Flesh Boy alpha

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#1

This is a public release of my latest project. I am hoping people will download it and give me some feedback.

Open Source Fleh Boy is a 2d game with a simple concept, you finish a stage by reaching goal. You have a bunch enemies, a time limit and loads of hindrance trying to stop you from reaching there.

Flesh Boy is heavily inspired by Super Meat Boy, N+ and NReality.

Here is an ingame image:

You are that red guy doing a wall slide.

In this release, I wont be showing any features. Instead, I am releasing a test map where you can check and feel the controller.

I am mostly looking for controller feedback, but any type of feedback is appreciated:

  • Do you like the controller? Why?
  • Would you want to play a game with a controller like this?
  • Bugs?
  • Other thoughts?

Download:
http://www.gamedev.net/topic/639987-os-flesh-boy-alpha/

Usage:
Extract the content from the rar, launch the executable file.

You need java 7 to run this.

#2

Is there a reason it is “Windows only”?

#3

I am also interested in this. Java is normally multi-platform, so what features caused this to be Windows only?

#4

Well, there are directory problems, and sometimes some things can be platform-independent like look and feel.

#5

Neither of those things should cause it to be platform dependent.

For Windows, you don’t need to do this: “C:\Users\”, you can do this: “C:/Users/” and it will work for all operating systems.

And if you don’t want to use java’s look and feel, simple use the system’s look and feel

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(
            UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());

EDIT: I know Mac and Linux don’t use drive letters. I was talking about the “\” vs “/”

#6

Added Linux and Mac.
Please check if they work.

If someone need Solaris, hollar!

#7

It´s not working for me on my Macbook. Getting this:

Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)

#8

Thanks for the info.
Please try this one and report back:

http://www.speedyshare.com/XTY8s/OS-Flesh-Boy-Alpha-Mac.rar

#9

Well no, it’ll still only work on Windows. Getting at a user’s home directory is a bit involved

#10

Reporting back. I got this error now:

Exception in thread “main” java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersion
Error: game/gui/MainClass : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0

#11

And you are using Java 7 to launch this?

#12

For some reason I´m not aware of myself: No. :slight_smile: I´m apparently using Java SE 6.

#13

Yeah, I know that, my post was meant to talk about the “\” and “/”