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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006	Hey all, i posting a few playable demos on my site: http://jestermax.googlepages.com/ Zero Hour is my graduation project from college. You need a valid classpath set + a JRE to run it since it's written in Java. Oh yeah, and btw, the game is rated M for violence and blood (I apologize for that, I was in a group of 3 and was outvoted). The instruction manual for it is on the site as well. ------------------ Visit my portfolio (and check out my projects): http://Jestermax.googlepages.com/
Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006	Hey, you've got some cool stuff on there.
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006	why thank you good sir i'm always working on something so now i have a way to show people without having to "MSN it". i plan on putting some samples of music i've composed also (not the greatest but i don't get to spend much time on it) ------------------ Visit my portfolio (and check out my projects): http://Jestermax.googlepages.com/
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006	Update: i've compiled my game Zero Hour into a JAR file so all you have to do is double click the ZeroHour.jar file and it'll run. I'll be up momentarily ------------------ Visit my portfolio (and check out my projects): http://Jestermax.googlepages.com/
Xian_Lee Member Posts: 345 From: Registered: 03-15-2006	Awesome. I downloaded Zero Hour earlier, but haven't gotten to it yet (I've been busy working on my random map generator). ------------------ Information on my projects My game industry/theology blog
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006	You might want to download it again. The new files are MUCH easier to get running. However the old ones will work fine if you can set it up ------------------ Visit my portfolio (and check out my projects): http://Jestermax.googlepages.com/
Xian_Lee Member Posts: 345 From: Registered: 03-15-2006	I have a bit of Java experience, and I'm a Mac user, so I more or less know about getting tweaking things to get them running. (I'm trying to make fun of how challenging it can be to get things working on a Mac; I'm not trying to boast of my limited knowledge.) Anyway, I'll download the JAR. I look forward to seeing your project. ------------------ Information on my projects My game industry/theology blog
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002	quote: Originally posted by jestermax: Oh yeah, and btw, the game is rated M for violence and blood (I apologize for that, I was in a group of 3 and was outvoted). The instruction manual for it is on the site as well. eh. don't be. that's what interested me. I'm still sad Eternal War had the "body parts" option taken off. ... I liked it... it just makes the game seem more together. ------------------ "The generation of random numbers is too important to leave to chance." Soterion Studios
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005	quote: Originally posted by jestermax: show people without having to "MSN it". Gasp You mean not everyone uses Google Search? I'll download it as soon as my connection speeds up ------------------ All Your Base Are Belong To Us!!! chown -r us ./base "After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless.'' -- Tao of Programming Book 2 "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. My Programming and Hacker/Geek related Blog
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006	HAHA, no. i'd never use MSN for searching. i meant sending files over msn messenger. I still use google for all my searching needs ------------------ Visit my portfolio (and check out my projects): http://Jestermax.googlepages.com/
Calin Member Posts: 358 From: Moldova Registered: 12-04-2006	quote: Originally posted by ArchAngel: [QUOTE]Originally posted by jestermax: [b]Oh yeah, and btw, the game is rated M for violence and blood (I apologize for that, I was in a group of 3 and was outvoted). The instruction manual for it is on the site as well. ... I liked it... it just makes the game seem more together. [/B][/QUOTE] I think extreme violence hurts (main stream) games, a game should have just enough violence to be suggestive but not enough to disturb a normal person. Right now you have 5 times more blood in a FPS game than what you'd get in a normal real life shooting (we had Criminal Forensics classes in the Law colledge, I got to see all sorts of things). ------------------ a good gameplay is a right combination between performance and features. [This message has been edited by Calin (edited March 22, 2007).]
dartsman Member Posts: 484 From: Queensland, Australia Registered: 03-16-2006	plus the blood has displacement mapping hehe... and/or Soft Particles EDIT: Oh btw, cool, I'll download and play sometime on the weekend ------------------ www.auran.com [This message has been edited by dartsman (edited March 22, 2007).]
dXter Member Posts: 59 From: Texas, the US of A Registered: 09-26-2006	Nice job this is pretty cool I checked out ur website and the art stuff really awesome too! ------------------ Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." --Matt. 19:26 "Time is an excellent teacher, but eventually it kills all of its students."
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006	thanks a lot. ------------------ Visit my portfolio (and check out my projects): http://Jestermax.googlepages.com/
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002	I really enjoyed the Zero Hour game. was a ton of fun to play. a few refinements would make the game better. first, tweak the bounding boxes. instead of setting the box to cover the entire character, just have it at the feet. the same for walls, too. so they'll be some overlap and match the perspective you put on the art. it's also a little weird feeling when your guys hits a wall when you think he shouldn't. also, make the second level tougher. each time I played it, I never died. maybe tougher new guys? lastly, one little bug. when you die and where in the midst of firing, you'll rez and be firing. just a little variable to reset on the resurrection function. so, I don't know if this game is still in the works or not, but I'd like to see more from it. had a nice classic gaming feel. ------------------ "The generation of random numbers is too important to leave to chance." Soterion Studios
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006	Haha, i didn't know about the shooting-rez trick that's really neat. As for "tweaking", the rest of my team as it turns out don't have any time to work on Zero Hour anymore but due to our contract, i can't work on it without their permission. Rest assured though, that won't be the last game of it's type i have built an engine that's everything zero hour was and a LOT more so i'm just in the process of collecting game art and deciding on a storyline. As for the "classic" gaming feel; that's exactly what we wanted it to be when we wrote up the design docs. It's really nice to hear feedback like that, thank you so much for your interest ------------------ Visit my portfolio (and check out my projects): http://Jestermax.googlepages.com/
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002	ahh, nice. good stuff. gotta say, it really made me want to make a game like it. ...on top of the other games I'm working on. lol. ------------------ "The generation of random numbers is too important to leave to chance." Soterion Studios
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006	meee too son, meeee too.... ------------------ Visit my portfolio (and check out my projects): http://Jestermax.googlepages.com/