BM Elite Force 2

24 Dec 2012

This is the second game in the BM Elite Force series (not much related to each other). BM Elite Force 2 has been my autumn/winter project of 2012. I started this “tradition” in 2011 where I create a new game in a new (for me) language every year and release it around christmas dedicated to my good old friends when we meet up. This year the game was written in Scala using the Java library Slick 2D (built on LWJGL).

Source code on GitHub

Download binaries from Google Code

Builds & Requirements

Pre-compiled versions for OS X, Windows and Linux is found in the project root (in the folders named OS X, Windows and Linux). If you just want to download and play the game, use the link above (Google Code).

Controls

This game is meant to be played with a Xbox 360 controller. You really should use one to enjoy this game (analog precision makes all the difference) and it has the correct color coding. There is however keyboard bindings avaliable if you just want to try it out.

Xbox 360 controller

Steering: Left stick
Change color: Colored buttons A, B, X, Y or Right stick
Shoot: Right trigger
Toggle health: Press left stick

Keyboard

Steering: Arrow keys
Change color: W, A, S, D
Shoot: Space or Left Shift
Toggle health: Right Shift

Bugs

There are some bugs which I know of but I’m not currently not trying to fix them. Feel free to submit a pull request if you wish.

Linux

Fullscreen mode and sound doesn’t work in Ubuntu 12.10 as far as I can tell?

Requirements

Java 1.6+ is required. Everything else is distributed with the pre-compiled builds.

Resources for hacking / building the game

Slick 2D

LWJGL

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no lwjgl in java.library.path

You must specify the native files, for OS X you should provide the following VM option:

-Djava.library.path=lib/native/macosx

BM Elite Force 1 (game from 2011)

This was the previous game which I coded in Ruby with LibGosu.

github.com/AntonFagerberg/BM-Elite-Force

License

GNU General Public License, version 2

Music (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Graphics (CC BY-SA 3.0 / GPL 2.0 / GPL 3.0)

Surt

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WidgetWorx

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Wyverii

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FrenetikFred (Space Invaders icons)

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