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The Mod Itself.

The Steam Discussion.

I’ve been playing Cultist Simulator for a long while, and I wrote up an extension / mod to add an extra bit of fun for interacting with the followers.

This is the launcher for the history of the Java4k games.

It was originally posted to java-gaming.org.

Current version: 1.1

• Win32 Launcher (.exe and jar) with no included JRE (2 MB)
• Win32 Launcher with a bundled 32-bit JRE (37 MB)
• Executable Jar launcher (2 MB)
• Project site
• All the cached files for the games up to the 2013 competition, and a few 2014 entries. (tar bzip file) (5 MB). Uncompress this file directly into the java4k-launcher directory. This is useful if you want to play the games, and the java4k site is down. Note that some of the games were stored on contestants’ personal web sites, and weren’t available when the files were collected.

Hero Band Revolution! 4k

The contest version of the Hero Band Revolution! 4k game.

On!

4k Game contest entry for 2013. Your gun is always on!

With this game, I completed my desires for the re-implementation of classic games into Java 4k – the shooter, the text adventure, and rogue.

(Judges Results, Judges Comments, Community Results, Community Feedback)

Rogue 4k

4k Game contest entry for 2013. It’s, well, a Rogue remake in Java 4k. (Judges Results, Judges Comments, Community Results, Community Feedback)

Mystery Mash

4k Game contest entry for 2012. An exploration into what you can do with Pong. It was the first time I think the judges really “got” what the game was going for.

(Judging Results, Judging Comments, Community Results)

The Forkée Graveyard

Another attempt at a 4k Game contest entry for 2011. This one was a demake of the beautiful game from Tale of Tales, The Graveyard. I ended up not being able to put the amount of content into the game I wanted, so it just half works. It was never actually submitted.

Before Z

Another 4k Game contest entry for 2011. It’s a text adventure that’s supposed to happen before the original Zork. It’s not necessary, but playing the original would help understand some of the humor.

(Judging Results, Judging Comments, Community Results)