WIP: SpringCombat

[ra4king]

Use Nimbus Look and Feel

1	UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");

[krasse]

Use Nimbus Look and Feel

1	UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");

I tried that once and it looks a lot better
I also remember that I had some crashes back then and I blamed Nimbus for it and switched back

Nimbus is very good for Java and Swing unless select is broken.

[ra4king]

What's awesome is that they are finally bringing Nimbus in the javax.swing.plaf package for Java 7. What sucks is, even though there was a debate about it, they are not making it the default LF

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[krasse]

I have made a nice little Ramming Test Video

[ra4king]

That is pretty amazing!! Good job and good luck!

[Eli Delventhal]

Ha, looks very cool! I want to play this game now.

[krasse]

Thanks for the encouragement

Next step is to generate textures for the ships.

[krasse]

Added another video about ship hull textures
ra4king: I used Nimbus this time

Here is also a video that demonstrates how the basic texture is made procedurally. I am using my own node system for this but it can be made with any procedural texture system (Blender, Genetica, POV-Ray etc).

[krasse]

Added some fire particles that make the ship hull and rocket engines burn when damaged

Short demo video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsaBI97cPGg

[krasse]

Added some better backgrounds and dirt particles. Here are some screenshots:

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[ra4king]

Wow! Great job! Keep up the amazing work

[krasse]

Wow! Great job! Keep up the amazing work

Thanks! I will probably have something playable soon and not just spam with videos and screenshots

[krasse]

The spam continues
Here is a new video that shows a little bit of how the ship configuration will work and a battle:

Ship configuration and battle video

The idea of the actual game is becoming a bit more clear now as well.

You are supposed to gather "resource points" that can be used to configure your ship with modules such as:
* Thrusters (automatically placed depending on function: forward, backward, strafe, turn)
* Weapons and ammunition storage
* Energy (required for self repair, shields, and some weapons)
* Repair system
* Shields
* Radar, map and "enemy prediction software" for turrets

Most of the modules are physical and are placed on the ship as physical components that can be destroyed. There is then a tactical/puzzle element to protect the vital parts with both hull and shields.
There is no cost to reconfigure the ship, no loss in selling parts such as weapons. You can have as many ship blueprints you like and are encouraged to build different sorts of ships like fast rammers, fighters, bombers and large but slow cruisers.

[ra4king]

Amazing!! Can't wait to try it

[kappa]

oh nice, this game look pretty cool, can't wait to try something playable.

[gouessej]

Nice job. Thumb up on Youtube 

[krasse]

Nice job. Thumb up on Youtube 

Merci!
I am currently busy with my compulsive reactive music crazyness and will continue with this soon