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[Truespeed]

He's now making it into an Applet so it's going to be playable in a browser.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

yay hes almost done

 

[bathala]

that was awesome to see it unfold before u. from smiley textures from yesterday to this

 

[Drkirby]

You know, maybe it is because I am just watching the game, but it doesn't seem to be that much fun.

 

[Truespeed]

He has about 1 hour left. It's time to implement the 64 person multiplayer.

 

[Arozay]

RETS PRAY: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ld48/index.html

 

[GazzaScotland]

As someone who's crammed Java projects into 48 hours before, its kind of depressing to realise how low my skills actually are aha. On the plus side, it has revived my interest in Electronic music!

 

[Grinchy]

I don't know why I just get a blank screen telling me I need Java. I must have Java already. Going to check.

edit- well the java site says I don't have it, so alright i'll download it again

 

[Nemo]

RETS PRAY: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ld48/index.html

Can't front, that's pretty good

 

[cr_blah_blah]

I don't know why I just get a blank screen telling me I need Java. I must have Java already. Going to check.

edit- well the java site says I don't have it, so alright i'll download it again

I think it's out of date, that's the message I got.

oh, just saw edit.

 

[la_briola]

I found a bug. There are two doors in the dungeon level that leads to the potion and pistol chest, the doors doesn't need to be opened to open the chest. When you press `space`, you receive the item.

 

[Grinchy]

I think it's out of date, that's the message I got.

oh, just saw edit.

Yep, must have been something along those lines.


The game is actually kind of fun lol. The ice cave...nice idea.

 

[Arozay]

I found a bug. I hate the yellow ghost room.

 

[StickSoldier]

Crazy to think he made this in such a short amount of time. It's nothing amazing, but I'm sure with more time he could of done some good things with it.

 

[Toppot]

Very impressive for 2 days work. Same bug as above with getting potion and pistol from behind door. But also if you place a boulder under/near the ladder in dungeon, you can go up ladder but when you go back down you get stuck.

 

[Grinchy]

Notch isn't known for putting out games that still have bugs in them (lol)

 

[Gassey]

It's not really "from scratch" is it? Surely he took his mojang libraries with him.

 

[which1spink]

Woah, it's surprisingly good O:

 

[la_briola]

It's not really "from scratch" is it? Surely he took his mojang libraries with him.

it is from 0.

 

[K.Sabot]

God dang yellow ghost.

 

[bathala]

hahaha i died

 

[rac]

Watch out elder scrolls.

 

[SappYoda]

Beaten. First try: 18 minutes.

Spoiler

I knew the level layout

Played while listening to this song: http://soundcloud.com/tsnm/tsnm-presents-no-excuses-vol-8

 

[bengraven]

This is really fucking fun.

Notch forever.

 

[Ooccoo]

Better than what (some) developers do in months. I'm not even kidding.

 

[superbank]

Oh jeez. I just stared and found a bug in the boulder room. I found the punching power and punched the closest boulder which flew towards the ladder entrance. Tried to punch it out of the corner to no avail so I went back up. If you go down again you get stuck between the boulder and ladder. The game was made in 2 days though, so i gotta cut him some slack. It's been great watching him code it from scratch.

This reminds me of my first experience with minecraft. I was minding my own business collecting wood. A cow sneaks up from behind and nudges me and somehow I got stuck in the wood above me.

edit: Oh I see, other people got the same bug.

 

[Ashodin]

Same boulder ladder bug I got into. Will finish later.

 

[Toppot]

Another small bug, in the theme of 'you can use things behind doors', I managed to lock myself in a small corridor behind a door because I hit the switch from the other side and didn't realize it xD

Notch isn't known for putting out games that still have bugs in them (lol)

=P

 

[taoofjord]

Game is really nostalgic for me. Reminds me of a fun twist on my old favorite pc rpgs. A sort of Lands of Lore-ish game meets Zelda. Very awesome!

 

[BY2K]

There's a room with a shitload of bats in the dungeon. I see no end to them, do I just keep punching?

 

[donarumo]

With some Chip's Challenge thrown in.

 

[Ranger X]

Wow, I tried it and it's awesome. This guy is good.

 

[Truespeed]

What! No 360 controller support!

 

[Brobzoid]

There's a room with a shitload of bats in the dungeon. I see no end to them, do I just keep punching?

one of them is golden and drops a key. but yeah, FUCK EM UPPP

 

[Blizzard]

It's not really "from scratch" is it? Surely he took his mojang libraries with him.

As far as I know, he created all the classes from scratch, literally the entire engine just using standard Java classes. I didn't actually see what he used to draw stuff to the screen (presumably Java 3D?) but I suppose once the code is available we could check.

He actually did some crazy stuff like the lighting engine that he changed his mind about and didn't even use, right?

 

[Ashodin]

What! No 360 controller support!

xpad it dude

 

[Blizzard]

I take it back. After looking at the code, it looks like he didn't use much Java graphics API stuff. He literally appears to have gotten a pixel buffer and done all of the 3D math and engine stuff himself, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Osiris]

I take it back. After looking at the code, it looks like he didn't use much Java graphics API stuff. He literally appears to have gotten a pixel buffer and done all of the 3D math and engine stuff himself, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

It was, quite literally, from scratch, no old code re-use etc.

Although it was fairly obvious both early on and later, that much of what he was writing was from memory from having previously written similar engines.

 

[maniac-kun]

I take it back. After looking at the code, it looks like he didn't use much Java graphics API stuff. He literally appears to have gotten a pixel buffer and done all of the 3D math and engine stuff himself, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Did he release the source allready?

 

[Feep]

Was this stream recorded anywhere I could watch?

 

[woolley]

Was this stream recorded anywhere I could watch?

I don't think you can watch the beginning because he had to delete that channel while steaming but you should be able to get the rest on his twitch.tv channel in the OP.

 

[jediyoshi]

Was this stream recorded anywhere I could watch?

They're the links under the player in the OP link

 

[Man]

He did everything from scratch. Wrote the 3D math etc while we were all watching.
First day was spent on that, getting movable entities to work etc and then bam, rapid addition of all content and functionality on day 2.

 

[Diprosalic]

i was very impressed how fast he draw those sprites. i mean he just did it without thinking about it and they look good. he's such a great guy, a millionaire that enters a small programming competition just for fun.

 

[zkylon]

It was, quite literally, from scratch, no old code re-use etc.

Although it was fairly obvious both early on and later, that much of what he was writing was from memory from having previously written similar engines.

Yeah, i had programming teachers that coded in class 3D engines in C++ from memory so i'm sure that's how Notch did it. It never ceases to amaze me though.

 

[Ydahs]

Just played it. Very very impressive for 48 hours of work. Heck, if someone brought me to that and told me it was a month's work, using an engine programmed from scratch I'd be impressed.

 

[Nabs]

that was pretty cool. i died after 15 min

 

[BY2K]

Fuck that Gold Ghost, Jesus.

 

[Acheteedo]

Wow. This just makes me feel like an inferior human being.

 

[commissar]

dammit D:

8/12 trinkets and 3/4 keys.

stupid ghosts in the temple ]:

game was fun!