This is a simple downloadable java game that you can download and run right out of the box. literally just download and then run. All the source is open for you to look at on github.
in the game you are a monster that eats other monsters, but only if they are smaller than you. if they are bigger, you must jump over them.
enjoy!
on github the source is updated to post competition. you can still look at the source from the competition by looking at release v1.1.
I am currently working on an iphone/iPad version but by the time it gets approved, the competion will most likely be over
It seems that your jar-file contains the contents of your res-subfolder in the root of the jar-file, which causes an error when running the game.
It can be fixed by copying the files from the root of the jar into a subfolder called res in the jar-file (or taking the res-folder from the source, and copying it into the jar-file), f.x. by opening it in 7zip and fixing it from there :-)
It looks like you are missing some files: Specific error on run:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: res\scores.save (The system cannot find the file specified) at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Unknown Source) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.io.FileReader.<init>(Unknown Source) at com.pokeyone.ludum33.Game.loadScores(Game.java:94) at com.pokeyone.ludum33.Game.<init>(Game.java:68) at com.pokeyone.ludum33.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:7) at com.pokeyone.ludum33.Frame.main(Frame.java:20)
After opening the .jar file then putting everything exept the META-INF and com in a "res" folder then putting it in the .jar file again , I was able to start it and it was quite good, I like the fact that you did it from scratch! :D
Okay, followed the other commenters posts and got the game working. Nice simple, somewhat educational game. My highscore was 2140.
My suggestion here is that the game doesn't seem to ramp up fast enough; it went super slow until about 180. Additionally at about 1200, the numbers were so blurry that I had to rely more on pattern recognition that reading the actual number to continue playing. Despite this well done on what I'm guessing is your first entry (you have no blog posts so I can't see your profile to see if you made any other games).
dalbinblue, you are right about this being my first entry, and it does seem to ramp slowly. I will try to fix this in the future, thanks for the advice!
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CodeNMore26 Aug 2015, 18:15
It was pretty neat, if only it had more of a difficulty curve further into the game, but good nonetheless!
Cool concept! Needs some variation to keep things entertaining, maybe some jumping baddies or power-ups. It has a very slow start, but then it gets fast and twitchy when you reach ~3000 size, making it hard to read the numbers. Not quite sure how to improve the readability of a number moving at that speed, though... The graphics are pretty simple, which is good to keep the player focused in the action. Overall, a pretty fun and solid game, nice job!
Solid little entry. Controlled well but could've used a bit more variation. Would've been cool if monsters were sized according to their size; could try to make jump height inversely related to size for balance?
Had fun with this; even made the high-scores with my terrible attempts. I think the jumping mechanic needs a little tweaking, but I like the comparison thing. I wonder if making the size of the characters change would make it more intuitive. Nice entry.
So I played LD version and version 1.2. I'm sure you already knew, but LD version had sticky keys issue, so I had to go with version 1.2. In there, I quickly discovered that up to some point, around 400 size or so, the game becomes very generous with the monster sizes, that I rarely had to jump. Past 600, I didn't even have to move, and the numbers would start increasing rapidly. So I think the game has some balancing problems (I have 6000 kills so far, in fact).
The jump physics was also really awkward. I was expecting a parabolic path, but the jump and fall are both linear. For someone raised by Mario games, that just feels weird.
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Error: Could not find or load main class MonsterChomper.jar
It can be fixed by copying the files from the root of the jar into a subfolder called res in the jar-file (or taking the res-folder from the source, and copying it into the jar-file), f.x. by opening it in 7zip and fixing it from there :-)
Windows 7, 64-bit, Java 1.8_60
java.io.FileNotFoundException: res\scores.save (The system cannot find the file
specified)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.pokeyone.ludum33.Game.loadScores(Game.java:94)
at com.pokeyone.ludum33.Game.<init>(Game.java:68)
at com.pokeyone.ludum33.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:7)
at com.pokeyone.ludum33.Frame.main(Frame.java:20)
thanks to anyone who rates and plays my game
just jump ? okay
Leaderboards were a nice addition. Always fun to try and beat your high-score.
My suggestion here is that the game doesn't seem to ramp up fast enough; it went super slow until about 180. Additionally at about 1200, the numbers were so blurry that I had to rely more on pattern recognition that reading the actual number to continue playing. Despite this well done on what I'm guessing is your first entry (you have no blog posts so I can't see your profile to see if you made any other games).
The graphics are sufficient, the mechanics are minimalistic, but why not. My wife said it can be good to teach kids math :)
My highscore is 9178 =D
This actually got more enjoyable the longer I played it. I just wish it had sound effects. And maybe some nice juicy gibs for when you eat a monster.
Looked nice.
The jump physics was also really awkward. I was expecting a parabolic path, but the jump and fall are both linear. For someone raised by Mario games, that just feels weird.