Very fun game! Sometimes the dialog seems to hang, takes a few seconds before it continues after multiple mouse clicks. Also just got laser sattalites for one minute and now the complete games stops working, it just froze! :( Fun game anyway.
I played this game 5 times to understand the strategy. It was fun and relaxing invasion of earth. Would be great deployed on a tablet.
Could have been improved by 1. music, and 2. if the talking bit didn't interrupt the gameplay. 3. if the menu didn't use the keyboard, really threw me off. If presentation were a category I would have given this a 2, fun and innovation deserve 4's.
Really loved the gameplay with just enough humour and backdrop to give it reason. Really well thought out fun and enjoyable entry. One of my favourite so far.
Java finished loading, then the screen just stayed blank (white)? Using Chrome on Mac Lion :( Sad - I was looking forward to trying this!
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Update: Retried and it worked - perhaps add a preloader? WOW - this game is awesome. Hands down my favourite! Dropping a 5/5 here! Possible improvements: * Being able to chose what orbit the satellite goes into (higher orbits -> slower speed -> less expensive) * Music
I love how the costs are actually realistic - kind of gives a grim reality check on the space industry :P The dialog as the humans get defeated is hilarious!
I wrote everything from scratch. And if i get time, i might just add orbit-choices. Not in the LD compo of course, just for fun. Thanks for the response!
I found a bug, where I had more than 400 millions but couldn't bought a 300 million laser satellite although only one satellite left in my orbit. Love the gameplay though.
A great game :) I liked the (simple) gameplay, the graphics, the humor and the game in general.
BUT: the Game crashes or freezes everytime for me before i could finish it. Very disappointing for me :( I tried to run it in Eclipse (using your sourcecode) to figure out if an exception occurs, but it starts with the GAME OVER screen and I don't have time to figure it out :P
It would be great if you figure out the Problem!!! But good rating is guaranteed.
Thanks! I now see that the source i provided was from when i fixed the ending, and I had set it to instant game-over. Now the source is updated, and ready to be used! Also, about the freezing: it never does that on my computer, maybe you need to update your java?
Cool game! Easy to understand and get into. I also had the dialog hang a few times, which was frustrating, but not enough to make me quit! Saw the game out until I lost at 4:40!
I made another version outside the competition with bug fixes and improved performance. For you facing freezing and lagging i hope this fix will help you!
Dang it! Got pretty far, starting to get massively powerful... but then it crashed, with just a white screen and intermittent sound effects. Oh well. Was fun while it lasted!
Ok the improved version works better, at least for 6:57 min ;)
I run it in eclipse to find a possible Exception and here it is: Exception in thread "Thread-3" java.util.ConcurrentModificationException at java.util.ArrayList$Itr.checkForComodification(Unknown Source) at java.util.ArrayList$Itr.next(Unknown Source) at com.evgis.tinyworld.gameplay.Sattelite.findTarget(Sattelite.java:69) at com.evgis.tinyworld.gameplay.Laser2Satellite.tick(Laser2Satellite.java:26) at com.evgis.tinyworld.Game.tick(Game.java:87) at com.evgis.tinyworld.App.tick(App.java:102) at com.evgis.tinyworld.App.run(App.java:79) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
for-each loops and Arraylist are dangerous, its funny because i had problems exactly like this in my own games. So i always use something like this (not so nice but safer ;)): for(int i=0;i<array.size();i++){ array.get(i).dosomething(); if(something) array.remove(i); }
My only criticism is that I wish the "locked" items had been more obviously unavailable from the beginning. Maybe a big red strike, or an alpha transparency would have helped. I felt like I spent too much time just clicking those items because I coveted the power without seeing the tiny lock icon.
A couple of more sound effect would go a long way too. A confirmation that you successfuly purchased a defense system would be most beneficial.
Stuttered a bit (sometimes I just thought it froze but then it kept going), perhaps java wasn't the best choice, but it's fun as hell! Loved the game. Amazing work, really.
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That seems very wierd, i tested it alot of times. But glad you liked it!
Could have been improved by 1. music, and 2. if the talking bit didn't interrupt the gameplay. 3. if the menu didn't use the keyboard, really threw me off. If presentation were a category I would have given this a 2, fun and innovation deserve 4's.
Thanks for this.
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Update: Retried and it worked - perhaps add a preloader? WOW - this game is awesome. Hands down my favourite! Dropping a 5/5 here! Possible improvements:
* Being able to chose what orbit the satellite goes into (higher orbits -> slower speed -> less expensive)
* Music
I love how the costs are actually realistic - kind of gives a grim reality check on the space industry :P The dialog as the humans get defeated is hilarious!
AMAZING WORK!
I liked the (simple) gameplay, the graphics, the humor and the game in general.
BUT:
the Game crashes or freezes everytime for me before i could finish it. Very disappointing for me :(
I tried to run it in Eclipse (using your sourcecode) to figure out if an exception occurs, but it starts with the GAME OVER screen and I don't have time to figure it out :P
It would be great if you figure out the Problem!!!
But good rating is guaranteed.
Clearly you've got something with this game! Good work!! Also, I laughed at the dialog so good job there too!
I run it in eclipse to find a possible Exception and here it is:
Exception in thread "Thread-3" java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
at java.util.ArrayList$Itr.checkForComodification(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ArrayList$Itr.next(Unknown Source)
at com.evgis.tinyworld.gameplay.Sattelite.findTarget(Sattelite.java:69)
at com.evgis.tinyworld.gameplay.Laser2Satellite.tick(Laser2Satellite.java:26)
at com.evgis.tinyworld.Game.tick(Game.java:87)
at com.evgis.tinyworld.App.tick(App.java:102)
at com.evgis.tinyworld.App.run(App.java:79)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
for-each loops and Arraylist are dangerous, its funny because i had problems exactly like this in my own games.
So i always use something like this (not so nice but safer ;)):
for(int i=0;i<array.size();i++){
array.get(i).dosomething();
if(something)
array.remove(i);
}
My only criticism is that I wish the "locked" items had been more obviously unavailable from the beginning. Maybe a big red strike, or an alpha transparency would have helped. I felt like I spent too much time just clicking those items because I coveted the power without seeing the tiny lock icon.
A couple of more sound effect would go a long way too. A confirmation that you successfuly purchased a defense system would be most beneficial.