Here is a game that you just have to try. One of the members of the JavaGaming.org community has started a small game development company. His first game, Kumari Kandum, is a puzzle game, very similar to the popular game “Zuma”, that share the same basic play mechanics. The difference? Kumari is written entirely in Java and is in 3D! It blows Zuma away. I am warning you, once you start playing, you won't stop. Check out the screen shots and click the link below to try it out!





Link fixed! Click here to play! (Win, Linux, Mac only)

Comments:

you're right! that IS a fun game :)

Posted by Mark DeLoura on December 12, 2005 at 01:22 PM EST #

Game wouldn't run on my Sun Blade 1500. Why not? I do java development on this box so I know it's on here. Thanks, Helen

Posted by Helen on December 13, 2005 at 05:46 PM EST #

Well...the game is written in Java and uses the Java bindings for OpenGL. So, unless you are running on Linux/Windows/OSX and have a 3D graphics card, it won't run. The price you pay for pretty graphics means having to have a kicking graphics card :)

Posted by Chris Melissinos on December 13, 2005 at 11:21 PM EST #

Wow, thanks for blogging Kumari Chris - Glad you like it :)

This is an alpha version with lots of things still being implemented, but the general gameplay is there. It should be completed or in late beta by March.

Have fun with it

Posted by Vorax aka Darren Pye on December 15, 2005 at 07:39 AM EST #

Chris, Someone has hacked the link for the game. Redirects to www.07030.com Regards, Terry

Posted by Terry Jones on December 18, 2005 at 03:15 PM EST #

I've recently moved my website to a different internet provider so that link is broken once again...sorry Chris. The new provider should be much more stable.


You can find the updated version of Kumari Kandum (v0.5 alpha), and some new screen shots Here (www.voraxgames.com/webstart/kumari.html)


Note: this version requires Java 1.5 and currently only works on Windows and Macintosh (due to a sound issue on Linux).


Enjoy and have a happy New year!


Posted by Vorax aka Darren Pye on December 30, 2005 at 03:11 PM EST #

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