2D strategy game or 2D war game

[led1433]

hello folks,
this is my first message in this community, i know, but i would like to have some ideas about this subject. I will be graduating in next year, february and i am planning to take a 2 term graduation project on java. What i am thinking for this is a 2D strategy game or 2D war game. Since I will have this project by myself only, i am anxious about the completion process of this project.
I don't want to do some JDBC job or simple client-server thing, but i want to deal with those graphical things.

So if there are any ideas or sources for me, i will be glad if you share.

Thanks to all,
led1433

[CJSLMAN]

It's great that you know where you want to go... before I go on I have a question:

• Do you know the basics of Java?

Now a couple of comments:

• Gaming sw is pretty complex (I'm assuming that 2D is a little easier) and involves a lot of programming knowledge and algorithms.
• The way the economy is, just be aware that you might not land in the gaming industry from the begining.

Not trying to be pesamistic... just realistic :-)

Luck and go for it,
CJSL

[led1433]

First of all, thank you for your reply.

I am programming with JAVA since two years. I haven't done any project on game programming, just some parts of a simple mobile game. Since I have one year from now, I think i can do some good work with JAVA.

after those things are known, i hope you may be some more expressive in terms of this subject.

Thanks.

[CJSLMAN]

i hope you may be some more expressive in terms of this subject

hhhmmm... not sure how that was meant (I'll take it kindly). My suggestion would to start to purchase a good Java 2D book and start with the following link:
Trail: 2D Graphics (The Java™ Tutorials)
I'll confess that I'm not into java graphics... but I'm sure that you'll find plenty of help on this forum. If I can help in any other way, I'll try.

Luck,
CJSL

[led1433]

the thing i meant there was actually trying to ask you if you could give me some more information about this subject. I hope i haven't misunderstood.

thank you for any comments or replies.

regards,led1433

[toadaly]

I would go with a strategy game for sure if it's going to be 2D. It's much simpler than a war game, and war games are expected to be 3D. Games like sudoku, mastermind, pente, othelo, would not be too hard to program.