Strategic Tetris

[mhatzitaskos]

Dear all,

we have just created our first shareware game in LWJGL.

Its a multiplayer Tetris where two players play on the same board at the same time. It's not just about being fast. You have to co-operate and co-ordinate with your friend in order to go higher! Hitting each others pieces makes them move and rotate so its not as easy as it may sound!

There are also online highscore tables for the registered users where they can compare themselves to other people from all over the world!

Visit http://donut.spitaki.org and go to the games section to read more about it and download the demo!

Thanks,
The Donut Team

[elias4444]

Congratulations! It's always a good feeling to release something you've been working on.  

[spasi]

Congratulations!

Are you Greek by the way?

[mhatzitaskos]

Thanks guys!
Yes i'm greek btw.

The Donut Team

[elias]

I know, I know, "here comes the linux zealot", but.. I hope you're considering other platforms for the game as well. The Mac market alone is more profitable for us than the windows market. Linux is also profitable, but it might not be enough for you to support.

- elias

[mhatzitaskos]

I don't have a Mac at the moment so that is quite a big obstacle. That is why I haven't provided any support for Mac.

[elias]

Hey, that didn't stop Cas from releasing his games for the mac Given the crossplatformness of java and lwjgl, you should be able to create an app bundle for the mac by looking at how it was done for other games, and get us to test it out. That way, you'll be able to afford a mac much faster

- elias

[mhatzitaskos]

Do you have any links for an app bundle for mac to guide me?
As Java and LWJGL are crossplatform, it shouldnt be that hard to create it.
Thanks

[elias]

Take a look in the application bundles for Mac OS X in our game (http://tribaltrouble.com) or one of Cas' games (http://puppygames.net). You can read more about mac os x bundles here:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java14Development/index.html

- elias

[mhatzitaskos]

Hey, I didn't notice it before! Youre in the team that made Tribal Trouble?
That's a great game!
Ok, i'll look into the urls you gave me and post any questions.
Lately i've been thinking whether or not to turn to C++ for creating games, since every gaming company asks only that, but then I see that I can do the same thing in Java and I change my mind...

[CaseyB]

I plan to Roll on Java for fun, but make sure I keep my C++ up as well.  Then I can use JSmooth to show them what I can do and hopefully I'll still be able to code in C++!  :roll: Hopefully!