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djog / tank_battalion

Tank Battalion recreation by DJOG Uno's 2020 in processing.
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Publish the game #89

Closed rijkvp closed 3 years ago

rijkvp commented 3 years ago

Depends on all Release milestone issues!

richelbilderbeek commented 3 years ago

I suggest we send an email to Konami before publishing on Itch. I feel that is more polite and can save a lot of potential trouble. I did the same for City of Thieves, where I contacted the publisher. Sure, I volunteer to do so this Thursday :+1:

rijkvp commented 3 years ago

I suggest we send an email to Konami before publishing on Itch. I feel that is more polite and can save a lot of potential trouble. I did the same for City of Thieves, where I contacted the publisher. Sure, I volunteer to do so this Thursday 👍

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richelbilderbeek commented 3 years ago

Sent to Konami at this Contact Form:

Dear Konami,

I would like to inquire about possible problems with copyright.

A team of programmers and I have created a clone of the Konami 1984 game 'Tank Battalion'. It was my favorite game as a kid! We use exactly the same graphics and sound, using an open source license and we fully acknowledge that the game is a clone of a Konami game. We never intend to monetize this game, but we would enjoy to put it on Twitch.

Can we publish the game as such, or will we need to change the graphics and sound?

Thanks for making great games and letting me know if we can proudly publish this tribute to one of my favorite games!

Cheers, Richel Bilderbeek

rijkvp commented 3 years ago

@richelbilderbeek Nice! But note that I changed some sounds (and graphics a bit). And why Twich? Didn't you mean Itch.io?

richelbilderbeek commented 3 years ago

From Konami (literal copy-paste, layout theirs):

Konami Gaming, Inc. Website Contact Form Submission 12 December 2020 15:36 12 KB From: info@konamigaming.com To: [richel]

Hello, Thank you for your inquiry. Your form created on 12/12/2020 has been submitted successfully. Hello, Thank you for your inquiry. Your form created on 12/12/2020 has been submitted successfully.  
Hello, Thank you for your inquiry. Your form created on 12/12/2020 has been submitted successfully.  
A KONAMI customer service representative will review your request.   A KONAMI customer service representative will review your request.  
  A KONAMI customer service representative will review your request.  
   

  US & International Standard Support hours are Monday - Friday 6AM - 6PM US Pacific For 24/7 Urgent Support, please call: 1.866.KGI.SLOT Australia Standard Support hours are Monday - Friday 9AM - 5PM Australian Eastern For 24/7 Urgent Support, please call: 1300.800.844 |   | US & International Standard Support hours are Monday - Friday 6AM - 6PM US Pacific For 24/7 Urgent Support, please call: 1.866.KGI.SLOT | Australia Standard Support hours are Monday - Friday 9AM - 5PM Australian Eastern For 24/7 Urgent Support, please call: 1300.800.844 |     | US & International Standard Support hours are Monday - Friday 6AM - 6PM US Pacific For 24/7 Urgent Support, please call: 1.866.KGI.SLOT | Australia Standard Support hours are Monday - Friday 9AM - 5PM Australian Eastern For 24/7 Urgent Support, please call: 1300.800.844 |     |     Thank you, Konami Gaming, Inc. Customer Service |   | Thank you, Konami Gaming, Inc. Customer Service   | Thank you, Konami Gaming, Inc. Customer Service www.gaming.konami.com | 1.866.KGI.SLOT |   | www.gaming.konami.com | 1.866.KGI.SLOT   | www.gaming.konami.com | 1.866.KGI.SLOT

richelbilderbeek commented 3 years ago

@rijkvp:

And why Twich? Didn't you mean Itch.io?

Yes, I meant itch.io :rainbow:

rijkvp commented 3 years ago

I exported the game. The windows export includes the JRE but on linux you need to have a JRE installed.

Downloads: Windows 64bit Linux 64bit

You have to unzip the archive and run the executable tank_battalion.

@richelbilderbeek, can you check if the build works on Linux?

I will export an updated version if @robkruger finishes #83 .

We can upload it to Itch.io if we get a response email

richelbilderbeek commented 3 years ago

Great job! I just checked on Ubuntu:

richel@N141CU:~/Downloads/Tank-Battalion_Linux64$ ./tank_battalion 
The font "../assets/fonts/RetroGaming.ttf" is missing or inaccessible, make sure the URL is valid or that the file has been added to your sketch and is readable.
Sound library error: unable to find file ../assets/audio/start_music.wav
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at processing.sound.AudioSample.frames(Unknown Source)
    at processing.sound.SoundFile.frames(Unknown Source)
    at processing.sound.AudioSample.playInternal(Unknown Source)
    at processing.sound.AudioSample.play(Unknown Source)
    at processing.sound.SoundFile.play(Unknown Source)
    at tank_battalion$AudioManager.play_sound(tank_battalion.java:101)
    at tank_battalion$MenuState.on_start(tank_battalion.java:1562)
    at tank_battalion$StateManager.<init>(tank_battalion.java:1972)
    at tank_battalion.setup(tank_battalion.java:68)
    at processing.core.PApplet.handleDraw(PApplet.java:2432)
    at processing.awt.PSurfaceAWT$12.callDraw(PSurfaceAWT.java:1547)
    at processing.core.PSurfaceNone$AnimationThread.run(PSurfaceNone.java:313)

Seems like an easy fix to me :+1:

rijkvp commented 3 years ago

😂 I forgot to copy the assets for the Linux build

richelbilderbeek commented 3 years ago

@rijkvp want me to check again?

rijkvp commented 3 years ago

@rijkvp want me to check again?

@richelbilderbeek , yes, I have updated the link in my previous comment.

richelbilderbeek commented 3 years ago

@rijkvp I just checked: it works perfectly!