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Alien-Factory

Alien-Factory apologies for the prolonged downtime of this website in 2007 and any inconvenience it may have incurred.

It was due to circumstances beyond reasonable control and includes, but not limited to, being stuck in the jungles of South America for the greater part of the year. No, really! You can read all about it in this BlogSpot.

 

JavaMappy

JavaMappy

This 2D tile map viewer can render maps, designed with Mappy, on J2SE, applets and J2ME platforms.

StrutsGUI

StrutsGUI

A plug-in for Microsoft Visio that lets you create and manage visual models of struts-config.xml files.

Gundam

Gundam

Making the most of JavaMappy, this is the worlds first full screen, horizontal scrolling 2D shoot'em up written in pure Java!

Equinox

Equinox

A collection of games, demos and intros written by the Equinox demo group for the Commodore Amiga.

 

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Blogspot v1.0.0Blogspot v1.0.0::An updated account of "Slimer's Adventures in South America" has been ported over to Alien-Factory for your reading pleasure. I even plan to finish the 6 month story too!
March 01, 2008
JavaMappy v2.2.6JavaMappy v2.2.6::A minor update for J2ME users and JavaMappy is now featured in Project Alpha by SECTOR91.
February 29, 2008
The Website ReturnsThe Website Returns::After hacking our way out of South American jungles to return to civilisation, the website has been re-written to use the latest Tapestry 5 framework.
December 12, 2007
JavaMappy v2.2.4JavaMappy v2.2.4::JavaMappy goes isometric! Full support for Mappy Isometric Rising Pillar Mode now added.
February 12, 2006
JavaMappy v2.2.2JavaMappy v2.2.2::This release features a host of new collision detection methods and is now distributed under a software licence.
December 06, 2005
JavaMappy v2.2.0JavaMappy v2.2.0::This release has been driven by J2ME optimisation. The new MIDP Renderer is faster, uses less memory and is even 'obfuscator' friendly!
September 22, 2005
Gundam v1.0.6Gundam v1.0.6::Updated Gundam to use JavaMappy v2.1.8 and fixed a batch file bug.
August 11, 2005
JavaMappy v2.1.8JavaMappy v2.1.8::Refactored the examples, including a "ready to deploy" J2ME .jar file and fixed some Anim Block loading bugs.
August 5, 2005
JavaMappy v2.1.6JavaMappy v2.1.6::API updates, a few bug fixes and a plethora of new helper methods. JavaMappy is even easier to use than before!
May 25, 2005
Equinox SectionEquinox Section::The Equinox Demo section now has more screenshots than you can shake a stick at! Go take a peek!
May 17, 2005
Gundam v1.0.4Gundam v1.0.4::It works! It works! It now works with Java2 1.4.2 and 1.5.x! Phew - that's an overdue bugfix if I ever saw one!
May 16, 2005