Commander Europe at War

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#1

Hi folks!
Been a long time since I posted on the forum. Wanted to say that Commander Europe at War was released in June 2007 for PC and was written entirely in Java with me being the sole programmer. Game was also released on the Mac platform recently and a Mac demo is available at Apple’s homepage indeed, no demo for PC. I started using Java because it was so well structured and meant for me a significant productivity increase especially when considering bug fixing and technical know how issues. I can now do what I love the most which is games, programming games and in Java.

Firepower Entertainment is my own company and it was born early in the process of the development of CEAW. I now work full time on the Commander series so can actually make a living out of it. So it is possible even for small niches as traditional wargames to succeed using Java and not only for MMORPG’s.

Check it out! :slight_smile:

CEAW : http://www.slitherine.com/games/ceaw
CEAW developers forum : http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=18&sid=11ee2f5be8d1f5fde63732b19e511ed1
Mac demo : http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/commandereuropeatwar.html

#2

You can be very proud of your work. I’m very happy to see a commercial game using Java. It is a huge leap. Nevertheless, only one thing bothers me (I hope I’m wrong):
WHAT ABOUT LINUX???
On www.slitherine.com, there is no mention of a version for Linux. Java is cross-platform. If you punish Linux users, that is a problem for me. I hope that you will plan a Linux version after finalizing the Mac version. If it works under Windows and Mac, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work under Linux. I hope that it is already planned, I hope that my message is useless. Thank you very much. You have increased the credibility of the use of Java for gaming as many people here have tried to do, I’m very grateful as it is one of the aim of the Foundation:
http://download.tuxfamily.org/tuer/free_gaming_foundation_declaration.pdf

Two last questions: Why is there no mention of Java in the requirements? Is the game compiled directly into binaries?

#3

I bought the game and I must say that Commander Europe at War is a great game, Johan did a great job.
It’s a very professional game and it silence the discussion whether Java is a useful gaming platform.

I am glad to see such a high-class strategy Java game in the mainstream strategy market… it’s an inspiration for me.

#4

Hi Guys, long time since. What has happened this year is we finally decided to release a PC Demo for the game so now you can try it out for free and see how it turned out 8)

http://www.slitherine.com/downloads/ceaw/demos.html

If you have any questions or opinions good or bad just let me know I appreciate others point of views especially from a community that understands the Java way of doing things :slight_smile: