Delve Deeply

by belk
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★10%
This turned out to be a sandbox-type game where you have the ability to change the landscape, and spawn zombies!
The original goal was to create a tower defense map, but the time it took to create all the art assets, create and code mobs, and implement an A* pathing algorithm ate up the time I needed to make a proper tower defense.
You can kindof do it if you pick a spot, build a fortress, set the target destination and spawn zombies around the outside of it!
Zombies are damaged by spikes, and if you kill one you're a good guy again!

Hope you guys have fun messing with it, and I can't wait to see your games!

Source is included in the jar.

Comments11

gigimoi00
gigimoi0017 Dec 2012, 01:55
"Could not find the main class" error message on launch.
jurnacsr17 Dec 2012, 02:23
No errors on launch - but I don't quite understand how to play.
jurnacsr17 Dec 2012, 02:25
To clarify - I can just spawn zombies. How do I do anything else?
Xeke_Death17 Dec 2012, 10:43
"Could not find the main class: com.belk.dg.Game" error message on launch.
zedutchgandalf
zedutchgandalf17 Dec 2012, 11:05
Works fine on Mac, no error messages. But how is this even a game? There's no goal whatsoever, you've got unlimited gold and you can't seem to be able to die :/
belk
belkauthor17 Dec 2012, 16:31
Just a note, if you get the "Could not find the main class" error, try running it from the command line:
java -jar DelveDeeply.jar

All you can really do is spawn new blocks, set the target location for spawned zombies, and spawn zombies on your location. Like I said, it's just sandboxy at the moment, not really a game
belk
belkauthor17 Dec 2012, 17:12
Oh, one important note for anyone who didn't get it. WASD keys to move around.
CoffeeOnimal
CoffeeOnimal20 Dec 2012, 08:17
Got it to run, but no, it's not a game yet.
Some interesting tech here, but nothing really works.
TehSkull
TehSkull24 Dec 2012, 05:19
Classic graphic styling and gameplay. I wish there was actual "gameplay" to it though, and not just walking around with buildings and skeletons.
Norgg
Norgg28 Dec 2012, 14:17
Ran for me, put some lava around the place.
jhrrsn
jhrrsn6 Jan 2013, 11:32
Interesting idea, but as you've stated there isn't a lot to do at the moment. I'd love to see a finished version at some point!

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