Mystery Mash [complete]

Contests 4K Game Competition - 2012
#1

I finished up Mystery Mash, and it’s available on the java4k site.

http://java4k.com/index.php?action=games&method=view&gid=372

#2

Wow! I love the gameplay. Great job :slight_smile:

#3

Exception! Cannot play.

#4

635×903 96.8 KB

;D

#5

I love it! Awesome work :slight_smile:

#6

Very Well done!
Great Idea!

You still seem to have a few bytes to even incorporate some
other mashes :slight_smile:

Best regards
from
M.E.

#7

does not load for me:

load: class M.class not found.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: M.class
at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass0(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.createApplet(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: M.class

my java version:

java version “1.6.0_29”
Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_29-b11)
Java HotSpot™ Client VM (build 20.4-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

#8

It should might be fixed now.

#9

I get the same error as moogie.

#10

Nice pic ra4king, saved it.

Back to topic:
Nice game. I couldn’t imagine to play paddle game combined with space invaders, tetris, breakout etc ;D
unfortunately it has no end.

#11

Great gameplay. Love it :slight_smile:

I really hate the color line moving down XD. Always lose my paddle on it

#12

It’s now working. Lots of fun! Skill level was just right. Score was pretty much level the whole way. The start was a little slow, but then it really cranked and was a lot of fun! Great job!

#13

Never played to such an unfair Pong game ! The gameplay was unlikely, yet it is fun and surprising.

Too bad it seems there is no ending, either on winning or loosing.

#14

You can click on the dot as it comes down, to make it explode early.

#15

I updated the main article now that it’s been published on the java4k site. Thanks, Appel!

#16

In your source code, I discovered that you also hidden some elements from Scramble, Vanguard, Asteroids and Galaga in your game ? I will have to play it again to check them.

#17

Scramble and Vanguard were the inspiration for the walls moving around the paddle. I ended up not adding Asteroids or Galaga because they would add elements that were already present in the game with the existing elements. I also started adding sound into the game, but that was just really annoying, and ended up being more distracting than enhancing (not to mention the issues I had with audio latency).

#18

What a awesome mix of old arcade games. Great job :slight_smile:
But I agree with the people saying that it lacks an end. Especially because for me the AI was perfectly balanced, so it would have been a tight match.

#19

Ha, that’s a badass game man, good job. :o

#20

I had originally made the game so you had “lives” - the ball goes past your side, lose a life, and goes past the AI side, gain a life. However, it restricted the ability to progress in the game to the higher game elements.

After switching it over to a score (like the original PONG), I was watching Wall-E and noticed this:

http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/picture/wall-e-pongatari.jpg?pictureId=8664245&asGalleryImage=true

Which made me want to keep it as a score, even though most people won’t get that.