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10 Seconds of life

By hexicube

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Fun5502.93
Overall7002.93
Graphics7352.59
Mood7892.44
Theme9372.69
Innovation10272.23
Coolness122946

Comments

gbear605 2013-08-24 16:35

After I run it, I get:

JavaVM WARNING: JAWT_GetAWT must be called after loading a JVM
JavaVM WARNING: JAWT_GetAWT must be called after loading a JVM
JavaVM WARNING: JAWT_GetAWT must be called after loading a JVM
Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11.glGetString(GL11.java:1771)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglGraphics.initiateGLInstances(LwjglGraphics.java:193)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglGraphics.setupDisplay(LwjglGraphics.java:149)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication.mainLoop(LwjglApplication.java:121)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication$1.run(LwjglApplication.java:113)

hexicube 2013-08-24 16:41

Uh...check that your drivers are up to date? Never seen that problem before and I'm a bit busy right now, you should try googling it.

hexicube 2013-08-24 19:01

Ah, I updated the jar but didn't pack in the images, should be fixed now. See if that helps.

2013-08-26 01:44

Hmm, it's not working for Mac OSX, running JRE 7. It flickers 3 times and then nothing.

hexicube 2013-08-26 02:08

Doesn't sound right, but I have no mac to test it on. Try pressing spacebar to start, if it works then it's related to how macs buffer the video. If not, I don't know.

tork 2013-08-26 02:12

Liked it, but wish it was faster and it had audio

disdanes 2013-08-26 02:29

Lots of interesting gameplay mechanics, and I like that you used the theme (10 seconds) as your life!

fferro234 2013-08-26 02:34

The mechanics are alot of fun, a kind of minature Geometry wars. The theme is kind of lost though since it is only a substitute for life. Definitely fun though and I like the variety of enemies.

metal-axe 2013-08-26 02:41

I like the concept, but I think the game gets impossibly hard too quickly. Or maybe I'm just bad. I think being able to use WASD would be nice here too. Great job! :)

hexicube 2013-08-26 12:07

@Herro234 Yeah the theme did get a bit lost, initially the life would drip down and killing enemies restored it but then it would be easy for anyone remotely good.

@MetalAxe If you feel like it gets hard too quick, maybe try the no bullets difficulty. It should be a lot easier then. Also, I did want to add WASD controls, but I wanted to allow changing those controls, so in the end I settled with arrow keys because of other keyboards having other keys where WASD is.

madk 2013-08-26 14:20

Ha! I lasted just over a minute at my best.

gaspard_ 2013-08-26 14:30

Had a great time!
And the graphics are awesome!

kunzbe 2013-08-26 15:51

I can not start the program :( It looks interesting.
Could you leave me a post when it works better?

Here the error
"Could not find the main class:
.... blabla... DesktopStarter..."

hexicube 2013-08-26 15:57

@kunzbe You could try downloading it again. Also, you could try making a start.bat file in the same place, editing it with notepad to have "java -jar 'LD27 - 10 Seconds to live.jar'" in it, and running that instead. Apparently using java 6 might fix it too.

pighead10 2013-08-26 16:31

Would have been great with audio. Normal mode is really tricky.

daoyster 2013-08-26 18:38

Liked it, was hoping someone would use time as a life meter kind of. I liked the many different options of modes.

hexicube 2013-08-26 23:40

Just noticed game was compiled for java 7, it is now compiled for java 6.

wrongcoder 2013-08-26 23:54

Linux 64-bit: if it doesn't start (liblwjgl won't load) try
$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/your/jre/lib/amd64 java -jar 'LD27 - 10 Seconds of life.jar'

cardboard 2013-08-27 05:13

I got about 40 seconds! I like the concept and the game is fun. Sound of some kind would have been nice to help establish a mood. I think it is a bit too difficult to stay alive for long, but it's still an enjoyable game. :)

n0_named_guy 2013-08-27 19:14

Will post video review.

udrian 2013-08-27 20:42

Pretty nice little game. I liked the "no bullet" mode the best because it felt like I had more control over the game. Though it was too easy in that mode. It would also have been way more fun if there were sound effects in the game

n0_named_guy 2013-08-28 07:29

As promised, live review link: http://www.twitch.tv/n0_named_guy/c/2830736

jujule 2013-08-29 21:00

I like the manic shooter / arena shooter mix but as others said, it gets to hard to quick, especially for a keyboard / mouse combo. That said, I believe that with a less steep learning curve, it would be great !

hexicube 2013-08-30 09:41

@jujule Yeah, I can see why. I did add a tutorial to explain how to play and what everything is, but maybe the default spawn mode should have been something easier, like no bullet mode for instance.

hexicube 2013-08-30 09:41

Forgot to mention in previous post, I added a tutorial to the post comp version.

vaalen 2013-08-31 14:05

It's a very great and very addictive game. :)

hexicube 2013-08-31 18:50

@Vaalen Always nice to hear! :3

gmaker 2013-09-05 10:01

awesome graphics! =) great job!

x-or 2013-09-11 09:18

Love the customize options, traces, fullscreen(!). Not being limited by screensize, yay =)
It's really a bullet-hell, I ended up collecting one power-up after the other, just to make my shield last longer. Oh well, still died in the end^^

jupiter_hadley 2013-09-15 06:18

Really nice little game. I loved it. I featured it in my LD27 compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzQ8TXQohmI