pastpixels ? pixels from the past ? hold game ? history ? cant wait to learn more !
good luck
past pixels: 2D / retro gaming? 
Thanks for hosting the community. All the best with your new endeavour.
well good luck with the future.
btw what happens with JGO now?
who do we complain and bug if the server goes down?
any backup plan if Oracle decides, JGO is no longer need?
bit concerned about the future of JGO, now that your leaving.
JGO is my favorite forums and best best java gaming community. Again thx for all the great effort in making it what it is.
edit. also noticed the domain expires at the start of 2012, Oracle have any plans to renew it?
Thank you, Chris, for everything! Good luck.
* Markus_Persson tips hat
(I actually wear a hat these days!)
We do know he’s preparing a display for the Smithsonian on the history of videogames. I would guess this to be related.
Wow. That’s an end of an era. Thanks for all your contributions setting up this community and I’ll be looking forward to seeing your new venture when it’s up and running.
Stay in touch!
Awesome job with JGO Chris. Good luck in the future.
Happy to hear that your focused on moving forwards. With your energy and enthusiasm your sure to succeed in whatever it is you commit to.
And again like the rest have said, thanx for setting up a really good community.
Ill keeping an eye on pastpixel as soon as it goes live.
Truly a sad day. Good luck Chris!
Kev
All the best & good luck with your future endeavors!
Best luck with your new professional life and thanks for all you’ve done here !
… I’m really curious about this pastpixels thing
Lilian
Who will do his best to encourage Oracle to invest some resources in gaming? There are almost no JVM on set-top boxes and ADSL boxes; as far as I know, only one video games machine uses Java (Odroid). It is still not possible to sell Java games on AppStore :’(
The big question is: Why can’t I run Java anywhere like I can run C code?
You know there’s only one real answer to that.
Cas
“You can’t run C code anywhere”?
Well… yes. Yes I can. Anywhere.
Cas
What do you mean? Java SE for Embedded can be used on MIPS and ARM architecture. J2ME is already used on a lot of mobile phones. Maybe using Sun’s J2ME commercially is too much expensive, this would explain why Google created the Dalvik VM.
Anyway, it is difficult to use Java for commercial games except on computers and mobile phones (excluding IPhone).
From a high level view, yes this is the case, dig a little deeper and you’d see that there are multiple versions needed for the vast amount of devices.
When I left 3+ years ago we did like 45 different groups of devices.
[quote]Maybe using Sun’s J2ME commercially is too much expensive, this would explain why Google created the Dalvik VM.
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More like each vendor had their own ideas about realizing J2ME on their phones and Google is just the next one.
[quote]Anyway, it is difficult to use Java for commercial games except on computers and mobile phones (excluding IPhone).
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Java on mobile is a PITA. Very far from the write once/run everywhere concept.
If you want to sell your games, you need a LOT of portals (kinda like a publisher) to provide your games to the masses.
Not to mention the price ranges and margins available.
good luck with your decision ;D
Aww… good luck Chris!