Kitipong - Library Test

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#1

Now, don’t get too excited - this isn’t a game where you play pong with a cat - rather it’s a simple bejewelled clone with an oriental kitty theme. I was hoping to get a few folks to test it with a view to seeing if the library code works properly on multiple platforms. More of a tech demo than a game I suppose, hence the category.

For those that don’t know bejewelled - swap over two jewels (kats in this case) by clicking on them to form a line of 3 or more. They disappear and you score points. Here’s what it’s meant to look like (if the colours are wrong on your platform or anything let me know).

http://slick.cokeandcode.com/images/screenshot.png

Webstart is Here

As always I’m interested in any feedback, but especially any faults or oddities with the framework on specific platforms. Oh, and I probably win the award for most annoying sound effect ever :slight_smile:

Kev

#2

Worked beautifully for me on Windows, only oddity was that the quit button doesn’t quit.

#3

Ah yes, I should have probably said, it’s a trap to keep you in game! Muhahahahah - well, no it’s quit the session you’re playing, not the game, hit escape if you want to do that - but why would you want to? :slight_smile:

Thanks for trying.

Kev

#4

You’re so completely not represenative for the community of Java game-developers!

You’re getting way too many projects in beta-stage! ;D

envies

#5

Runs great here :slight_smile:

#6

hehe, meow… maow… funny but irritating !!! ;D

works fine here laptop XP java 6 RC, plenty of RAM and Ghz, NVidia

edit : works also fine on mac mini PPC, OS X Tiger, meowww

Lilian :slight_smile:

#7

Awesome, a Mac test - anyone got an intel one ?

Thanks guys - fear the kittys.

Kev

#8

confirmed, still hate the meoow sound!

#9

I kind of liked the meow ;D

#10

Fine here on a windows box.

You know it looks like a polished Flash game, very impressive.

Keith

#11

Another bit of a test here - the same game wrapped as an Applet. However, this uses the LWJGL Applet stuff (the beta 4 version) which still seems to fail on about 50% of machines. So before checking the following link - save everything you’re doing, it’s possible to crash browsers and hang systems:

http://slick.cokeandcode.com/demos/applets/kitipong.html

If it works first time, try reloading the page. I’m really interested in seeing the success rate for different browsers and/or platforms. So, any daring tester much appreciated.

EDIT: Works here on Win XP and Firefox 1.5

Kev

#12

Works fine the first time on windows XP with IE, java 6. I did get a Exception in thread “AWT-EventQueue-2” java.lang.NullPointerException when I quit the window however.

Just then I tried it again to test in a new window and I just got a white rectangle with the console spewing 3 of the same NPE’s, the first of which was this:

Exception in thread “AWT-EventQueue-4” java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.lwjgl.opengl.AbstractAWTInput.getWidth(AbstractAWTInput.java:90)
at org.lwjgl.input.Mouse.poll(Mouse.java:345)
at org.newdawn.slick.AppletGameContainer$ContainerPanel.paintGL(AppletGameContainer.java:124)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.AWTGLCanvas.paint(AWTGLCanvas.java:317)
at sun.awt.RepaintArea.paintComponent(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.RepaintArea.paint(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
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Keith

#13

worked as expected, FF 2.0, Java Plug-in 1.6.0-rc, Windows XP SP2

#14

Applet version doesn’t work for me :frowning: WinXp, Opera 7.5, Java 1.5. Is there some kind of error log anywhere that might be useful?

It did “applet loading” for ages, which prompted me about 10 times to accept a certificate (which I did), then breifly flashed a green screen and half a sound effect before hanging on a grey screen.

#15

Works fine on my Intel mac, if I start it the first time. If I reload the page I get the following output (see screenshot).

#16

works great for me, except when I refresh. seems to be more of an lwjgl error than a slick error:

#17

Re: Opera - it uses its own Java plugin on the Sun one? The only place I’ve got output coming right now is the standard console - in Sun’s Plugin on windows thats Right Click on System Tray Icon -> Open Console.

Thanks for the tests so far guys, the NPE in getWidth() I can simulate here - the not running at all I’m having trouble tracking down.

I find this LWJGL in an Applet stuff pretty exciting so I’m really keen to see where it is and isn’t working right now. Could be a nice boon for having the demo of your game running in an applet before lettng them buy the “full” version via webstart.

Kev

#18

I’ve never heard of Opera having it’s own Java plugin, but then I’ve never really paid attention to it. :slight_smile: I did look for the system tray icon, but it didn’t appear. Worked fine in firefox though.

#19

Think i have the reload bug resolved. Other problems, invetigation is on going.

Kev

#20

Opera is known not to work - for non obvious reasons :frowning: