Space Dudes (Java 1.1 compat)

Here’s a game I’ve been working on and off for awhile now. It’s an all-directional shooter, you move the mouse where you want the ship to go, and fire with the arrow keys. It’s compiled with -target 1.1, so it should work with just about anything. I’m working on a new version that will have lots of improvements and new stuff. In the meantime, check it out and tell me what you guys think. :slight_smile:

http://www.toastsoft.com/spdudes/

Very cool. Simple and fun.

The only things I would recommend from my point of view would be:

  1. lock the mouse to the window if possible… i frequently over-shoot the window with my mouse and the game pauses.
  2. make the numpad arrows function the same as the normal arrows (for flexibility). (Maybe the numpad diagonals can shoot diagonal too…)

I found i hard to control the ship, i think it would be nicer if the arrows controlled movement and the mouse controlled firing.

otherwise nice little game tho

anarchotron : I wouldn’t be able to lock the mouse to the window with 1.1 API only. Plus, programs that do that are annoying. :stuck_out_tongue: Try playing in doublesize mode, you’ll have less chance of overshooting. You should try to use smooth controlled movements. :wink:
I added numpad firing.

g666 : I added a new control option like you asked, just click on it to change it.

Good job. Nice explosions and sounds.

Controls are a bit tricky but I like it.
Nice explosions.

Level “? ? ?” was fun ;D

Very fun, and I like how you switched up the roles of the mouse and the keyboard.

To improve it, I would make everything generally faster and more frantic. As it stands it can get a little slow and boring. Also, boss fights?

Level “? ? ?” (somewhere near level 65) is a bossfight!!

I see. I quit after getting bored at level 5. Maybe a little more often perhaps?

Did you try it on skill Insane? It gets hot pretty quickly that way. I’ll see about adding some sort of extra speed option. The sleep() delay is 35 right now … maybe you’d like it better at 20 :stuck_out_tongue:

Edit: Ok, I added a speed option. Just click to change it. Really Fast is pretty crazy … you might need a higher end PC to run it at this level. My code is not that great :wink:

Udderdude, that’s a fun game!

I can’t quite put my finger on why, but it’s good stuff… “Robotron” with a couple of extra bells and whistles. Not quite “I’d pay to play that” good, though - partly because personally I’m not a huge fan of the style. Still, I like it.