Re: RobotChase, Java edition

From:
Andrew Thompson <andrewthommo@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sat, 17 May 2008 19:01:09 -0700 (PDT)
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On May 18, 7:27 am, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
...

Students of Java may want to look at a new Java version of the
classic RobotChase game:

<http://sourceforge.net/projects/robotchase>


hmmm. OK - 'nice effort'. But when I go to check
if there is a webstart launch, I only find a download.
In those downloads, there is a Mac specific bundle, and
a 'Platform Independent' tar.gz file.

What program on Windows will deal with tar files?

Since Java specialises in using ZIP style archives,
and the SDK provides tools to work with them, why
would people* distribute Java projects as a 'tar'?

* You are not alone there, it is quite common.

As a game it appeals more to nostalgia, ..


Yeh. The entire '16 color'** design leaves me somewhat cold.
Isn't it about time that game porters offered both 'classic'
and 'next millennium' modes of play? ;-)

** It probably uses more, but the screenshots of the
gameplay area suggest it is very simple.

..but the program's design
illustrates several common patterns worth studying. Details may be found
here:

<http://robotchase.sourceforge.net/>


That is a very nice opening page you have in the
JavaDocs, complete with screenshot. Good work.

Would like to see..
a) A ZIP download
b) A (sandboxed) webstart launch.

Gotta' love that open source. Thanks for your efforts
this far.

As an aside, I had never heard of 'RobotChase' before
now, though I have seen variants on that theme.

--
Andrew T.
PhySci.org

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