SquirtySquirty insects game: now play against the AI!

[swpalmer]

@hexatronic

OK because my game is currently multiplayer online only, I’ve arranged a slot when a number of users are going to be online together. The idea is that we can then get some larger multiplayer games going.

Date: 07 April 2009
Time: 20:00 - 23:00 BST (GMT+1)

This release has a few small improvements.

The main big ones are Mac OS X support (10.5 or later) and mouse controls. It should work for Linux as well, but I’ve never tested it. The graphics are based on LWJGL.

I hope you can join in the online fun.

cheers

josh

And it works on Windows 7 64-bit and OpenSolaris 64-bit as well. Yay! Gotta love Java!

[hexatronic]

@swpalmer

And it works on Windows 7 64-bit and OpenSolaris 64-bit as well. Yay! Gotta love Java!

I have no idea if the game actually does work on these OSs. I have only tested it on Mac OS X and Windows XP / Vista. The lobby screens you saw when you logged in (I spotted you in the server logs!) are actually written in Java Swing; the LWJGL window doesn’t pop up until the actual game starts. So, until you start a game we don’t know if LWJGL works on your platform.

I include the LWJGL binaries for Solaris in the webstart so it might work. Probably should try to find out soon if Windows 7 64 bit works as well!

It looked like you were logged in at the same time as another user “enbe” but you didn’t have a game with them – was there a problem?

It is possible to run two instances of the game from the same client machine and “play against yourself”, just to see how the game works.

josh

[swpalmer]

Ok… I played against myself and the OpenGL bits worked… but I can’t make anything go! I move the pointer around and see arrows appear for forward and turning… but clicking does nothing and pressing keys does nothing. That’s all on OpenSolaris. It’s getting mouse motion at least, but keyboard and clicks don’t seem to register.

[hexatronic]

@swpalmer

Ok… I played against myself and the OpenGL bits worked… but I can’t make anything go! I move the pointer around and see arrows appear for forward and turning… but clicking does nothing and pressing keys does nothing. That’s all on OpenSolaris. It’s getting mouse motion at least, but keyboard and clicks don’t seem to register.

Thanks for trying it – I have seen this issue on one other machine – a mac (however keyboard / mouse button input works on all other macs).

I’ll investigate it for the next release and hopefully you will be able to retest it.

josh

[hexatronic]

Oh yeah, and if you know of any other LWJGL-based games which do work on your OpenSolaris machine that would be very useful – they might contain code with a potential fix.

josh

[swpalmer]

The demos at lwjgl.org work. E.g. Space invaders

[hexatronic]

SquirtySquirty v.5.2 is finally out, this is the first version with Single-player vs AI. So you can download and hone your skills against the computer before you venture into online play! There are three levels of AI. I would love people to test them out and see if they are too hard / too easy etc. Feel free to mail me any feedback, or post it here!

cheers,

josh

[hexatronic]

Just bumping to gently suggest that you can now play single player vs the AI (to hone your skills before battling online). Would really like people to give it a go!

cheers,

josh