Javoids is simply a java based asteroids game. Don’t let that fool you though, Javoids is much more than a simple line drawing clone. Javoids features hand drawn images, sounds (some custom made), a unique arsenal to destroy the Javoids, along with some new twists like black holes, mines and power ups, and an Easter Egg.
Javoids was written as a hybrid applet/application so it can be run as a stand alone game you can download, played on a web page or started in Sun's Webstart. There is a configuration file so that you can customize the controls and save them for use another time. A handy menu allows you to set the number of lives for a longer game while another option lets you set the delay if it’s running to quickly or too slowly. There is a handy context menu that includes things like an exit option, and the ability to toggle the sound on and off.
Javoids now features a high score table that contains your top 10 scores. If Javoids asks you to set some properties this is only to allow it to read files and store the high scores.
Here’s a snapshot of a game in progress
The Cast
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 | Enemy ships fly around and shoot things like maniacs. |
 | Mines are attracted to any ship and damage them when contact is made. Some mines act as gravity wells too and draw ships toward them at the same time, but they’re pretty rare. |
 | Power ups give new weapons, repair your ship, it’s shield, give you points, make one of your weapons into a homing or armor piercing weapon, afterburners for increased speed, or bombs to destroy things. |
 | Singularities are points of infinitely dense material. Black holes are vacuums of utter destruction drawing everything within them. They are surrounded by a halo of white light that is released by objects drawn into them. The best way of dealing with these is to use your thrusters and afterburners to stay away from them or to put yourself into an orbit and wait for them to decay. In the mean time, the black hole will grow every time another object (except another black hole) enters it. If you are misfortunate enough to get caught in one you have only a moment to perform a jump to hyperspace escaping certain death. White holes are the theoretical other end of a black hole. White holes project a field of anti-gravity that repells all matter. It is rumored that white holes will occasionally produce Javoids, shrinking in size as time passes reflecting the decrease in mass. |
| There are also minor local gravity field anomalies that very rarely appear causing havoc if they snare your ship in their pull. |
The Plot
Since when did Asteroids need a plot?! Just blow everything up except for yourself!
Sincerely,
Patrick Mallette
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