGDecoder.jar)

Edit: Also, if any of you guys are budding game programmers (like me) and you would like to know how I made any part of this game, feel free to ask and I'll be happy to help you out

*NOTE*
I am not developing this project any further, while it was a lot of fun to code and I learned a lot from it, I have decided to drop this project and work on others, the file will still be available for download to whoever wants to try (but keep in mind, its only my first project )
A special Thanks to cheatsguy for those awesome custom textures 


Download : http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?8qji2shodjxi5fy
NOTE: Refer to Instructions.txt included in the package for instructions and controls

So this is my second proper attempt at creating a somewhat playable game (my first attempt was abandoned as a result of horrible coding, and an awful structure to the code that just wasn't worth going back to).

'Dungeon Man' (name may be changed in future) is essentially a dungeon crawling game similar to 'Wolfenstien 3D', 'Doom' or Notch's 'Prelude Of The Chambered'. I am doing this project as sort of a 'learning curve' for me with game development.

I may make a full release of Dungeon Man sometime in the future, or I might eventually scrap it and start a new project.

I will try, as best I can to update this thread as I develop this game, I would be happy to share any information about the coding of this game to anyone who needs it. I would really appreciate any suggestions or criticism that anyone has, and I would also be happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Version Alpha 0.1.2:

• Added support for levels of any size (not just of size 8x8)
• Made level editor interface more user-friendly
• Made level select on startup interface more user-friendly
• Added an extra button 'New' in the editor to create a new level with new dimensions

Version Alpha 0.1.1:

• Added level editor(Only levels of size 8*8 are supported as of now)
• Released the game as a zip file including a runnable .exe file
• Added ability to choose level on startup
• Scrapped PNG parser for level data

Version Alpha 0.1.0:

• Started Development
• Added basic level geometry (walls, floor)
• Added camera movement and input
• Added Mini-Map (Very early stages)