Guardian [FINISHED]

[HeroesGraveDev]

I am aware of the LWJGL bug.

I have just given up on Apple. Everything they do is anti-indie-developer.
If it weren't for my 2 friends who use Apple and eveyone else still using java 6, I would just leave it at java 7.

I have been looking into bundling a JVM with the application to satisfy people who can't be bothered downloading java 7 themselves. It is not hard to use 2 versions of java on a computer.

In response to your comment on why Java 7 is pointless for games, yes, there is barely anything new that I would use, but on the other hand, why not?

Anyway, when I reach Alpha, I'll have a cross platform version (.jar), a Windows .exe (bundled jvm) a Linux whatever* (bundled jvm), and hopefully a Java 6 version for Mac if my friends show some interest.

Does anyone know if you can use java 7 on a Mac through a bundled jvm?

*Yeah, I'm supposed to be using Linux as my main OS, but there is no real replacement for Paint.NET as of now.

[Vladiedoo]

GeForce GTX 560 Ti        Current Installed Driver: 306.97 (up to date)

If this matters, I am currently making my own LWJGL game which compiles just fine on my computer.

[HeroesGraveDev]

Newest prototype download in the main post.

New stuff:

- Special attacks for everything.
- Can only change classes when killed.
- Special attack key is now the down arrow, not X.
- A bit of balancing. (It's now harder )

Java 6 build coming as soon as possible.
Have fun.

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[HeroesGraveDev]

Java 6 compatible version now available

See opening post.

Could someone check if it works on OSX? (and check if it works at all?  )

Enjoy!

[Screem]

There's a problem with only changing classes when killed: If you change to a monster, you can't be killed.

[HeroesGraveDev]

There's a problem with only changing classes when killed: If you change to a monster, you can't be killed.

I am aware of that.
It is really only for testing purposes and so people can get an idea of where the game is going.

[mclldrd]

I can confirm it works on OSX 10.8, with Java 6. Love the particle explosions!

[HeroesGraveDev]

What bugs me is that this game was playable and really fun after only three days of development.
And Ludum Dare is almost here.
I could have entered this in the jam had I saved the idea until then (but changed it to fit the theme).

[DeathJockey]

You should pay more attention to some graphics, like the terrain textures for example. I'd change the background gradient to more sky-like texture if I could. Try avoiding programmer's graphics. Its... not attractive.

This was done by me in 2 minutes, and it looks a whole lot better. Good work on gameplay though.

[5c0jt]

Personally, I prefer his grass textures, they're very nice!
Again, really good work with the game so far HGD.

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[HeroesGraveDev]

You should pay more attention to some graphics, like the terrain textures for example. I'd change the background gradient to more sky-like texture if I could. Try avoiding programmer's graphics. Its... not attractive.

This was done by me in 2 minutes, and it looks a whole lot better. Good work on gameplay though.

Nice! 

The sky is temporary. After Ludum Dare I'll have some time to do some larger-scale amounts of pixel art.
I will redo the grass (I may try something similar to your idea)

[HeroesGraveDev]

New Prototype Build out!



Features:

• Respawn Cooldown. You have to wait 2 seconds before you can respawn.
• A tower. Defend it and it will defend you.
• A real level. Tower one side, goblin pit on the other.
• Goblin swarm. They may be weak alone, but in a huge bunch, you may have a problem.
• Doors. You can walk/shoot through them, but enemies won't be able to get you until they bash it open.
• Ladders. Now you can climb.
• Coins. They're pointless at the moment, but at least they give the game a purpose. Collect more than the Goblins
• Chests. Store your coins!
• Guardians only. No more being a monster. You have to be a good guy now

An some other fixes/balancing.

I also re-textured grass after the above suggestions. I love the new look.
I will attempt to have a real background done shortly after the Ludum Dare.

[Apo]

I really like the look of that game.
Keep up the good work.

[JESTERRRRRR]

huge fan of pixel art, and yours is brilliant, love it

[HeroesGraveDev]

Thanks for all the Awesome feedback!
Last night I balanced all the characters and added a use for coins.
I also did a bit of AI for Guardians.
A bit more work and I'll have Level 1 complete.

I am considering switching from procedural generation to pre-made levels to avoid annoying levels which put a cliff next to the tower or mess with the AI of the archers (shooting at a wall for example).

Ludum Dare starts in an hour or so, so no more work until Tuesday (Wednesday if I want to do more work and enter the jam) (By the way, it's Saturday afternoon for me at the moment. Sorry if anyone gets confused by the time zones.)

[masteryoom]

Just  a question about your sprite sheet, how do you get rid of the white in the game?

[masteryoom]

I have just given up on Apple. Everything they do is anti-indie-developer.
If it weren't for my 2 friends who use Apple and eveyone else still using java 6, I would just leave it at java 7.

I use Java 7.

[HeroesGraveDev]

Just  a question about your sprite sheet, how do you get rid of the white in the game?

The particles or the space around the characters?

If the former, I color them using OpenGL.
If the latter, that "white" is completely transparent.

[RobinB]

Sorry huge error (OPENGL 4.2):
(I dont know what you are doing with drawarrays, but with my own and other games this just works.)

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# # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # #  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x0000000068f64bf0, pid=2892, tid=2424 # # JRE version: 7.0-b147 # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (21.0-b17 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops) # Problematic frame: # C  [nvoglv64.DLL+0x7f4bf0] # # Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: #   http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. # See problematic frame for where to report the bug. # ---------------  T H R E A D  --------------- Current thread (0x000000000287b000):  JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_native, id=2424, stack(0x0000000002930000,0x0000000002a30000)] siginfo: ExceptionCode=0xc0000005, reading address 0x0000000000000000 Registers: RAX=0x0000000000000006, RBX=0x0000000002a2eb90, RCX=0x0000000000000000, RDX=0x0000000000376a28 RSP=0x0000000002a2eb28, RBP=0x0000000000000000, RSI=0x000000000c267d3c, RDI=0x0000000002a2ec38 R8 =0xfffffffff3d982b4, R9 =0x000000000c267d4c, R10=0x0000000068770000, R11=0x0000000000000000 R12=0x0000000000376980, R13=0xfffffffffd947df0, R14=0x0000000002a2efa0, R15=0x000000000287b000 RIP=0x0000000068f64bf0, EFLAGS=0x0000000000010297 Top of Stack: (sp=0x0000000002a2eb28) 0x0000000002a2eb28:   0000000068f64d02 0000000002a2ecd8 0x0000000002a2eb38:   0000000068f64dc5 00000000801dac01 0x0000000002a2eb48:   0000000002a2ecd8 0000000000000004 0x0000000002a2eb58:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0x0000000002a2eb68:   0000000068f6573c 0000000000376840 0x0000000002a2eb78:   0000000000000028 0000000000000006 0x0000000002a2eb88:   00000000086ec600 0000000000000000 0x0000000002a2eb98:   0000000000000000 0000010900000000 0x0000000002a2eba8:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0x0000000002a2ebb8:   0000000000000000 0000000000000020 0x0000000002a2ebc8:   0000140600000002 0000000000000028 0x0000000002a2ebd8:   0000000000000000 0000140600000003 0x0000000002a2ebe8:   0000000100000028 0000000000000000 0x0000000002a2ebf8:   0000140600000004 0000000100000028 0x0000000002a2ec08:   0000000000000000 0000140600000003 0x0000000002a2ec18:   0000000100000028 0000000000000000 Instructions: (pc=0x0000000068f64bf0) 0x0000000068f64bd0:   4b 8b 04 01 ff c1 49 83 c1 08 49 89 41 f8 3b 4a 0x0000000068f64be0:   08 7c ed f3 c3 33 c9 39 4a 08 7e 17 4d 2b c1 90 0x0000000068f64bf0:   43 8b 04 01 ff c1 49 83 c1 04 41 89 41 fc 3b 4a 0x0000000068f64c00:   08 7c ed f3 c3 0f 1f 00 3d 4b 7f 00 3d 4b 7f 00 Register to memory mapping: RAX=0x0000000000000006 is an unknown value RBX=0x0000000002a2eb90 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x000000000287b000 RCX=0x0000000000000000 is an unknown value RDX=0x0000000000376a28 is an unknown value RSP=0x0000000002a2eb28 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x000000000287b000 RBP=0x0000000000000000 is an unknown value RSI=0x000000000c267d3c is an unknown value RDI=0x0000000002a2ec38 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x000000000287b000 R8 =0xfffffffff3d982b4 is an unknown value R9 =0x000000000c267d4c is an unknown value R10=0x0000000068770000 is an unknown value R11=0x0000000000000000 is an unknown value R12=0x0000000000376980 is an unknown value R13=0xfffffffffd947df0 is an unknown value R14=0x0000000002a2efa0 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x000000000287b000 R15=0x000000000287b000 is a thread Stack: [0x0000000002930000,0x0000000002a30000],  sp=0x0000000002a2eb28,  free space=1018k Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code) C  [nvoglv64.DLL+0x7f4bf0] [error occurred during error reporting (printing native stack), id 0xc0000005] Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code) j  org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11.nglDrawArrays(IIIJ)V+0 j  org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11.glDrawArrays(III)V+20 j  heroesgrave.guardian.world.Sky.render()V+334 j  heroesgrave.guardian.main.Main.render()V+31 j  heroesgrave.guardian.main.Main.start()V+110 j  heroesgrave.guardian.main.Main.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V+87 v  ~StubRoutines::call_stub

[sproingie]

Likely a driver bug, since this is otherwise a very well-worn codepath in LWJGL.  Try updating your driver and see if it still occurs.

[masteryoom]

Just  a question about your sprite sheet, how do you get rid of the white in the game?

The particles or the space around the characters?

If the former, I color them using OpenGL.
If the latter, that "white" is completely transparent.

Oh. It was the latter . And I really hate this new rule!!! (About the quotes).

[RobinB]

Likely a driver bug, since this is otherwise a very well-worn codepath in LWJGL.  Try updating your driver and see if it still occurs.

Downloaded newest driver, still same error.

Latest Driver
GeForce GT 540M   --   GeForce 306.97 Driver
Version: 306.97  WHQL
Release Date: October 10, 2012

[ra4king]

Likely a driver bug, since this is otherwise a very well-worn codepath in LWJGL.  Try updating your driver and see if it still occurs.

Downloaded newest driver, still same error.

Latest Driver
GeForce GT 540M   --   GeForce 306.97 Driver
Version: 306.97  WHQL
Release Date: October 10, 2012

Ok so I have a GTX 580 with the same driver version and decided to test and I got the same exact error.

I have used this function numerous times without problems, so this game must be using this function in a wrong way.

[HeroesGraveDev]

I'm using the GL11 version of vertex arrays. (As shown in the VBO/VAO tutorial in the articles board)

I am aware that it is deprecated, and will attempt to either use OGL3 Vertex Arrays, or switch it all to VBOs (not sure if that is a good idea for performance.)

I will see what is best.

[masteryoom]

I'm not aware that it is deprecated  *searches up on google* I looked at the LWJGL GL11 API, and there is nothing about GL11 being deprecated .

[Jimmt]

I'm not aware that it is deprecated  *searches up on google*

Do you even know LWJGL? Just interested...

[masteryoom]

Yes, I was searching if GL11 was deprecated.

[HeroesGraveDev]

I'm not aware that it is deprecated  *searches up on google* I looked at the LWJGL GL11 API, and there is nothing about GL11 being deprecated .

Not all of it is deprecated, just parts of it.
Including immediate mode and that kind of vertex arrays.

[masteryoom]

You can still use it though.

[HeroesGraveDev]

You can still use it though.

Yes, but it is no longer supported causing glitches like the above.