Alpha test Boom (Breakout Clone)

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#1

Now that I’ve finally got my JAR working, I have released the first beta/tech demo of my Breakout clone, called Boom. I know, it’s not incredibly original, but it is my first real Java applet game. The levels are not very playable at the moment (I’m not a very good artist or level designer ;)), but you can try the different powerups, check out the different types of bricks, and get a general feel for how things are working. By the way, it runs on Java 1.2.

So please try it out at: http://folk.uio.no/stefanha/Boom/Play.html.

I would be interested in the performance and, of course, any obvious problems.

Known issues:

  • On slow machines, collision detection may sometimes mess up. I think I can fix it by sub-dividing the frame time and running more update cycles on it.

Thanks and have fun,
Stefan

#2

you are doing something wrong since the cpu usage hits 100% when playing. c’mon, be a sport and let the thread sleep a little!

350 fps for a slowmoving breakoutclone is too much :slight_smile:

you might want to change so that the pall changes it’s x-direction depending on where it hits the paddle.

#3

the ball moves a little slowly, and, no matter what the movement of the paddle is or where it hits the paddle, the ball just rebounds off simply.

also, only the + on the number-pad will advance levels.

no errors, after about 10 mins playing. nice work (that ‘game over’ power up is what did me in!)

#4

Thanks, those will be the next things on my agenda:

  • Fixing the timing and framerate.
  • Writing the paddle and ball physics.

from, Stefan