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Hi to everybody!


WebPage: http://code.google.com/p/jpacman/

DownloadLink:

Windows system : http://jpacman.googlecode.com/files/jpacman-win32-0.03-alpha.zip

Linux system: http://jpacman.googlecode.com/files/jpacman-linux-0.03-alpha.zip


Now a screenshot:




every suggestion, bug reports and so on are welcome!

note: it's a package for win32, linux soon :d
note2: webstart soon too![/url]

Hey Gornova looks pretty cool. Haha I didn't know I wrote the build file, when did I do that?

Anyway, here are my thoughts:

* I think that you checked in the lib/native directory w/ some of the native libs but not all, I'd add the rest so that you can run the ant file w/o problems.
* I found I was frequently getting stuck on walls. Maybe you should move one tile at a time? If not then I think you should probably add a little more "fudge" factor so that I can just miss but not get totally stuck.
* I liked your AI, keep making it smarter!
* The first level was sort of weird, what's up w/ all the food being in a field like that?
* I think the second level was better, I would rework things to be more traditional -- i.e. maze-like.
* It's cool that you had a high score list? Is it online, can I compete against others? If not why not add that? It's easy
* Some sounds would be nice. At least add something to signal the start and end of a level.
* Hey, you can't keep adding red ghosts that's not fair!

That's all I've got for you now. So far I'm really impressed keep it up. Once the controls have been ironed out it will be a lot of fun and hopefully I'll make it past level 3.

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First, thanks for your suggestions



I've copy it from shade repository it's also GPLv2, right?



Into zip (jpacman-win32-0.2-alpha) there is only natives for win32 (dlls). I've already fix that my ant build copy also natives-win32.jar.
Next release will be for linux too, so into zip for linux will be only natives for linux, and so on.



This is my MAIN problem for jpacman.. i'm using a simple collision/detection system. If you see in Player.trytomove method:



I'm using your collider system.. how can i add this factor you mentioned?



Thanks a lot! I like orange: go random, when pacman are near, follow him!



I don't understand this..



levels are totally alpha pacman player like mazes? Good to know it


I red your post some time ago.. main problem is php server :-/ where can i find someone free, and decent?



next to add



not fair? really ? i think that a nightmare level with many, many reds give me suggestions about performances.. have you got some problems?



Thanks, really Sorry for not contribuiting on Shade.. too little time



I agree.. but.. level3? really? it's so bad? I can finish all
Seriusly, my main problem is balancing difficulty of this little game.. i've learn a lot from pacman

Hi Gornova81,

we have one communally: a heart for remakes -in Java !

Why you don't move the native files to the main dir. So you don't need the .bat file anymore.

It's right:

My tip:
1. Make pacman as big as the floor.
2. Don't check collisions with pixel accuracy:
Use a collision array with values for every 4th pixel. The x and y getters of game objects, have to return the position in the array (posX / collisionArray.lenght). In update you let mr. pac move to the next grid position. That's all.

Webspce with php.. google and you will find it.
eg. http://justfree.com or http://funpic.de
If you want I can host it on xswing.net.

Best wishes,
Tobse

Hey Gornova, so I got excited when I started to look at your code last week and implemented some stuff on my own over the last week. What I've got here isn't as cool as what you've got but it shows off some of my suggestions. Please feel free to lift any of the code if you'd like it -- I certainly lifted a fair amount from you, as I think you'll see.

I spent most of my time on the AI and state machines. You'll notice that you can only move one tile at a time so there's no way to get stuck. (There's a bug if you run into a wall too much.) I've also implemented some different ghost brains following your model.

Let me know if you have any ideas on how to improve the AI? For instance, it might make more sense to allow the Red ghost to turn around (currently not allowed).

* You can find the source code here: Pacwhat source code
* Webstart is here: Pacwhat!?

There's only one level, if you get hit it will restart, move with the arrow keys.

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Many, many thanks man! I also really appreciated your page abouts pattern in games: http://updownleftleft.com/wiki/.

I think that everybody in this forum could add something useful, so keep it working on! Maybe let know it to kev, so he can write on wiki ?



Maybe we can collaborate with svn/patch system ? I'll see your code tomorrow at home! Thanks!



Good! Can you do a little brain with raycasting system? So i can plug-in into my code?
Maybe a little re-organization of my code so i can implement strategy pattern for Brains? Or for you was enough so? (bad english :d)



I must see it!



very goood!



turn around in wich sense?

Thanks, the site really doesn't have too much on it yet so I've been quietly adding things as I discover them. I'd love help from the community.



Right now my code is far enough away from yours that the two code bases won't merge, later if there's interest I'd be happy to put my stuff under some form of version control.



I considered using ray casting but ultimately ran w/ a simple path-map (for lack of a better word) to do the path finding. This is actually faster and works well for pacman.

I basically adopted your brain-strategy approach and implemented a few types that made sense to me. There are 5 types:

* Smart brain which tries to get to the target in the shortest way
* Rook brain which tries to get to the target in a roundabout way
* Dumb brain which moves at random unless it sees the target
* Scared brain which tries to stay away from the target
* Emergency brain, like the scared brain but the ghost can turn around. Active when powered up

The first four ghosts can't turn around meaning that if they just moved forward they can't move backward. I think this improves the look-and-feel at the cost of the smartness. In some cases it might make for a better game to let the ghost turn around (for instance w/ the smart ghost).[/quote]

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Into first post, everybody can now download jpacman 0.03-alpha, with:

- Win32 executable (thanks Tobse)
- Linux zip with a shell script
- minor enanchment on code

please everybody feel free to comment!