Recently finished a new arcade style game, Diamond Dig. Its a vertical scroller with similar flavor to dig dug and some stages that I remember in Super Mario World. Diamond dig is a fairly short game (a couple minutes top), done as a Java applet and available from my games site. Let me know what you think.
Controls - left and right on keyboard.
Diamond Dig Java Game - http://www.goldenbrew.com/play_diamondDigGame.htm
Elliott Brueggeman
Nice little game!
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-Elliott
the applet seems to crash for me with
Java™ Plug-in: Version 1.4.2_05
Using JRE version 1.4.2_05 Java HotSpot™ Client VM
User home directory = /home/local
Proxy Configuration: Browser Proxy Configuration
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: diamondDig (Unsupported major.minor version 49.0)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:539)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:123)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClassLoader.java:157)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:289)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(AppletClassLoader.java:123)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:235)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(AppletClassLoader.java:561)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(AppletPanel.java:617)
at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(AppletViewer.java:1856)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(AppletPanel.java:546)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:298)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
Hmm, I would say that you need to upgrade your local machine’s JRE to the latest version. I have tried it on java builds of 1.4.2_07 and the latest 1.5 versions and I have not had any problems. I’ll double check to make sure I compiled in 1.4.2_07, because this will assure some more compatibility, but for now I would say just upgrade your software. www.java.com or if you’re a developer and need the full kit www.java.sun.com.
Elliott
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Score: 28100
Final Level: 7
Diamonds Found: 51
Ahh so the problems was that I did indeed compile the applet under Java 1.5… Usuallly I do it uder 1.4.02… but this project must have slipped through the cracks. It is back up and compiled in an earlier version of java, and should be playable with older versions of the JRE, but I would suggest that anyone who has not upgraded to 1.5 do so soon. http://www.java.com
-Elliott
That was surprisingly fun. I got to level 8 before my sleep-deprived brain couldn’t keep up any longer 
Some improvments : Make it so going sideways clears the dirt as well … have some more varied dirt patterns so it doesn’t all look the same. And if the player loses a life, have the digger blow up and pause for a bit, so the player has a chance to recover. Good game!
Not bad, better than I thought it’d be. Can’t remember how far I got (8 or 9 I think?) but I managed to get exactly 100 diamonds before dieing.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I have implemented a new high score tracking system on the game. See if you can get your name onto the all time high score list! (List started Oct 15th 2005). Play and enjoy!
http://www.goldenbrew.com/play_diamondDigGame.php
-Elliott