Metropolis

GeZe · 04-17-2008, 10:59 PM

Hi,

for the past 3 weeks, me and my friend have been working on our IT project for school. The task was to make a game in Java similar to a Commodore 64 game. We decided to make a version of the original Sim City, calling it "Metropolis"

Anyways, we finished, and got 100% on the project.

You can download the .jar here (it's 706kb)
Metropolis.jar

You can just download it, then doable click on it to run it, or you can choose "Open with: Java(TM) Platform SE Binary" to run it directly.

To start a city, place a road next to the edge of the map, then add a powerplant and firestation. Then add industry. Pay attention to the demand for the different zones on the left hand side column. For more detailed instructions just go to "Help -> Staring Off..."

You can control the speed from the speed menu.

Known bugs:
- Your city name needs to be exactly 8 characters. Shorter it won't appear, longer it will cut off at 8 characters. This was actually fixed... but my friend forgot to put the newest version when making the jar.
- Industry zones won't contract. Again, fixed but he didn't use newest code...

georgehu2007 · 04-17-2008, 11:37 PM

well, I tried to open it but the program terminated itself because "could not find the main class." what additional programs do i need to run this?

GeZe · 04-18-2008, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by georgehu2007

well, I tried to open it but the program terminated itself because "could not find the main class." what additional programs do i need to run this?

Really? Works fine for me on multiple computers. You probably don't have the latest version of Java.

Get it here:
Download Free Java Software - Sun Microsystems

GeZe · 04-18-2008, 01:46 PM

Did it work for anyone?

Raniak · 04-18-2008, 02:07 PM

It works here. It's quite nice.

Edit: I feel kinda bad for destroying the whole forest and the whole lake to make room for more buildings...

Outlawz7 · 04-19-2008, 03:20 AM

Also played here, might be a good idea to expand the world size a bit and resize the PD/FD buildings to one square rather than 4, and change the building blocks to actual buildings ie. residental=small houses, commercial=shops/office, industrial=factory with 3 smokestacks
Other that that I enjoyed playing it

04-17-2008, 10:59 PM	#1
GeZe PR Artwork Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,419 Canada Location: Victoria, BC Blog Entries: 2	Metropolis Hi, for the past 3 weeks, me and my friend have been working on our IT project for school. The task was to make a game in Java similar to a Commodore 64 game. We decided to make a version of the original Sim City, calling it "Metropolis" Anyways, we finished, and got 100% on the project. You can download the .jar here (it's 706kb) Metropolis.jar You can just download it, then doable click on it to run it, or you can choose "Open with: Java(TM) Platform SE Binary" to run it directly. To start a city, place a road next to the edge of the map, then add a powerplant and firestation. Then add industry. Pay attention to the demand for the different zones on the left hand side column. For more detailed instructions just go to "Help -> Staring Off..." You can control the speed from the speed menu. Known bugs: - Your city name needs to be exactly 8 characters. Shorter it won't appear, longer it will cut off at 8 characters. This was actually fixed... but my friend forgot to put the newest version when making the jar. - Industry zones won't contract. Again, fixed but he didn't use newest code...
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georgehu2007 Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,587 United States of America Location: Philadelphia	well, I tried to open it but the program terminated itself because "could not find the main class." what additional programs do i need to run this?
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GeZe PR Artwork Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,419 Canada Location: Victoria, BC Blog Entries: 2	Did it work for anyone?
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Raniak Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 933 Location: Quebec, Canada	It works here. It's quite nice. Edit: I feel kinda bad for destroying the whole forest and the whole lake to make room for more buildings...
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04-19-2008, 03:20 AM	#6
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