I was wondering if anyone was interested in Helping me bring back the classic word game Acrophobia (that was on bezerk and most recently uproar). I have the class files for the program but know nothing about Java. If anyone is interested in helping out please email me at info@originalacro.com thanks!
Never played Acrophobia. I’d be interested… bare in mind I’m not a java professional, however, I am obsessed with Java gaming, so I’d love to help out. ;D
Questions:
1.) Is this gonna be an applet?
2.) Is this project on a “get it done yesterday” schedule?
3.) What’s your vision for the project?
Being That you Never Played You Can checkout acrochallenge on the net and also this link to http://site.gryphonllc.com/acrophobia/ . As for Your Questions:
- Im hoping that it can be an applet, if not then i have a server lined up for the site that is jsp ready
- No! Infact i want to be as lax as possible about this. the more tender loving care time involved the better the outcome. basically you can work on it whenever you want to.
- I would like to bring back the original game with some new flare to it. I would also love some user input about it. When the project website gets up and running I plan to run polls so the players (past and future) can help guide the direction the game takes. For example a design on a new logo and new topics for the game itself (not playing acro before topics are a part of the game IE. General is a topic and so is Sports).
I would like to get it up and running in a year or so but if not no big deal.
I hope this answers your questions. If not please feel free to email me at info@originalacro.com with more questions.
Do you really think it is a good idea to lead such a project whereas you have no knowledge of Java? There is already an applet doing it:
http://www.gamegardens.com/gardens/view_game.wm?gameid=25
Programming games is not easy. Before dreaming, go back down to Earth. Learn the Java language, learn the basic algorithms, try to program a smaller game (a small tetris for example), try to make another more sophisticated game and … maybe one day plan to lead a project with your huge experience of game programming. A leader in programming must have at first an excellent experience in programming on my view and it is not your case in Java as you said “but know nothing about Java”.
No Offense to you the gamer gardens version is not the original. There are also many other games on the net just like it. Acro challenge, Acrofrenzy, and acrowars to name a few. Not to mention the original IRC Chat game is still available. And there has been a push in several forums to get the original (GUI Based) back. And I have no intention of programming anything, Thats why i came here and several other forums. I am however a network administrator and know how to get things done. Also this Project is for people to have fun with and not for people to take too seriously like some people already have. I also have a little knolwledge of java just not programming. I am fimilliar w/ jsp and applets just not the programs that require them to work. Anyway I appreciate your input, but will continue my endevor despite your disapproval.