A simple shooter where you’re a t-cell killing bacteria in the lymph nodes.
Let me know if there’s any problems running it.
Java webstart crashed on me… and running the .jar crashed when I entered the game:
C:\>java -jar lymph.jar
800, 600, 32, 75
Font selected: dialog: 12
Font selected: dialog: 12
An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM.
Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION occurred at PC=0x6D069C16
Function=Java_sun_print_Win32PrintJob_printRawData+0x50C6
Library=D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_05\bin\awt.dll
Current Java thread:
at sun.java2d.DefaultDisposerRecord.invokeNativeDispose(Native Method)
at sun.java2d.DefaultDisposerRecord.dispose(Unknown Source)
at sun.java2d.Disposer.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Dynamic libraries:
0x00400000 - 0x00406000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\java.exe
0x77F50000 - 0x77FF6000 D:\WINDOWS\System32\ntdll.dll
0x77E60000 - 0x77F45000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
0x77DD0000 - 0x77E5B000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x78000000 - 0x7806E000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
0x77C10000 - 0x77C63000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCRT.dll
0x6D340000 - 0x6D46C000 D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_05\bin\client\jv
m.dll
0x77D40000 - 0x77DC6000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
0x77C70000 - 0x77CB0000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
0x76B40000 - 0x76B6C000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
0x6D1E0000 - 0x6D1E7000 D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_05\bin\hpi.dll
0x6D310000 - 0x6D31E000 D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_05\bin\verify.dl
l
0x6D220000 - 0x6D239000 D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_05\bin\java.dll
0x6D330000 - 0x6D33D000 D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_05\bin\zip.dll
0x6D000000 - 0x6D106000 D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_05\bin\awt.dll
0x73000000 - 0x73023000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV
0x76390000 - 0x763AA000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
0x771B0000 - 0x772C0000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
0x6D2B0000 - 0x6D2D1000 D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_05\bin\jsound.dl
l
0x72D20000 - 0x72D29000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
0x72D10000 - 0x72D18000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
0x77BE0000 - 0x77BF4000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
0x77BD0000 - 0x77BD7000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
0x6D190000 - 0x6D1E0000 D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_05\bin\fontmanag
er.dll
0x51000000 - 0x51047000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\ddraw.dll
0x73BC0000 - 0x73BC6000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
0x5C000000 - 0x5C0C8000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\D3DIM700.DLL
0x6D140000 - 0x6D162000 D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_05\bin\dcpr.dll
0x76C90000 - 0x76CB2000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\imagehlp.dll
0x6D510000 - 0x6D58C000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\DBGHELP.dll
0x77C00000 - 0x77C07000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
0x76BF0000 - 0x76BFB000 D:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Local Time = Tue Nov 18 02:38:57 2003
Elapsed Time = 22
#
# The exception above was detected in native code outside the VM
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.4.1_05-b01 mixed mode)
#
# An error report file has been saved as hs_err_pid1752.log.
# Please refer to the file for further information.
#
(WinME, PIII 750MHz, 8MB S3 Savage/IX-MV, 128MB RAM, 1.4.2 WebStart from IE5.5.)
One word: fantastic!
It didn’t like my computer much - flashed like hell at first, but fiddling with anti-aliasing helped a bit. The console window kept flashing to the front as well, with “system lagging” messages scrolling by. I don’t know whether it was supposed to be full-screen, but on my laptop it occupied about an 800x600 area in the top left of the screen. Also, it drew outside of these bounds, leaving coloured spheres all over my desktop after I’d quit! But that’s just my computer, really. :
Just the right speed I think, satisfying destruction animations, intuitive play, very well-suited sound effects.
I especially like the way there’s two ways to kill the enemies - the non-obvious and more difficult way having an advantage that just going in guns blazing doesn’t have.
I definitely recommend dropping Jeff a line, as he’s after some Java games to show off.
Crashed the first time a tried to start it using webstart. But the second time a tried it worked.
Cute. Worked fine on my OS X 10.3.1
lol - awesome, incredibly f***ing difficult though!
Cool! It really does not take much to create an addicting game…
I crash every time I see the cells or whatever they are…
[quote]Crashed the first time a tried to start it using webstart. But the second time a tried it worked.
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Same here. Fun game
My best score so far: 3849
Anyone do any better? 
Suggestion: award an extra life every 1000 points or so? The bacteria get a bit suicidal after a while, and a few more lives would come in very handy!
Nice game!
Yet another proof that a game dosen’t need a multi million budget to be entertaining.
It crashed the first time I ran it, but worked just fine the second time. Java webstart didn’t work on mozilla for me, it tells me to install java webstart eventhough I have it installed allready, so I had to run it using the evil internet explorer >:( . I guess there’s some problem with the detection code.
And yeah, a bonus life every thousand points would be nice! ;D
Thanks for the feedback!
There’s a new version up with extra lives (at 1000 points + 1000 for each life gained). I was thinking of possibly throwing together a high-score server for the game too.
Really nice use of audio!
I think I may show it at Frag fest at Sun friday for that reason alone.
Although as others point out its ALSO a great example of how good gameplay does not really require fancy graphics
I would love if I could play it as well =/ Gonna try it on my laptop now!
It didnt work on my laptop either =/ Both have XP and 1.4.2
Crashes here too: 1.4.2 win2000
Just tried again, glad you got the extra-life system in there - much better. Got a lot further this time as well, love the fast firing bad guys, they were a nice surprise!
One minor bug - two red blood cells (?) must have collided at speed, as they stuck together. I had to ram them to break them up. I guess once the centre of one item is inside a second one the collision detection code can make them continually move towards each other? Minor issue though, probably not worth worrying about.
19123 points ;D
That crash bug should be fixed now.
What’s happened to this game? The link is currently broken…
Webstart version didn’t work properly,
got a red screen, but nothing else.
2nd time i tried it, I got a red/black flashing screen. (pageflipping between red and black i bet)
Jar version worked fine though.
WinXP 1.5beta1