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CodeRuler

A Java-based, real-time competition game based on the Eclipse platform.


Date Posted: June 17, 2004
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Platform requirements

Operating systems: Windows 95 or above; Linux; Macintosh

Hardware:

  • Pentium II-600 or equivalent
  • 256 MB of RAM
  • approximately 10 MB of free disk space
  • temporary space for installation

Software:

Installation instructions

The following is an abbreviated description of how to configure a machine with the game environment. The full documentation can be found in the installation documents within the package. Note: Please ensure that you have installed on your machine a working JRE and a copy of the Eclipse 3.1 (or above) platform.

  1. Download the game zip file.
  2. Unzip the file into the [Eclipse install dir]/eclipse directory, where [Eclipse install dir] is the directory in which Eclipse is installed. This action should create one or more files with names such as [Eclipse install dir]/eclipse/plugins/com.ibm.games*.jar.
  3. Start Eclipse.
  4. Go to File > New > Project....
  5. Select Other > Game Project. Click on Next.
  6. Select CodeInvaders and enter a project name. Click on Finish.
  7. Select Window > Perspective... from the menu.
  8. Select Java from the list and click on OK.

In order to add or remove players and to run a game, double-click on games.xml in the project and use the user interface. For further instructions, please see the full documentation included in the online help under IBM Games.

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