it's a pretty easy link Dexterity

also check this company out, they do alot of games in a simmilar market as you. See who they get to publish their stuff.
MonkeyStone






[edited by - Ironside on September 8, 2002 11:07:39 PM]

quote: Original post by Ironside

also check this company out, they do alot of games in a simmilar market as you. See who they get to publish their stuff.
MonkeyStone

They publish their own stuff, except for the GBA version of Hyperspace Delivery Boy, which is being published by Majesco.

I seriously doubt John Romero needs someone else to publish for him

Well, if any distributor happens to pass by, take a look at codingdreams.xrs.net products section and if you find the game interesting, e-mail me.

www.codingdreams.xrs.net

Telmo Amaro

Went to your site. Tried,

"Incoming Storm" - downloaded for a very long time and then promptly hung my machine. Hard boot required. WIN XP

"Netsquash" - switched to WIN 98 machine, downloaded again for a long time then started then IE went berserk, had to kill it.

As a side comment, recommending users change their browsers if it doesnt work isnt really viable for the average gamer looking for a quick online game.

Well, all beta testing worked fine on those games:|
It might went wrong since you were using WinXP and those were Java Games. It''s not my fault Microsoft is at war in Sun:|

Anyway, games work in win98 using explorer. The only problem is players wont listen to any sound of at least the good musics Incoming Storm has. They can still do a fast game.

Note: Sorry for the crashes...

Telmo Amaro - codingdreams.xrs.net

"Well, all beta testing worked fine on those games:"

But as you said you didnt test a very broad range of platforms or OS''s. In which case you need to alter the specs to only those platforms that you know work.

"It might went wrong since you were using WinXP and those were Java Games."

True, but as above you indicated it should work.

"It''s not my fault Microsoft is at war in Sun:"

Actually, the reverse in this case, but either way it is your fault. You programmed the game in a language you knew would not run on some OS''s and would not run at all on newer machines, and rather than correct this you simply have the users be impacted and blame Microsoft and SUN, a very poor customer ethic.

"Anyway, games work in win98 using explorer".

It didnt for me, responding to a customer''s complaint that it doesnt work with a response "Yes it does" is very poor.

"The only problem is players wont listen to any sound of at least the good musics Incoming Storm has. They can still do a fast game."


Perhaps because it hung their machines.

You are marketing this as though their are no games out there and everyone is desperate for any game. You need to take a reality check. Java has it''s places (I myself have only found those places on the server side, but it does have it''s uses). Java is a terrible Client based language. It is inherently unstable, non-functioning on newer machines and on older machines is also generally non funcional due to the archaic browsers. You then add to that the COrporate organsisations that strip java from browsers before deploying it.

If your going to code Java games you need to be aware of the issues and limitations of Java ensure they dont impact your users. Putting your head in the sand wont do it.


I will also point out that the site you refer to Jagex doesnt make any mention of Java at all, which is important because many casual gamers only associate Java with errors or reboots, rightly or wrongly.


Note: Sorry for the crashes...

No problem, it''s something I''m used to whenever I use Java.

Well, I do not intend to stick my head underground, but I can''t really make the games work in every person''s PC. I really don''t know why the games work in mine PC and not in others, browser perhaps? Still, cant force anyone to change browser, I can just give an advice. For example, the first Incoming Storm didn''t even run on Explorer due to the timer, which I had to replace by another thing.
Java is only associated with error because when you try to play something and you don''t have the necessary software, there is no link pointing for it and saying you have to download it, unlike what happens with Flash games. Obviously, people to have to download things if they really want to play something.
As for mentioning "Java" in the website, I don''t think that causes much of a problem. You can see several websites with written all over and they have thousands of visitors. playjavagames.com for example.

Main point is, if the game doesn''t run in your PC, I don''t know how I could fix that, but have you ever though you might not have the necessary software to run Java Games? If that''s the case, I can''t really do anything about it.

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By the way, didn''t these games run in anyone else browser?
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Telmo Amaro - codingdreams.xrs.net