A simple java program
When debugging Lux sometimes it is helpful to simulate a computer that is slower, or under a heavy workload. In order to do that I wrote a very small java program. All it does is create a random...
View ArticleMaking a HTTP POST request from java
I have looked this up a couple of times in the past, so I am linking it here so it is easy to find. How to make a HTTP POST request from java.
View ArticleResourceBundle files with foreign accents
I asked Luxers to volanteer to translate Lux into their language and have gotten some responces. I am using the Java ResourceBundle internationalization class to do the lifting. At first I was a...
View ArticleGetting the usable screen area from java
A while ago I declared that I was going to post regular updates on my work with Lux. So far I have failed miserably at that. I am going to try again starting now.Yesterday I changed some code for the...
View ArticleSome java humor
I just read a rather funny article about java's inner and nested classes. (It's informative too).
View ArticleHey cocoa-java, go $@%* yourself
When I first created the user interface (i.e. all the windows) for my game Lux I used the cocoa-java library that Apple provides. This allowed me to use all the native Mac OS X window components, to...
View ArticleGenerate a random (alphanumeric) char in java
Today I got a nice use out of the Kodors search engine I previously mentioned. It gave me a nice java class to generate random alphanumeric chars (and Strings).Of course I actually found this page...
View ArticleThe IGF finalists are 10% java
An interesting thing about the 2005 Independent Games Festival finalists is that 10% of them are written in java. I am keenly aware (in a good way) that my game Lux uses java. The other java game that...
View ArticleFun with swing and java2d
Here's a cool article with some java2d/swing tricks including painting something in the corner of a JScrollPane so that it's visible no matter where they scroll to.
View ArticleMac OS X 10.4 java bugs
There seems to be a few problems with Lux (actually more like with Java) on OSX 10.4. Problem 1 is that drawing an image into Graphics clipped with a GeneralShape polygon draw ugly boxes on top (a...
View ArticleApple is stopping cocoa-java enhancements
I just saw that Apple is freezing cocoa-java development. Good thing I already ditched it myself last year. You gotta think ahead of the curve to survive.
View ArticleJava 4k Games Contest Winners
I was just amusing myself with some of the winners of the Java 4k games contest. The requirement for the contest was that each game could only take up 4k of space. This is quite a drastic limit, and...
View ArticleDustin quoted in USA TODAY
I was quoted in a USA TODAY article that was just published. My thoughts are pretty inconsequential to the piece (written about Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz's blog), but it mentions my name and Sillysoft...
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Ancient Lux teaser screenshots
Here are a few screenshots from Sillysoft's upcoming game Ancient Empires Lux.
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Luxtoberfest 2007
Luxtoberfest is a series of tournaments and awards for my Risk inspired computer game Lux.There are lots of maps (RSS) and people in the running for the Lux Awards. You have 1 month to send in your...
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Map Porn
This post has screenshots of some of the hottest maps for the computer strategy game Lux. Images below the cut (work-safe).US Map aka USA Map aka Map of USMap of CanadaWorld MapMap of EuropeMap of...
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