Super Mario Programming Contest

General Discussions
#21

Count me in. :smiley:

And oh, woogley, you should make sure javaunlimited.net has this contest on the page besides just hosting it, so that you can go to it from the ā€œContestsā€ page (and several other pages where you link back and forth). Personally, I look at JU from time to time and Iā€™m sure some of the slashdotters linked there does the same.

EDIT: Oh, by the way, shouldnā€™t this be in a separate contests forum so that you can showcase games in a structured way?

#22

yeaaaah uhm, this project is seperate from my java unlimited project, in fact Im not too sure I want it to be slashdottedā€¦

and, the games are showcased in a structured way: http://javaunlimited.net/mario/games.php (just nobody has submitted yet)

glad to hear youā€™re in, canā€™t wait to see what you come up with :smiley:

#23

I suspected as much, I just wanted to hear it from you. Anyways, thatā€™s not quite what I meant; now you canā€™t post a game in a new thread and ask for comments about it. That was what I wanted to be able to do :wink:

#24

You can, post the game on the mario website and thereā€™s a commenting system below it. It just wont happen on JGO thats allā€¦

DP

#25

aye, Morre, try to worry less about the contest provisions and start worrying about making your game. Iā€™ve got it all covered :wink:

#26

Does anyone have a good source for sound effects? The links provided in by the contest page seemed to be mostly music. Iā€™m looking for bings and boings, explosions and splats, etcā€¦

#27

the mushroom kingdom cited on the contest page has sound effects. its filled with pages like this

#28

How did I miss that? ??? Sorry ::slight_smile:

Now I just have to figure out why the sprites lose their transparency when I render with OpenGLā€¦ so much to catch up onā€¦
hey, Kevin ā€¦ :slight_smile:

By the time I get the technical things working I wonā€™t have time left to put together something with some game play :slight_smile:

#29

cool news guys: wurm prize is now 6 months!! thanks to markus and rolf for this! :smiley:

#30

You know, itā€™s been such a long time since Iā€™ve used ImageIO for texture loading Iā€™d have absolutely no idea about the alpha channel these days :slight_smile: EDIT: Actually - it seems that in the spaceinvaders tutorials blending just isnā€™t turned on.

Suggestions:

  • If youā€™re using JOGL use their TextureIO class - seems to be the way to do these things in these here modern times.

  • If youā€™re using LWJGL Iā€™ve provided the code that I use day to day here - which should mean it works ok: http://www.cokeandcode.com/feck (however, this would mean using TGAs for your images - load time reasons)

Kev

#31

Hereā€™s what Iā€™m working on - itā€™s called Shrooms!.

Instruction will eventually appear in game and whats there at the moment is just a trial level. Instructions are:

  • Get the Red mushroom to the red star - likewise with the green mushroom and green star
  • Click the question mark blocks to release the mushroom(s)
  • Click other blocks for other effects
  • Click empty space to ā€œbuildā€ a block
  • Turn the music on for full mario nostalgia effect

Just the one level right now - not really had much time what with Tilt and all. Just a tech demo really - concept is there tho.

Kev

#32

woogley, Iā€™m not worried, Iā€™m sure youā€™ve got it coveredā€¦ but you still miss my point. Never mind though. As to the gameā€¦ I donā€™t have time right now, so Iā€™ll hopefully start making it in a while. I have a clear idea of what Iā€™ll do though :wink:

EDIT: kevglass:

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.continueLaunch(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleApplicationDesc(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleLaunchFile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no lwjgl in java.library.path
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
at org.lwjgl.Sys$1.run(Sys.java:67)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.(Sys.java:65)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.(Display.java:104)
at org.newdawn.render.window.LWJGLWindow.setIcon(LWJGLWindow.java:106)
at mariopop.Pop.(Pop.java:40)
at mariopop.Pop.main(Pop.java:26)
ā€¦ 11 more

#33

Morre, what platform?

Kev

#34

Win XP Pro, jre1.5.0_06. Need anything else?

Iā€™ll try again after a reboot tomorrow (unless I leave home for our summer house in which case I wonā€™t be able to access the internet for a couple of days).

EDIT: minor changes.

EDIT2: Does not work better after reboot.

#35

Runs nice on Windows XP SP2 jre 1.6.0 beta2 .

#36

Made some updates finally, 5 levels now - also added some screenshots here:

http://www.cokeandcode.com/mpop/

Kev

#37

another thing, kev is the first to make use of the new game submission system: http://javaunlimited.net/mario/games.php

to avoid thread overload/hijacking, post your comments there on the contest website! yes, I actually coded it this year :wink:

another great game, kev :smiley:

#38

Mario Game Demo

Iā€™ve been working on it for quite a while and Iā€™m using custom graphics, so I donā€™t think I can enter it.

Seems like the best place to first post my project :slight_smile: .

#39

that is very cool! bit slow startup, but once it was all warmed up the performance was good. it looks really good, the layered graphics and everything. I would love to see a contest entry from you :smiley: (everyone needs a small break from big projects sometimes, to able to say you recently finished something) :wink:

site is bookmarked. cant wait to see what you do with it. also your link you posted is broken, hereā€™s a fixed one :slight_smile:

#40

Yeah thatā€™s really good, exactly like I was planning to do!
How long did it take you to do this much (not so much the graphics, more the programming)