The Makers Hand

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.48
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.80
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★98%
The apocalypse is near!
Guide your people to obtain ressources. Build houses and most importantly - that tower to the sky out of pure gold!
Connect our world with the god's world!

Your last chance to escape the apocalypse - you've got 5 minutes!

Have fun ;)

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If you have trouble running it, take the Java 7 JAR Version! It should work for everyone, even with an outdated version of java :) But please update your Java!

Comments39

elkiwydev
elkiwydev25 Aug 2014, 09:35
Can't open it..I can only listen the music and it's kinda creepy
fcpfoof
fcpfoof25 Aug 2014, 09:44
You should have used ImageIO.read + Main.class.getResourceAsStream instead of Toolkit.
Compiled from source ;)
fcpfoof
fcpfoof25 Aug 2014, 09:46
Music is kinda weird and the game is quite difficult but the idea with the graphics are awesome ;D. Also that funny weird tune in the background makes the game even more fun ;p.
McFood25 Aug 2014, 09:50
Unfortunately mine says "A Java Exception has Occurred"
My JRE release: 1.7.0
x64 and x86 jre installed.
mess110
mess11025 Aug 2014, 13:12
the tune goes with the game. a few hints to weather I am doing good or not would be nice
coffeemuggamesauthor25 Aug 2014, 13:21
It is very important that you unpack all the files from the archive and then run it! Else it won't work
coffeemuggamesauthor25 Aug 2014, 13:41
Okay please tell me if it works for everybody now, it's just a .jar now :)
alastairbreeze25 Aug 2014, 14:37
Whenever I try to run I always get a NoClassDefException? :(
Mali25 Aug 2014, 14:51
Getting an error when running it. "A java exception has occured". After running it through a batch file it says that it can't find the main class.
TheMorfeus
TheMorfeus25 Aug 2014, 14:54
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: TheMakersHand : Unsupported major
.minor version 52.0
SaintHeiser25 Aug 2014, 15:02
Java exception occured...
coffeemuggamesauthor25 Aug 2014, 15:40
@TheMorfeus Be sure you have the latest version of Java. This exception generally tells you that you don't have the latest java. The game was compiled with the newest version 8.
coffeemuggamesauthor25 Aug 2014, 15:51
Please be sure you have the latest and full java 8. Also please check if you don't have an autostarter, that you ran it with 'java -jar TheMakersHand.jar'.
runvs
runvs26 Aug 2014, 12:12
I also get the java exception. There Java 1.7.0_25. I want to play this, the graphics look great!
coffeemuggamesauthor26 Aug 2014, 13:05
That is not the latest java version ;) The latest version is Java 8, meaning 1.8.0_20. That being the compiler version, your runtime environment can't run the game. I will try and compile with an outdated version of java.
But if you update your Java to Java 8 it should work right away. ;)
Endurion
Endurion26 Aug 2014, 18:31
Sorry, no Java.
JoshuaBurr26 Aug 2014, 18:32
This didn't run for me
coffeemuggamesauthor26 Aug 2014, 19:04
I've uploaded a version compiled with the NEWEST but java 7 version. It is outdated, but for those with not the newest version of java, it should work. Please try that version (Java Jar Java 7) ;)
4xisblack
4xisblack27 Aug 2014, 09:00
This game has a cool look!

It was fun once I got the hang of the economies involved. Scored about 800 :P
coffeemuggamesauthor27 Aug 2014, 09:02
Cool, and that's a really good score! :)
MintArcade
MintArcade27 Aug 2014, 09:06
Manage to build small tower, but "God" was to far away. Limited amount of initial resources make it hard at the beginning. Nice game!
magmaCrab
magmaCrab27 Aug 2014, 09:12
Cool, interesting audio! Finished it with a score of 706.
Lythom27 Aug 2014, 14:30
Hi there ! Here are some feedbacks.

What i liked :
- It's a management game =D
- Balancing seems pretty great.
- The game is fully playable.

What imo could be improved :
- Borders on the display, could't play with whoosing a proper background.
- hard to construct high because the UI in front hide what your building.
- Music ! I'm not against mouth recorded music but there is really too much noise on your record.
- Could have been a mouse only game, would have been easier to play.

Great overall, thanks for the game !
Aomeas
Aomeas27 Aug 2014, 15:29
That music :O
Everyone died :(
HeuGamer
HeuGamer27 Aug 2014, 21:23
I found the music creepy, but interesting game.
elemel
elemel27 Aug 2014, 21:27
Quirky. I like it.
nerd burglars
nerd burglars28 Aug 2014, 17:09
:) :) :) Challenging, Original, and Fun!
borgi
borgi30 Aug 2014, 17:56
Cool music :D Cool game :D
ForeignGuyMike
ForeignGuyMike2 Sep 2014, 01:33
I like it. A little easy though. Maybe you could make a sell/destroy building function.
fauge2 Sep 2014, 02:49
creepy music, hard to read yellow text. also should be a restart button
hbocao
hbocao13 Sep 2014, 23:21
Nice game! I couldn't get to the top, it seems like a bug when i get to a specific height, i can't get any taller so i don't reach to the gods. First entry that I listen to human voice made music. LOL. You should have varied it more, so it won't be so repetitive. Nice little game!
Shmackson14 Sep 2014, 00:16
First game that I had legitimate mood rating for. It all worked together to create a unique and strange feel to it.
racarate14 Sep 2014, 04:25
i really liked your music... didn't realize i could WASD move until the second game... played a few sessions but could never afford pipes to heaven. i really liked the handmade look though.
coffeemuggamesauthor14 Sep 2014, 09:27
Thanks for playing and commenting you all :)
@hbocao To finish the game you have to get straight to god, so the tower must finish right beneath him. That is a 2x1 field where you can win.
Rehacked15 Sep 2014, 09:44
Cool game.Goodjob
creative63015 Sep 2014, 10:34
Not a bad game, figured out after a little while that if you don't build a farm first you're stuffed. The sounds were cool, but that tune in the background got really annoying after a while.
Conk
Conk15 Sep 2014, 11:52
It was a cool concept, if you expand it, i'd play it! The art does seem a little vague (took me a while to realise gold wasn't crops for farm) however it fitted well together. The audio I ended up muting, it fitted nicely, but after long periods it got really annoying.
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