Orion's Battle by w1n5t0n
Notes:
This game was made in java with LWJGL (a library that lets java access opengl). The library uses natives (precompiled C code), there are natives for windows, mac, and linux. In theory that game will work on all of these OS's. Windows works fine but in Mac some security settings have to be changed. I'm sorry if the game fails, I'm not very experienced. Also high scores will be saved on disk only in windows, I just didn't have time to implement mac and linux file system support. Also the windows, mac, and linux download links are the same. It's java and so it runs on everything. The natives included are Windows, Mac, and Linux.
If jar doesn't launch correctly try to go into either terminal or cmd and run the command: "java -jar [game path]"
Controls:
The craft can be controlled by the arrow keys and WASD.
The craft moves by exploding bombs beside it, when a key is pressed a bomb exploeds at the corresponding side. For example, when the down key is pressed a bomb will explode under the craft pushing it up.
Game Idea:
In the game the player controls a craft named orion, this craft has a nuclear propultion system. This means that it uses bombs to move.
One day is space aliens came twards Orion to attack it, to defend it-self Orion has to use it's propultion system to exploed the alien ships.
Game Info:
The game is endless and keeps track of how many alien ships were destroyed. High scores are saved in a file is the game is ran on windows.
Game Credits:
Every thing: me
Image creation: PhotoShop CC
SFX: sfxr
This game was made in java with LWJGL (a library that lets java access opengl). The library uses natives (precompiled C code), there are natives for windows, mac, and linux. In theory that game will work on all of these OS's. Windows works fine but in Mac some security settings have to be changed. I'm sorry if the game fails, I'm not very experienced. Also high scores will be saved on disk only in windows, I just didn't have time to implement mac and linux file system support. Also the windows, mac, and linux download links are the same. It's java and so it runs on everything. The natives included are Windows, Mac, and Linux.
If jar doesn't launch correctly try to go into either terminal or cmd and run the command: "java -jar [game path]"
Controls:
The craft can be controlled by the arrow keys and WASD.
The craft moves by exploding bombs beside it, when a key is pressed a bomb exploeds at the corresponding side. For example, when the down key is pressed a bomb will explode under the craft pushing it up.
Game Idea:
In the game the player controls a craft named orion, this craft has a nuclear propultion system. This means that it uses bombs to move.
One day is space aliens came twards Orion to attack it, to defend it-self Orion has to use it's propultion system to exploed the alien ships.
Game Info:
The game is endless and keeps track of how many alien ships were destroyed. High scores are saved in a file is the game is ran on windows.
Game Credits:
Every thing: me
Image creation: PhotoShop CC
SFX: sfxr
Ratings
| Coolness | 71% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.03 | 693 |
| Audio | 2.39 | 673 |
| Fun | 3.03 | 571 |
| Graphics | 2.69 | 764 |
| Humor | 2.26 | 791 |
| Innovation | 3.11 | 553 |
| Mood | 2.61 | 809 |
| Theme | 3.29 | 599 |
to hit them with a bomb that is next to you. However, the game seems to freeze when I press space. Is this supposed to happen?
Regarding the OP saying that on Linux the game is "weird and it sometimes doesn't work"; It's working perfectly fine for me, launched a couple of times.
Anyway. Killing things with your thrusters. So counter-intuitive yet rewarding. quite the fun idea. Good job!
At first it was difficult for me to get used to movement but when i got it, it was really rewarding.
Also, thanks for pointing out the mouse lock issue in my game. I believe I've fixed it now.
I liked that the aliens got more and more frequent over time - but they could perhaps try to avoid one another.
Fun and +1 for having a menu! Menus make everything seem polished.
The idea itself is great and well executed, congrats!