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[orange451]

During a 15 hour car ride back home from Georgia to Connecticut, I decided I wanted to make a simple gui engine with java. After making the basics (a custom font engine,custom button support, ect), I really wanted to make it into a game.

Controls:
~Left click = destroy blocks
~Right click = place blocks
~1-9 = change block selection
~A-D = move left/right
~W = jump
~E = change whether or not you're editing the foreground, or the background
~B = switch between inventory/play mode
~Esc = pause

Features:
~Completely custom gui engine
~grid based movement
~multiple block types
~Mobs (just for looks at the moment)
~Take the skin from anyone existing on Minecraft today (options menu)

Download:
http://mineblock.uphero.com/

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Spoiler:

[GrifCreeper]

Now this is an awesome creation

[teh8bits]

this is so cool! i wish i could code that well!
roll with this, this is pretty cool
its like terraria but doesnt suck (if you add mobs and crafting and what not, i dont like the look of terraria but i like this)

GIVE ME YOUR CODING ABILITIES

[orange451]

An update is coming soon, where I've changed the blocks in the players inventory, upgraded the sound system, and added TNT.

Stay tuned

[Mclinsky]

i smell lawsuit.

[minepenguincraft]

Mclinsky, on 13 August 2011 - 04:37 AM, said:

i smell lawsuit.

what is your pic avatar

[orange451]

Mclinsky, on 13 August 2011 - 04:37 AM, said:

i smell lawsuit.

I don't.

[orange451]

Okay, all the updates I listed are available for download.
Please tell me what you think

[LightSpawn]

It's pretty sweet, but it still misses some things. I can't do anything in the Options menu, besides changing my skin. I can't click the other options. And you should add random ores into the ground. And you should make the window resizable.
Still, for a game made in a few hours, it's awesome, considering the fact that I can't code for shit
Keep it up, I want to see the "released" version

[dragonbreaker]

Mclinsky, on 13 August 2011 - 04:37 AM, said:

i smell lawsuit.

As long as the creator doesn't sell it or plans to, there's no lawsuit.

[Neocheese]

really nice, i like it

[Error 52]

See, this is kinda pointless, what with Terraria and all.

[Smuck]

Nice job. It sounds fun. You should add pistols and whatnot, since I love 2D shooters.

[orange451]

Error 52, on 13 August 2011 - 08:41 AM, said:

See, this is kinda pointless, what with Terraria and all.

pointless?
No, this is not pointless, in fact with this project I have learned A LOT about java. This knowledge will definitely help me in future game development.

[orange451]

I just released an update.

What in this update!? You may ask.

All I've done is tried to make a sound garbage collector, so if you spammed the tnt like I always do, you wont run into an "Out of Memory" freeze.

[orange451]

Another update

• I made water (like mcclassic water, not alpha/beta)
  
• I completely fixed the sound system (no more non playing sounds AND no memory errors)
  
• I added some new sounds
  
• I made a customizable world size (check the options menu)

[orange451]

Another update

• I added an inventory that can be acessed form the "B" key
  
• I made the pause menu/inventory menu freeze the character
  
• I added a bunch of blocks that can be used

[orange451]

I just released another update

• complete lighting engine
  
• Hell biome
  
• new logo
  
• more menu options

please note, that the game feels slower, it isn't lag, I just slowed down the frame update timer.

[orange451]

A friend and I wrote a website for this, you can now see what I'm doing with out blog, and in a few hours, post in our forums (once we finish writing them).

http://mineblock.uphero.com/

[orange451]

Tons of updates have been made
check them out on the website.