Dragon - Galaxy Interceptor

[accion mutante]

Hi,

here's my shoot'em up: Dragon - Galaxy Interceptor.

I hope you'll enjoy it.

Feedbacks are welcome!

[tiaoferreira]

The game does not works. It ask for a java tool pack, and when I install it and order to run, an error message appears:

UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION THROWN IN THREAD[LWGJL RENDERER THREAD,5 JAVAWSAPPLICATION THREADGROUP] NULL POINTER EXCEPTION.

[shmuppyLove]

It worked fine for me.

It's not a half-bad game, actually, but there's a lot of room for improvement.

The gameplay is really simplistic. Adding some kind of scoring mechanic would help with that. The enemies are clearly grouped together, maybe give a bonus if you shoot down all the enemies in a group, then maybe have a multiplier if you shoot down successive groups. Also having a different weapon type or power ups would make it more interesting.

I like the use of 3D, but it was a bit confusing when enemies were underneath, because it's not immediately obvious they're in a different layer. There needs to be some kind of visual cue, like maybe they're slightly out of focus (depth of field).

[BPzeBanshee]

Yeah, it isn't working for me. Downloads some launcher.jclp or something and when I click on it it just says 'cannot run the application'.

Maybe a better launch method/instructions could help?

[accion mutante]

Hi,

the game needs Java in order to run. Normally java is installed by default on most computer and java update keeps your version up-to-date.

Then, if all goes well, it should be easy: just click on play -> the file launch.jnlp is downloading, launch it like a .exe file and you're done.

To test if java is installed, just click on this link: http://www.java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp

@tiaoferreira: Can you tell me on which OS are you running and what is your Java version? It'd help me to identify the issue.

@BPzeBanshee: Most probably your browser is not set up in a way to know how to send the Java Web Start files (.jnlp) to the Web Start application.
please make sure you have Java installed and updated to the latest version.

@shmuppyLove: thank you for your feedback, I'll consider this for my future production.

[BPzeBanshee]

Well I got it to work on another computer. Is it 32-bit only Java requirement?

I agree with everything shmuppyLove said. The giant ships could use a little less health OR a weapon upgrade to kill them faster would help. For your next game I suggest going with a default weapon with a fast firerate.