TarCraft

Contests 4K Game Competition - 2012
#1

TarCraft

http://damocles11.byethost9.com/tarcraft.html

Repell the attackers on the spacestation.
You have to rescue your comrades first.

Second try, I was reworking this version a bit. There is still some optimization to do of course.

#2

whilst i luv the graphics, they are just a little static for my liking… perhaps you can scavange some bytes from back ground sprites to allow some marine animation?

#3

Its voxelgraphics actually.
But true, it looks too static.
Maybe I try some animated voxels.
But its kind of hitting the limit (for me) here.

Also the text has to go. Such a spacewaster.

#4

Selection do not work if you go from downt to upwards.

#5

if you like another pair of eyes to run over your code to look for possible optimisations then i am happy to have a look. PM me if you like.

#6

Nice remake!

however, I’m worry about the copyright thing. Is it okay to use same sprite as them?

if not, then it’ll nice to see zergg as the enemy ;D

#7

Hi, i have a question with understanding your sourcecode (http://damocles11.byethost9.com/applet/CraftCraft.java).

Somehow i have no idea how the passage between:
switch (unit [ i ][14])

and

g = imgScreen.getGraphics();

is working. Especially the “while (true)” loops do not seem to make any sense.

Regards

#8

Locks up my browser every time. FF 4.0 linux 64bit.

#9

The game runs fine on my Ubuntu.
Do you run an OpenJDK? I installed the original Java back, as I think OpenJDK ist still too flawed, and I dont see any
advantage for the normal consumer in it.

The code is the RTS-AI logic part.

The game is a bit old though, I will probably not submit it.
Was an early test on 4k.

#10

latest java 1.7 here. Applets sux plain and simple…

#11

You had posted about several problems with several other Javaprojects before.
How about updating your Firefox and reverting to Java1.6?

What else than applets to use for running a Javagame in a Browser then?

#12

Yep thats right. It is my fault and i need to spend hours fixing things… don’t try that with paying customers… FF 4.0 is not old. I also tried java 1.6 and openjdk FWIW. Every 4k comp, the “does not work here” are ignored. Its does nothing for the comp.

You know perhaps there really is a problem at the 4k end? After all, other applets work fine for me. Its 4k in particular that doesn’t.

#13

Yes i understood that these lines are for moving/attacking units responsible. To be honest i avoid using labels like hell so i have always problems with break and goto labels in general. Anyway especially these lines are confusing because i don’t see how this should work:


while (true) <---?
 if ((other != i) && (unit[other][2] == 0) && (unit[other][14] != 5) && (Math.abs(unit[i][0] - unit[other][0]) < 2) && (Math.abs(unit[i][1] - unit[other][1]) < 2))
              {
                unit[i][14] = 0;
              }
              else
              {
                other++; if (other < unitCount)
                {
                  continue;
                }

                break;

                int other = 0;
                while (true)
                {
...
 other++; if (other < unitCount)
                  {
                    continue;
                  }

                  break label4639; <---?
 
                  unit[i][15] -= 1;
...
 unit[i][14] = 0;

                      break; <---?
..

How is the code working if there is a break inside?

#14

In my approach break and continue are worth use, goto not. Break and continue only affect flow of looping.

@OP: but you should submit this :slight_smile:

#15

Whether goto’s worth using or not, I think you’ll have a hard time using it in java. But in general if you’re shaving opcodes to fit into 4k, don’t expect the most readable source code.

#16

In this case her the label was the easiest option to leave the whole while-loop.
If it works, why not use it?

#17

In my opinion, your TarCraft is the best looking game down here. These animated voxels are definitely something to deepen, considering your game and Star Vox 16K which uses them too.

#18

why cant you select by dragging from the bottom to the top?
Just get the smallest x,y and the biggest x,y in the rectangle and check if a unit is in there

#19

Screenshot looks good but doesn’t work here am afraid. Firefox 3, Java6, Win2000

Start new Level:1
Exception in thread “Thread-9” java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at java.awt.image.DataBufferInt.(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.image.Raster.createPackedRaster(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.image.DirectColorModel.createCompatibleWritableRaster(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.image.BufferedImage.(Unknown Source)
at T.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

#20

Win2000?!?!? O________O