[Competition] Java Game Jam competition

Pokitto Programming GameJams
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Wow, I now saw the skull startup screen for the first time :slight_smile: Very nice animated screens.

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Needed 3 of them to top the previous splash screen. :stuck_out_tongue:

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It is actually amazing, how fast Pokitto starts the game after a power-on when there are no startup screens. Literally a fraction of a second. Wow!

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25

How to print to the console output?

System.out.print("Tracing...");

did not work.

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Are you expecting that to print to the Pokitto screen or the IDEā€™s debugging console?

If youā€™re trying to print to the screen, it should be something like:

HiRes16Color screen = new HiRes16Color(Pico8.palette(), Tiny.font());
screen.print("Tracing...");

(With your chosen palette and font.)

See also: femto.mode.ScreenMode.

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To print to the console itā€™s:
System.out.println("Tracing...");

The ln is important, even in regular Java.
Characters are buffered and new-lines (either by using ln or having \n in the string) trigger the flush.

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I just wrote a wiki entry on the femto.Game and femto.State classes, what they do, how to use them, and why itā€™s a good idea to do so.

Itā€™s possible to make games without them, but then players wonā€™t be able to call the loader.
Itā€™s like using the PokittoLib without calling begin().
Flashing the Pokitto manually is annoying. Think of the children.

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For development itā€™s probably the easier option.

The only problem I ever have with it is that sometimes the back button doesnā€™t register.
(It seems easier on some units than others.)

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I meant for the player.

For developers, yes, the back button is the more practical way of flashing. Thatā€™s why Java automatically triggers a reset when you press the flash button, no need to press the two buttons at once.

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I usually use the on/off switch rather than the reset button, but that does sound fairly useful.
Perhaps that functionality could be added to the PokittoLib?

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How many entries are currently being worked on?

Currently Iā€™m only aware of 2-3.

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Iā€™m also working on one.

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There looks to be 6 persons joined to the game jam, but the real count can of course be less.

I really think we should promote the jam more now that there is one month left. We have not announced the criteria or the prizes for the jam yet.

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Iā€™m ā€œworkingā€ on somethingā€¦ Or better, just started something

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36

Not sure if I can get something done, but I have prepared some concept art. :laughing:

tHeNeKoMaNcEr

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Ok, I will suggest something so you can add your comments.

Criteria:
Entries will be rated on the following categories: Gameplay, Graphics, Audio, Innovation and Theme Interpretation.

Prizes:
The 3 best of overall points get a NXP LPC11U68 dev kit (@jonne: is this ok? )

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39

Guys, I will get on to this

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40

Soā€¦ who will do the rating? Are those ratings point-based? Will the ratings of each entry get published by the jury?

Just trying to come up with questions. :wink:

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This is the first time for me in the Itch game jam, so I do not know. Are only the jam participants allowed to vote?

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