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while(software) – mini ld #33 complete
Posted by omaha (twitter: @whilesoftware)
March 24th, 2012 5:34 pm
Break The Wall
This is my entry for the Mini Ludum Dare #33.
It is written in java using libgdx. I used bfxr to create the sound clips and gimp to create a few textures. The rest of the game is composed entirely of runtime-generated box geometries, allowing me to focus on the code and not worry too much about the art side of things.
To play: download and run this jar file: btw.jar
source: btw-minild33.tgz
Windows: double click the file
Linux/Mac: java -jar btw.jar
How To Play:
use either WASD or u/d/l/r to control the position of the character
press spacebar to jump
press enter to fire
Enjoy 
Cool idea. Poor boxes
Nice game
I would be very interested to know how you managed to package it all into one executable jar? I have been having troubles integrating other jars inside of it…. tried webstart as an alternative but its just too complex for me atm…. got any tutorials on making an executable jar? Again, I liked the game 
keep up the good work!
Thanks!
I developed this using libgdx in eclipse. To export a runnable jar, I selected both my main and desktop projects, right clicked and picked export’, selected java->runnable jar file, then under library handling I picked ‘extract required libraries into generated jar’.
I’m currently trying to get libgdx’s new html5/webgl backend up and running so I can put the game online.
In the interest of full disclosure: I just updated the .jar file linked in this post. I enabled vsync (to reduce unnecessary cpu usage) and fixed a bug that caused the bullets to behave strangely in the later levels.
If anyone feels like that’s breaking the rules, i’m happy to revert the change.
In the meantime, I’ve created a webgl version of the game. Sadly, javascript isn’t very fast and my code isn’t very efficient, so I decided not to subject anyone to that mess.
Here you have better block textures: http://opengameart.org/content/colored-blocks-sketchy