Double Dragon 4K [Work In Progress]

Contests 4K Game Competition - 2011
#1

http://meatfighter.com/java4k2011/doubledragon4k/

#2

Interesting game. I guess my only problem with it is the use of depth. I think depth would be better if it were a little more limited, like say 3 different depth positions, that way you would pretty well know if you were lined up with a character.

#3

Unfortunately it gets like 2 fps on my machine. :frowning:

Mac OS X 10.6 Safari Java 6.

#4

[quote]Unfortunately it gets like 2 fps on my machine.

Mac OS X 10.6 Safari Java 6.
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Is Java gaming basically dead on the Mac then? Does the Slick API perform better under OS X?

#5

Is Java gaming basically dead on the Mac then? Does the Slick API perform better under OS X?
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No, ask Kev Glass what he did to get past this. There is some method of drawing that is currently dead in applets, but you can do things a different way and it will still work.

#6

That’s great! :slight_smile: I like the way the characters rotate back up onto their feet - is this done using some Java image rotating/texturing API, or did you write custom code for it?

Cheers

#7

The Game doesn’t work for me :frowning:
It crashes with the following Exception:

Laden: Klasse a nicht gefunden
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: a
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClassLoader.java:211)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(AppletClassLoader.java:144)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(AppletClassLoader.java:662)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(AppletPanel.java:785)
	at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(AppletViewer.java:2354)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(AppletPanel.java:714)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:368)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)

The first line just means “Loading: Class a not found”.

I’m also on Mac OS X 10.6 Safari Java 6.

#8

[quote]I like the way the characters rotate back up onto their feet - is this done using some Java image rotating/texturing API, or did you write custom code for it?
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CatWeazle,

The sprites are translated, scaled and rotated using the standard API. See http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/geom/AffineTransform.html and the associated methods of the Graphics2D class.