Looking good.
One question though, the screenshot appears to show isometric tiles but the grid overlay isn't?

Paradroid?

Future World Music - New Beginnings (no guitar)

So your using ray-casting to determine line-of-sight?

I'm on Java 1.6.0_31 and couldn't open the project.
(IntelliJ was complaining that I need Java7?)

Absolutely brilliant artwork.

This game *needs* to happen.

I've been using IntelliJ since around 2000...
The new dark theme in the side panels was very welcome!

ps: you missed out on their fantastic deal on their 'end-of-the-world' sale. $50 for the pro version.

[CTRL]+[ALT]+U ftw!

I disagree. Look up tables are usually faster because there is no computation needed.

As a SSE with 25+ years under my belt, yes It does get very boring. So boring that I've seen quite a few good software engineers get very disillusioned and switch careers after 3-5 years. What I tell the younger ones these days is that they should try to offset the boring day-to-day business software with a few of their own projects at home to help keep the passion/interest up. It can be anything, it just needs to be fun/interesting for them to tinker around with. This sort of thing is a common trait for those of us who have been in software for a long time.

So your wanting to save binary images in your database?

Thankyou.
Will have a closer look at this after work tonight...

Australia.

Umm, there is no need for a camera object in a 2D game.
2D games usually draw, or move tiles/sprites around in a off-screen buffer.

Currently?

Homeworld OST

43yo

1> Elite (Commodore 64, 1984) *
2> X-Com Enemy Unknown (PC, 1994)

* Which is why I'm still in shock to hear about Elite: Dangerous.

Woah. Wasn't tiled open source once? I faintly remember that you could look at the java source or am I getting confused with something else?

I use the compacted version but with an indent of 2.

Nope.
+ throwing discs.
+ destructible environment.

I disagree.

Fun > Original.

So we can kill off any/all future java gaming posts.... to be replaced with inane karma whoring ones?  No thanks.

The level to which I disagree to the last part is immeasurable. In the old days effeciency was important so your showing your age with that statement Riven.. (LOL) Very rarely do you see a dev think about efficiency these days, most devs these days don't even think about efficieny and will happily introduce an entirely new (bloated) framework to avoid coding a class or two. And then after a few repeats of this cycle (when everything comes crashing down) they demand better computers.

:|

Demo?

Another plus is that hexes give a better representation for field-of-view for in-game characters.

Something like this: I carry around a notepad and draw lots and lots and lots of sketches/design/screens & gaming notes. Then when I get near my PC, I open up IntelliJ stare at whatever I was doing last time... immediately lose interest.... and then look at pr0n.  

Write the game for yourself to enjoy first, not for the purpose of selling.

Interesting, I don't remember findbugs being that greedy.

FYI: down my way you cannot commit/check-in any code *without* running a findbugs over your changes (to prove that you did not introduce more bugs for that change-set)

jhallenberg,
Watch video #2 onwards from this thread here.

^^^ You missed one...
If you're not using Java 7: use your own.

 

Sheesh! You've virtually made your own CASE tool...