JSnipes

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#1

Hi everyone !

I have written a remake of the 80s classic textmodegame “Snipes!”.
My version tries to emulate the original textmode look&feel by using Java2D and sprites - but take a look yourself :stuck_out_tongue:

An “early access” version is available at
http://ds9.tzo.net/jsnipes/JSnipesWebStart.html

Some more information can be found at:
http://ds9.tzo.net/jsnipes

p.s.: the current alpha-version only supports a singleplayer mode but multiplayer-support is planed for the final version.

greetings
christian

#2

Hi there,

couple of things running on OS X:

Menu item text or list text does not appear until the cursor has focus on each particular item.

Changing to fullscreen, then selecting the options menu and then clicking back in the canvas renders the canvas black…and nothing happens.

I played the game a couple of times - i wasn’t really sure what to do after finishing the level. Also, when i finished my second game I received the following error which may have been something to do with the number of bullets I was firing at the time of completing the level:

Other than that, the game ran smoothly (but was unplayable in fullscreen mode).

Other notes: those enemies looked a little too small.

Sys: OS X 10.3.4, Java 1.4.2_04

#3

Hi Christian,

The game ran smoothly and didn’t cause any errors on level completion but I had similar problems to ribot with switching to full screen mode:

  1. the title text started scrolling though I could still move the player
  2. on pressing ctrl-n the menu was drawn but could only be seen flickering behind the title text and play area

I then had to use task manager to close the game.

I was using 1.4.2_01 on Win 2k.

#4

my download keeps getting terminated after about 50k, but i dont think it’s your problem, it does it with other apps too. must be my webstart.

got it going…
i remember this game! tho i dont remember being able to get killed by your own bullets. and i cant press space, up and left at the same time.

#5

[quote]my download keeps getting terminated after about 50k, but i dont think it’s your problem, it does it with other apps too. must be my webstart.
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Are you using Java 5.0’s Web Start??? (formerly 1.5.0)

I have the same problem with the Web start in Java 5, I reported the bug, but Sun closed it because they could not reproduce it. I just updated to the latest snapshot release (beta 3 b58) and I have yet to confirm if the bug is still present.

The workaround is to launch JRE 1.4’s Web Start, if you still have it around.

#6

I reported it too, with same “cannot reproduce” answer. However, after I objected more, they reopened it. I’ve also downloaded beta3 b58, for Linux, and, although I can’t find a particular bug on “fixed bugs” page, it seems this build got it right; I cannot reproduce the problem anymore (two days and over 20 links tried)

#7

Haha - same here… I complained more and they ‘accepted’ the bug… it’s marked as a duplicate and appears to be fixed in b58.
There was something about a socket getting closed in a particular clean-up thing that happened in some time-out case or something obscure like that…