I reinstalled Ubuntu after a 1 year without it because I couldn't get Backtrack5 to install properly. Like everyone else, I raged and raged at the Unity UI and after 3 hours of nervous ticks revealing themselves, I deleted the partition.

I might try it again with gnome or kde if I ever need to use ubuntu again.

I don't know if it's already been suggested but you should move the folder C:\Users\Name\StateOfProfit to C:\Users\Name\Documents\My Games\StateOfProfit.

It's an often looked over feature. I think only one game I've played in the past two years (Skyrim) has done this.

The Java Hub tutorials are more newbie friendly than the coke and code tutorials: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6E90696571998DC2

Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle

http://vimeo.com/36579366   How can I embed this?  


It's boring for the first 4-5 minutes but it gets very interesting after that.

Show us your JFrame class. I had the exact same problem today and I ended up fixing it by messing with the way things were ordered in there.

Also, I don't think you need requestFocus() at all if you fix the underlying problem, setFocusable(true) should be enough.

I see you're doing the JavaHub tutorials like I mentioned  

I had the exact same problem and sticking super.paint(g) fixes it but the preferred way of doing it I believe is sticking adding a Canvas or JPanel to the JFrame and having your game play in that. Unfortunately, the JavaHub dude doesn't cover doing that up till as far as I've gotten but maybe he'll do that later on.

Also, I recommend you try making a Pong game before watching that tutorial. You've got enough to on from the first 11 videos so it's very doable but might be difficult.

Check out the youtube videos by TheJavaHub: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6E90696571998DC2&feature=playlist-comment. They are very beginner friendly java game development videos and the only requirement is of course, knowing java. I'm going through them now and they seem much better/easier for a beginner than the zetcode and cokeandcode tutorials.

I managed to get 5929m. I love challenging games like this.

Nitpick: on the game over screen, change "you did some progress" to "you made some progress". did sounds a little funny in that sentence.

Anyway, fun little game. Congrats.

edit: Every time, I get stuck here: http://imgur.com/brFG9

is there no way to progress?

Here is a chart showing the implementation progress for each platform. Very useful.


http://code.google.com/p/playn/wiki/PlatformStatus

It looks like Flash and iOS is going to take a long time before it's fully supported.

They say the latest flash update broke some functionality. Do you think Adobe did it deliberately because they do not like competition with their AIR platform? It sounds too conspiratory to me but I wouldn't put it past them.

Start with Java2D and the zetcode tutorials: http://zetcode.com/tutorials/javagamestutorial/

edit: is there not a way to delete mistaken posts?

From 81% in September 2008 to 75% in January 2012. It's not a minuscule fall or anything but Java still has heavy penetration and it will be a long time before that changes.

I'm on the same path as you but with only a few months experience with Java and programming. I've got a game plan currently that you'll be able to easily adapt.

1/ Read these: http://zetcode.com/tutorials/javagamestutorial/ and http://www.cokeandcode.com/index.html?page=tutorials/spaceinvaders101 I am going to do both (on the first link still) but choosing one and running with it is okay as well.

2/ Watch this: http://www.twitch.tv/notch/b/302823358 I watched about 6 hours before I got really bored. It was an eye opener into how the pros do it. Second thing to realise is that you could not be as good as he is unless you make games for 10 years or however long he's done it. Even then, you wont be as good. Notch used to be active here and is considered one of the best on JGO because he was just that good.

3/ Make these: http://inventwithpython.com/blog/2012/02/20/i-need-practice-programming-49-ideas-for-game-clones-to-code/. Eventually I'll get around to making an original game but for now, I'm just going to make clones until I've got some solid experience.

4/ Play lots of web games. Ludum Dare is a great place for this. There are tonnes of quality games and ideas floating about there and they are all of a small to medium scope which is what I'm looking for. Don't start any projects that are too big to handle. Start small or it's likely you (and me) will regret it.

edit:
Bonus number 5/ Maze Algorithms also look fascinating and will help with procedural generation. Take a look at this: http://www.jamisbuck.org/presentations/rubyconf2011/index.html I haven't done any yet, but I think this can be done after you got game making basics under your belt.

Everyone knows

1/ Their own

2/ Santa's home, North Pole

That promo art would put many in game screenshots to shame even a decade later.


Not enough!

They would capture market share much faster if they didn't force app developers to pay $200 to make 10 submits.

First post I've been lurking for a few weeks

I'm pretty excited for playN. See what I did there? It got a lot of flack from all directions early on but it's improved greatly. The best part is both android and iOS is supported now.