About...
What is Indy Java? It's a multiplatform graphic adventure game system that can run from
a web browser.
It comes with a demo adventure that you can play immediately.
With IndyJava, you can also compile your own adventure games, and have your friends
playing them!
Since I played Indy Last Crusade™ and
Monkey Island™ so many years ago, my
dream was to create such a program. Well, with today's hard and soft, it's not that
difficult.
System requirements
To run it, you can use any machine, running any operating system, as long as it has
some kind of Java 1.1 support. A Java-enabled web browser is enough.
The recommended setup is any workstation with a 24 bit color desktop at 640x480 with
sound, and running a Java 1.2 Runtime Interpreter independently of any browser.
Installation instructions
Download IndyJava and unzip it anywhere in your hardisk.
Load the page INDY.HTM into your favorite browser, and press the button.
That's it!
You should see the Indy window appearing.
Select File/New from the menu bar to play the demo adventure included
with this release.
From then on, you shouldn't need any manual! The interface mimicks the classic graphic
adventure games of the beginning of the 90's
You can press ESC to skip cutscenes, and press "." on the
numeric keypad to skip dialogue lines.
If you have problems, check the Troubleshooting guide.
Going further...
Ok. You played that small java adventure. Now what? Is that all?
No, that was just a demo. You then have to start deciding if you want to write your own
adventure scripts for this engine, and have your friends puzzled for hours! ;-)
Check the Developer's Manual for that. No
Java knowledge required!
On the other hand, if you don't want to do that, you will have to wait until somebody
writes a new adventure for the same game engine.