AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Web-based java games View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Christian Hvid Guest Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:56 pm    Post subject: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze Hello groups. In hope of getting feedback as useful as last time - here is my new game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze. http://vredungmand.dk/games/hopwit/ It is an "arcade puzzle" remotely inspired by Pac Man and Lady Bug. It is based upon my framework for small java games and features an early version of my forthcoming synthesizer emulator (which should work if you are running Java 1.3+) (it is in superduperbeta so don't expect too much). I would like some feedback on my game design. If you play the game a couple of times - then please tell: - How far into the game did you get the first time you played it? - How quickly (if you did) did you loose interest in the game? Did you get stuck? (These questions help me to get an idea of whether the game has good balance and progression.) Any ideas on improvement of the game? Back to top R. Alan Monroe Guest Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze In article <4085567d$0$5966$d40e179e (AT) nntp03 (DOT) dk.telia.net>, "Christian Hvid" <chvid (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote: Quote: I would like some feedback on my game design. - How far into the game did you get the first time you played it? Level 2 Quote: - How quickly (if you did) did you loose interest in the game? Did you get stuck? Haven't yet worked out which color doors open which other doors, but I wasn't concentrating too hard. The robots can trap you in a dead end. Quote: Any ideas on improvement of the game? On my box (a Windows XP laptop, and I was playing in Mozilla Firefox browser), some of the sounds came out as mad earsplitting white noise. Framerates could be better. Alan Back to top R. Alan Monroe Guest Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze In article <4085567d$0$5966$d40e179e (AT) nntp03 (DOT) dk.telia.net>, "Christian Hvid" <chvid (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote: Quote: Any ideas on improvement of the game? Leaving the page, and even closing the tab in Mozilla Firefox, left the background sound playing endlessly. I had to close Firefox altogether. Alan Back to top Will Billingsley Guest Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:29 am    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze Fails with an exception because I do not have sound on this machine (should catch the exception so it can be played on silent computers) IllegalArgumentException: No line matching interface SourceDataLine supporting format... Hopwit.java line 1014. Will. Christian Hvid wrote: Quote: Hello groups. In hope of getting feedback as useful as last time - here is my new game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze. http://vredungmand.dk/games/hopwit/ It is an "arcade puzzle" remotely inspired by Pac Man and Lady Bug. It is based upon my framework for small java games and features an early version of my forthcoming synthesizer emulator (which should work if you are running Java 1.3+) (it is in superduperbeta so don't expect too much). I would like some feedback on my game design. If you play the game a couple of times - then please tell: - How far into the game did you get the first time you played it? - How quickly (if you did) did you loose interest in the game? Did you get stuck? (These questions help me to get an idea of whether the game has good balance and progression.) Any ideas on improvement of the game? Back to top Andre E. Eide Guest Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:32 am    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze På Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:56:56 +0200, skrev Christian Hvid <chvid (AT) acm (DOT) org>: Quote: Hello groups. In hope of getting feedback as useful as last time - here is my new game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze. http://vredungmand.dk/games/hopwit/ Great idéa! I loved the doors opening and closing. The music didn't work. Played in java1.3.1 Opera 7.23. Looking forward to try the final version. -- Andre E. Eide Back to top Christian Hvid Guest Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:19 am    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze Sorry about this - what is your platform (Java version and OS)? "R. Alan Monroe" <amonroejj (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote Quote: In article <4085567d$0$5966$d40e179e (AT) nntp03 (DOT) dk.telia.net>, "Christian Hvid" <chvid (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote: Any ideas on improvement of the game? Leaving the page, and even closing the tab in Mozilla Firefox, left the background sound playing endlessly. I had to close Firefox altogether. Alan Back to top Christian Hvid Guest Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze Hi Alan. I cannot copy your problem running Firefox 0.8 on a Win2K box. Can I get you to play the game again - does the problem persist? I have rewritten the sound engine completely. "R. Alan Monroe" <amonroejj (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote Quote: In article <4085567d$0$5966$d40e179e (AT) nntp03 (DOT) dk.telia.net>, "Christian Hvid" <chvid (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote: I would like some feedback on my game design. - How far into the game did you get the first time you played it? Level 2 - How quickly (if you did) did you loose interest in the game? Did you get stuck? Haven't yet worked out which color doors open which other doors, but I wasn't concentrating too hard. The robots can trap you in a dead end. Any ideas on improvement of the game? On my box (a Windows XP laptop, and I was playing in Mozilla Firefox browser), some of the sounds came out as mad earsplitting white noise. Framerates could be better. Alan Back to top R. Alan Monroe Guest Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 9:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze In article <4089428a$0$8659$d40e179e (AT) nntp03 (DOT) dk.telia.net>, "Christian Hvid" <chvid (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote: Quote: Hi Alan. I cannot copy your problem running Firefox 0.8 on a Win2K box. Can I get you to play the game again - does the problem persist? I have rewritten the sound engine completely. It seems to work now, no more noise blasts. There is a quiet clicking sound about every .75 to 1 seconds, though. Java(TM) Plug-in: Version 1.4.1 Using JRE version 1.4.1 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8 Alan Back to top Christian Hvid Guest Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:02 am    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze Ok. That is good. The clicking noise is probably due to a buffer size that is being set too low. The problem shows up on MacOSX as well. It is something that I am working on. Thank you for your help. "R. Alan Monroe" <amonroejj (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote Quote: In article <4089428a$0$8659$d40e179e (AT) nntp03 (DOT) dk.telia.net>, "Christian Hvid" <chvid (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote: Hi Alan. I cannot copy your problem running Firefox 0.8 on a Win2K box. Can I get you to play the game again - does the problem persist? I have rewritten the sound engine completely. It seems to work now, no more noise blasts. There is a quiet clicking sound about every .75 to 1 seconds, though. Java(TM) Plug-in: Version 1.4.1 Using JRE version 1.4.1 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8 Alan Back to top SA Guest Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze Quote: - How far into the game did you get the first time you played it? Level 2 Quote: - How quickly (if you did) did you loose interest in the game? Did you get stuck? Level 2 is very difficult compared to 1 Quote: Any ideas on improvement of the game? The increase in difficulty needs to be quite slight between levels. How about some sound effects? Back to top Christian Hvid Guest Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze "SA" <reply (AT) group (DOT) com> wrote Quote: - How far into the game did you get the first time you played it? Level 2 - How quickly (if you did) did you loose interest in the game? Did you get stuck? Level 2 is very difficult compared to 1 Yeah. I know. I think this game is a bit too hard too. Maybe I should throw in an extra level between level 1 and 2. Quote: Any ideas on improvement of the game? The increase in difficulty needs to be quite slight between levels. How about some sound effects? There is plenty of sound - just upgrade to Java 1.4: http://www.java.com/en/download/ And make sure Sun's VM is enabled in internet explorer. -- Christian Back to top SA Guest Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze How many levels are there? Have you thought of minimising the screen size so that people can download the JAR to their mobile phones? Back to top Christian Hvid Guest Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 10:06 am    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze 10 but the number is growing. Yeah - I am going to do some J2ME soon. "SA" <reply (AT) group (DOT) com> wrote Quote: How many levels are there? Have you thought of minimising the screen size so that people can download the JAR to their mobile phones? Back to top SA Guest Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: Test my applet game: Mr. Hopwit and the Mysterious Maze Just got to level 4 I wouldn't bother with scrolling the screen ... confuses matters. The style of game is usually within the standard boudary of a screen, rather than rolling. And I think that you could distinguish the player character a little more .... you lose afew seconds at the start of a level, working out where you start from. 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