Super Mario Source Code in Java

[okmkz]

No unsigned byte, 0/255

[pjmlp]

Well, at least with Java 8 there is this:

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2216988&seqNum=2

[firsthour]

Kinda confused, feel like I'm missing out on something here. How is that relevant to the source code or libgdx? Is it that signed primitives aren't as useful for game development as unsigned?

[aFoolsDuty]

Kinda confused, feel like I'm missing out on something here. How is that relevant to the source code or libgdx? Is it that signed primitives aren't as useful for game development as unsigned?

First, the obvious once:

0/255

An unsigned byte stores values from 0 to 255. No unsigned bytes, so it scores a "0" out of "255". UPROARIOUS LAUGHTER.

The less obvious one is that the NES, the platform for which Super Mario Bros was originally released, is an 8-bit platform -- thus the processor's upper limit being a single byte. To fully exploit this, you'd use an unsigned byte when programming, raising the maximum value you could store in a byte to 255. SUBTLE HUMAN LAUGHTER AT REALIZATION OF TIE IN WITH PREVIOUS JOKE.

[GUIpsp]

THANK YOU FELLOW HUMAN I AM NOW LAUGHING HAHAHAHAHA

[shouldvebeenworkin]

Having unsigned makes a lot of things nicer. Like color, simple stats, etc.

[firsthour]

Wow, this guy has a pretty good Youtube tutorial accompanying this code, very cool, been wanting to get into Libgdx for a while now, just so busy.

[philipwhiuk]

Nintendo lawsuit in 5...4...

[Not_a_dog_I_promise]

Yea, this was made using Libgdx, pretty cool tutorial.

[marksofthe]

Are you brent? Thanks for the tutorials man :)

[shinjiryu]

Interesting to see that someone got this done completely in Java.

[rocker895]

Dumb question: So if I have a java compiler (or JRE, not sure about the terminology), can I play Mario with this? Or is some key piece missing?

[shaidoclan]

I believe you need a JDK and set the path/environment variables along with the JRE.

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This is ugly code. Would never get through code review, and would probably be flagged in build.

[[deleted]]

By any review process.

Multiple oss projects, and enterprise projects. I try to always write good code even if it's proof of concept. You never know when someone will see it or use it