I am almost done with my final project for my object oriented class, i did something that was within my programming skills but still challenged me to learn the Swing/AWT environment which is what my professor wanted,
i call it
MyJavaPet 
You get your egg, it hatches, you name it, see how long you can keep it alive. its for those who are on the computer alot, hate work, and want a little game to occupy them so they don’t go nuts.
it all works except for saving and loading, after that ill post in here with a download link for everyone to try 
and also probably on java game tome
here is the screenshot
http://www.authorscritique.com/myjavapetscreen.JPG
The other game im doing as a learn, not so good with java 2d and slick but its coming along.
the game is called Mech Warfare or Mech Warzone (title in the works), was originally a work in progress facebook php rpg type game then im like why do php when i could make it a fun java game,
so im making basically a 2d version of mech warrior mixed with subspace/continuum and with a feel of bolo/winbolo/linbolo since they are all my favorite games.
Gui is a little weird.