Karsch the Pig – Episode One: The Lost Babies

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Hi there, I’d like to introduce a game I’ve created with a friend back in 2009 with jMonkeyEngine 2.0. Karsch the Pig is a graphical adventure with puzzle elements.

Main actor of the game is a pig named Karsch. He has to find his babies, which are lost.

Watch the video:
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvNzEyr1t6k[/video]

Links
Start with Java WebStart (currently only Win32 natives included).

Also visit the Google Code project page.

Migration
I will try to migrate the game to JME3 to continue development but it will be a hard job. Issues are:
-All of the models (and animations) are in 3ds format but there is no 3ds importer for JME3
-I used FengGUI for the menu and HUD, it must be replaced by NiftyGUI
-I used particle system, billboard node, mesh merging and many other stuff and have to look for their equivalents in JME3

Maybe you can give me some hints how to migrate. :slight_smile:

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I’ve got a reply for you, because I think your game deserves a little bit more attention. XD

I have watched the video and I really liked what I saw. I think you did a good job.

I currently can’t run your game, because there are no Win64 natives included.

I hope you can migrate it to jME3, because jME3 has a lot of good features.

For the 3ds models, isn’t it an option to export from 3ds to OGRE and then do a binairy convert to j3o ?

Keep up the good work ! XD

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I just love the music. :smiley: Good job!

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It looks nice, you should get a native English speaker to go over the dialogue though.

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Hi hi hi, funny!

I swear someone already did a FengGUI → NiftyGUI migration once already in the past… @sbook was it you? The Tygron guys perhaps? Hmm…

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@Vortex thanks for the reply, I could include the Win64 natives, but don’t want to spend much time on that. It will be migrated to JME3 and the native unpacking will work automatically, I think. (correct me I if I’m wrong)

@destroflyer Many people can’t get that music out of their head. XD

@zarch Yes, youre right. I did all the dialogues by myself and I am a german. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

@erlend_sh The gui migration is merely a small problem. What really drives me crazy is porting the whole GameState/Pass stuff to AppStates.

I guess the game with its low poly comic style would be nice on Android.

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Yeah, the dialogue itself was good but the phrasing was slightly…foreign… it’s understandable but the phrasing is off.

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Hey email notifications are working again :slight_smile:

@erlend_sh said:I swear someone already did a FengGUI -> NiftyGUI migration once already in the past... @sbook was it you? The Tygron guys perhaps? Hmm...

We looked into using Nifty around the end of 2011 but it wasn’t performant with many windows/layers and for the amount of geometry and independent meshes we throw at the system it would’ve brought on some pain. We ended up spending a good deal of time building around the NetBeans Platform, look and feel is of course an issue there though (Substance helped a lot, but defining some of the really granular specifics was an issue).

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@3H

the native unpacking will work automatically, I think. (correct me I if I’m wrong)

You are correct here.

I guess the game with its low poly comic style would be nice on Android.
An Android version of this game would be very nice. XD