Milch's Green Robot Engine Developement

[Milch]

Hey folks!
SO, I've been developing quietly for the past 4-5 months now, and now its finally time to show off

The actual engine that runs on android is written purely in Java, without the use of the NDK (a toolset for running native C++ code on the device)
I guess the most exiting part about my engine are:
-uses multithreading
-uses OpenGL ES
-supports VBO/VertexArray
-completly hardware-independent input system
-component based entitiy system

So this is a screenshot of my engine running the game I'm working on (a yet to be named 2d zelda clone)


The toolset, currently a 2d level editor called "Crafter2D", is also developed in Java (please dont flame me for that, I simply love swing).
The editor is based around plugins, so I can easily write a new plugin for a new game.
It is still a heavy work in progress + the icons look ugly as fuck, but anyway, here are pics:


Currently I'm working on a way to press compile inside my editor and it automatically compiles the map and runs it on the android-device attached (or on the android-emulator).

Any thoughts or criticism would be appreciated!

[GroundUpEngine]

One word... sexy!

[MrDeathNote]

Funny I just asked for an update of this today... and here it is . You probably won't get flamed for using java, I certainly can't say anything since I'm an oracle certified java programmer lol. Nice job so far man, looks like a really good foundation to build on.

[Khearts]

FINALLY you show off something!

[Milch]

Funny I just asked for an update of this today... and here it is . You probably won't get flamed for using java, I certainly can't say anything since I'm an oracle certified java programmer lol. Nice job so far man, looks like a really good foundation to build on.

Oh well, you were actually my initial motivation to start such a thread

[N64vSNES]

....Must resist....Java...joke!

In all seriousness this looks awesome I look forward to seeing more

[Milch]

Its UpdateTime!

Well, I didn't have that much time to code in the last week, but still got some work done.

Most of the time I worked on the workflow to make it easier to push my maps/testing-commands to the device.
At first I though about simply updating the content, re-compile everything, sent it to the device and run it.
This has actually 2 major problems:
1. Every developement PC needs the whole android-developer-package installed
2. I'm using a xperia x10 for developing - and this phone has a pretty unstable USB-connection (seriously, I just have to touch it and it drops the connection)

So, I have developed something I call a "DeviceDevelopementServer", or DDS for short. (I've read somewhere that the PS3 SDK has something similar)
Its actually a simple http-server launched in its own thread alongside the actual engine - and the PC-user simply sents POST commands+data to be processed by the engine.

So this is what it looks like inside Crafter2D:


Now I can simply work on a map, compile it and push it to the device, without any need of USB cables or recompiling.
Or I can use it for spawning enemies around me while I'm playing (or a friend of mine ), the possibilities are nearly endless
This should speed up testing things/tweaking alot!

And a small update on the actual game:


I can now actually open the chest and get some gold

[N64vSNES]

That's hella badass.

[dandymcgee]

Great idea, very innovative.

[Milch]

That's hella badass.

Yeah, thats how I roll

Great idea, very innovative.

Thank you

[eatcomics]

Dayum. I was thinking about doing something similar to that if i got a zune HD... But I never got a zune, my money went elsewhere xD.

[Milch]

Well, it passed quite some time since I last posted in this thread, so I though I might update it.

This has several reasons, the biggest one is called "Warsow" - I joined their devteam to redo the whole UI (shameless plug here ) so most of my coding-time goes there until the UI is finished.

Editor and enginewise I'm currently doing some really big changes (slowly, but steady)
The editor will soon get a complete new main-renderer to support layers (hiding,switching hierarchy,zooming,...).
The engine is currently getting ported over to libgdx - a crossplattform opengl-framework - so I can run it on the pc and use the same code to deploy it on the actual device :D

So, expect some bigger updates soon

[LeonBlade]

This looks awesome, I don't know how I haven't already seen this!
Keep up the great work, can't wait to see more.

[MadPumpkin]

Damn, I love your system. I might have to steal your idea!

[THe Floating Brain]

Looks really good dude.