Step Stones 4k

[Danskeren]

I just finished my new 4k game: Step Stones 4k

http://stephan.syska.dk/javating/stepstones/Step%20Stones%204k.zip

I squized and squized and now it is excactly 4.096kb bytes and I’m a happy man

The game is pure fake 3D and all calculations are homemade.

Enjoy!

Screenshot:

http://stephan.syska.dk/javating/stepstones/stepstones.jpg

NOTE:
I made an OpenGL mode which speeds my computer up to 100fps but I have 3 three friends who dont get any boost out of it. If you run the run_OpenGL.bat and dont get 100fps then it just runs in normal mode.

I was told (by Kevglass) "that all the OpenGL version actually does is turn on the Java2D pipeline which won’t have any effect in earlier VMs. "

This means: If you have a videocard that supports OpenGL and your fps is less than 100 you can tweak the game speed quite a bit by getting JVM 1.5

[mlk]

Upload it anywhere you like. Woogley & blah have donated space if you need it.
Where: The J4K thread, the here and/or the one at forum.sun.

[Danskeren]

[quote]Where: The J4K thread, the here and/or the one at forum.sun.
[/quote]
the J4K thread? WHat is that? Is that a thread on java-gaming.org???

the one at sun?? WHere is that???

There really needs to be an official homepage for this contest, it seems very unprofessional with 3+ boards to post it on.

Who are the judges for this contest? And is there a 1st prize?

[kevglass]

http://www.woogley.net/java4k.html

There really needs to be an official homepage for this contest, it seems very unprofessional with 3+ boards to post it on.

That’d be 2 boards because there are two communities involved.

And is there a 1st prize?

10 duke dollars I believe. That might be why it seems unprofessional to you, because its not really about winning huge prizes or the games being fantastic. Its just for fun.

(I will give you a link for my game is soon as it is signed up for the contest)

Is this a worry that someone might steal your idea/code?

Kev

[Danskeren]

[quote] Is this a worry that someone might steal your idea/code?
[/quote]
Hehe yes, I get paranoid in these situations.

Well I know you have already answered lots of questions of mine, thankyou, but I would really appreciate if you would post the two links for the two threads you are talking about.

[kevglass]

They’re on the page:

http://www.woogley.net/java4k.html

At the top. Oh, alright, I’ll do it for you:

http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2954234

http://www.java-gaming.org/cgi-bin/JGNetForums/YaBB.cgi?board=announcements;action=display;num=1103678522

I’m sure the game is great, but I wouldn’t worry too much about paranoia. If someone wants to steal your game idea they’ll do it anyway.

Kev

[kevglass]

Hey, nice game! Play beautifully here… reminds me alot of a SkyRoads game and a fair bit of Late4k this year.

• Could do with a bit more colour (but I suspect thats just a taste thing).

• Maybe you could add squares that you get a bonus for if you include them on your path.

• When you die it’d be nice if you actually fell down.

Cooooool tho.

Kev

[Danskeren]

Hehe thankyou

[quote]Hey, nice game! Play beautifully here…
[/quote]
Well, you sound like your videocard supports the OpenGL version What is your fps?

[quote]reminds me alot of a SkyRoads game and a fair bit of Late4k this year.
[/quote]
Yes, It reminds me of Skyroads too. That game rocks!

Late4k? Hmm, I will just go check…

[quote]Could do with a bit more colour
[/quote]
Yes, I should do different colors, but seriously, Im 23bytes from max. I wouldnt be able to implement it.

[quote]When you die it’d be nice if you actually fell down.
[/quote]
The game is fake 3d, so making the player fall down would require reorganization of the entire game but still: Space wouldnt allow it.

I just moved the post to the top of this thread and added a link on the j4k thread to this one. That would better organize any comments.

[kevglass]

You might want to mention that all the OpenGL version actually does is turn on the Java2D pipeline which won’t have any effect in earlier VMs.

I was using software (or rather Windows GDI contexts) mode and it worked fine.

Kev

[Danskeren]

ohh, oke. Well does that mean the JVM 1.5 is what it takes to make it support OpenGL?

(I have added your information to the top post)

[kevglass]

Yeah, version 1.5 seems to be the first one supporting the pipeline… I wonder it will (or has been) ported back yet.

Kev

[mlk]

It is quite like tube runner? of last year (or was it the year before), either way great game. Much fun.

And (in GL) a steady 100fps.

[jojoh]

You stole my idea >:( I knew I should have submitted it later Nah, I guess they are quite different, but having created the barebone Late 4K game using ~ 2.5K I was thinking of making it Late 3D 4K. That would have made them very similar I got distracted by other 4K ideas instead.

I think this game more resembles an older 4K game:
http://jcolorexpansion.sourceforge.net/tube_blazer.html
One of the absolute best 4K games ever, and is a nice twist (or in this case bend) from the old trailblazer.

Agree with comments from Kev about improvements, and it would also be nice if it would speed up a bit, since it never really gets difficult, but with 23b it might be tricky.

Still, cool game!

[Danskeren]

I just - S Q U I Z E D - the game like an insane. I even had to remove the title of the game and rename the zip to a.zip.

I added colors to the game (Brown and gray) though I dont know if I like the colors I still know it is better than before.

The file size is a… hold on… 4096kb, ladies and gentlemen

It couldnt get closer. I posted a screenshot of the game at the top post of this thread.

What do you think, guys?

I knew I should have submitted it later Wink Nah, I guess they are quite different, but having created the barebone Late 4K game using ~ 2.5K I was thinking of making it Late 3D 4K. That would have made them very similar

Could have, would have, should have…
Thats easy to say, man I could also say that I wanted to make my pong game 3d and then it would be the same game as CounterStrike, “but I just got distracted”

Our games dont look like each other and even if you did make it 3d I still think they would be very different from each other.

[magemog]

Hehe, awesome little game, also it’s kind of addictive

[kevglass]

You stole my idea I knew I should have submitted it later Nah, I guess they are quite different, but having created the barebone Late 4K game using ~ 2.5K I was thinking of making it Late 3D 4K. That would have made them very similar I got distracted by other 4K ideas instead.

Ideas are made for stealing, I might write a clone of this tomorrow ;). Or not.

Nothing to stop you making Late3D 4k… more 4k games!!! I’ve got a couple more in my mind

Kev

[Danskeren]

lol I been checking up in this thread to see if anyone replied and didnt understand why no one wrote anything. Then I saw there was a page 2 ;D

Hehe, awesome little game, also it’s kind of addictive

Thanks, yes I’ve been playin it for quite some time now.

[quote]more 4k games!!! I’ve got a couple more in my mind
[/quote]
Hehe, well then go ahead. What 4k games have you made so far?

[kevglass]

4k games? me? In order of my preference, this years entries:

Tilt4k
http://www.cokeandcode.com/tilt/tilt4k.jnlp

Ball4k
http://www.cokeandcode.com/games/4k/ball4k/ball4k.jnlp

T4XI!
http://games.cokeandcode.com/4k/city4k/city4k.jnlp

Hack
http://games.cokeandcode.com/4k/hack4k/hack4k.jnlp

Trooper
http://www.cokeandcode.com/4k/trooper/trooper.jnlp

Snakez
http://www.cokeandcode.com/games/4k/snakez/snakez.jnlp

Kev

[Danskeren]

Holy shit thats a lot I just tried em all, they are pretty simple but the car game really rocks, noce graphics.

Why do you make that many 4k games instead of creating a bigger game??

[kevglass]

This was just a passing phase for a couple of weeks. Although I’ve got a couple more to do now.

My main game is currently Gravity Battle, though I’ve worked on lots of bigger games in the past. I’ve a list somewhere… um…

…

http://www.cokeandcode.com/index.php?page=port

Kev