Loop Shooter by TradingBooch12

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made by TradingBooch12 for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

Shoot stuff while stuck in a loop. To play just download the .jar. You can run the game if you have java installed. This game was written in plain java with no external libraries used. This was the first real game I made in java.

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IndieQuest
05. Oct 2020 · 09:04 UTC
There seems to be no .exe in the downloaded .rar
🎤 TradingBooch12
05. Oct 2020 · 09:22 UTC
@indiequest you can just run the .jar file and the game will start
Dark Dungeon Studio
05. Oct 2020 · 09:41 UTC
@tradingbooch12
I downloaded the .jar file and it's not opening anything.
I have Java V12 installed.
Would you be able to upload in a different format?
zimny11
05. Oct 2020 · 10:59 UTC
I cannot run it either on Java V8 :(
Do I need specific Java version, maybe?
🎤 TradingBooch12
05. Oct 2020 · 12:10 UTC
@james-joubert ok i converted it into a .exe file but idk if you're on windows though
Dark Dungeon Studio
05. Oct 2020 · 12:13 UTC
@tradingbooch12 I will give it a go.
I'm on Windows yea.
Dark Dungeon Studio
05. Oct 2020 · 12:41 UTC
Unfortunately the .exe also doesn't open. :cry:
indivicivet
05. Oct 2020 · 23:15 UTC
I have java 8 and get this error:

Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again

happens with both the exe and the jar
RGilPT
06. Oct 2020 · 02:22 UTC
@tradingbooch12 got the same error as the others :(
Sean Holloway
07. Oct 2020 · 03:38 UTC
You've probably gotten this enough by now, but yeah, the .exe required me to install the java runtime environment then threw an error when I tried to run
snowinn
07. Oct 2020 · 03:47 UTC
Unfortunately I can't run the jar file on Mac but I'd be interested if you get this fixed!
burnedkirby
07. Oct 2020 · 04:22 UTC
Running `java -jar loop_shooter.jar` works for me in Linux (using OpenJDK 14.0.2). Game is neat, but a bit hard. If an enemy block appears at a certain point, it can be significantly harder to destroy before it reaches the blue. Makes sense to have limited ammo as spamming shots would be too OP. Good work!
Zliebowitz
08. Oct 2020 · 00:36 UTC
I was ble to urn this on a Mac using the same command as @burnedkirby.

I had OpenJDK 14.
Cargamoni
11. Oct 2020 · 01:09 UTC
Finally ! Java game ! Thanks for the game ! Please dont forget the rate our game too !
Kszaku
12. Oct 2020 · 13:37 UTC
Okay, so updating Java to its latest version made the game finally work for me (from simply double-clicking jar file). I would recommend putting info about minimum required java version somewhere in the description, it would make getting this thing to run less frustrating.

And unfortunately, there isn't all that much to say about the game itself. It's very basic shooter, that neatly fits theme, I'll give you that, but there is little in a way of challenge or progression. Simple addition of "enemies" speeding up with passage of time, would give it a bit o challenge. Great job of writing it all in pure java though.