I agree, J2ME is a great platform for making small and wide-available games. I have 3 already developed games with J2ME, and even i'm a C (not even C++) "fan", i liked it.
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It's strange, I try to post an article about one of my works here, but slashdot didn't accept it. The theme was very close to this one, but covers something concrete - my puzzle game "Devet".
Anyway, it was my first attempt to create an original puzzle game. My goal was to keep the rules as simple as I can, without going boring while playing. After designing the rules, I create a JavaScript version, just to try how it is. Maybe my estimation wasn't the most objective, but I found the game interesting enough to continue to work on it. To work not for gameplay changing, but for implementations for as much platforms as i know.
Then I wrote a version for my PDA - Casio PocketViewer (the implementation was coded in C). Then I bought Nokia 3510i with J2ME and I code the game for it. I implement two sizes of the art in case the screen of the device is big enough to handle the bigger art. After that, a friend of mine with Palm try the J2ME version and says that the controls are not good for a touch-screen device. I add pen support in that version, and here it is - PALM version and UIQ version of the game:)
After few questions for savegame and highscore keeping on PC (which wasn't a good idea to implement in JavaScript version), i wrote in C again, with the help of excellent SDL library, version for Windows. Because the portability of SDL, the game was compiled also for MacOS X, Linux and BeOS without any recoding.
And here it is - my most multiplatform game:)
If someone wants to take a look, here it is : http://devet.tuzsuzov.com
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I agree, J2ME is a great platform for making small and wide-available games. I have 3 already developed games with J2ME, and even i'm a C (not even C++) "fan", i liked it. [ www.tuzsuzov.com ]
It's strange, I try to post an article about one of my works here, but slashdot didn't accept it. The theme was very close to this one, but covers something concrete - my puzzle game "Devet". Anyway, it was my first attempt to create an original puzzle game. My goal was to keep the rules as simple as I can, without going boring while playing. After designing the rules, I create a JavaScript version, just to try how it is. Maybe my estimation wasn't the most objective, but I found the game interesting enough to continue to work on it. To work not for gameplay changing, but for implementations for as much platforms as i know. Then I wrote a version for my PDA - Casio PocketViewer (the implementation was coded in C). Then I bought Nokia 3510i with J2ME and I code the game for it. I implement two sizes of the art in case the screen of the device is big enough to handle the bigger art. After that, a friend of mine with Palm try the J2ME version and says that the controls are not good for a touch-screen device. I add pen support in that version, and here it is - PALM version and UIQ version of the game :)
After few questions for savegame and highscore keeping on PC (which wasn't a good idea to implement in JavaScript version), i wrote in C again, with the help of excellent SDL library, version for Windows. Because the portability of SDL, the game was compiled also for MacOS X, Linux and BeOS without any recoding.
And here it is - my most multiplatform game :)
If someone wants to take a look, here it is : http://devet.tuzsuzov.com