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Java 4K Game Programming Contest 105
Year 6 (2008)
Year 6 launched in December 2007 and lasted until March 1, 2008. Notably less games were submitted than in 2006
and 2007 - only 21 in total. Most of the games were 2d, with a total of 3 games using 3D or pseudo-3D graphics.
The competition was hosted on a new website, Java4k.com [9] . Games from previous years can also be found on the
new website. Before the launch of the contest, woogley had announced his withdrawal from arranging contest. The
task of administrating the contest and hosting the site was therefore taken over by Arni Arent (appel) and Joakim
Johnsson (jojoh). Just like previous years, there was also a dedicated forum [10] at JavaGaming.org [11] .
The games were then thoroughly reviewed by five judges; Arni Arent, Joakim Johnsson, Kevin Glass, Matt Hicks
and Chris Melissinos. They reviewed each game in three categories; Overall, Technical and Presentation. The results
were announced on March 28, 2008.
The top three games in each category are listed below.
Overall Score
1. Spiderball4k by Måns Olson
2. Pinball 4K by Tom-Robert Bryntesen
3. t4nks by Markus Persson
Technical Score
1. Z4rch by Simon
2. Mini Golf by Tim Foden
3. 'Pinball 4K by Tom-Robert Bryntesen
Presentation Score
1. t4nks by Markus Persson
2. Spiderball4k by Måns Olson
3. war4k by Michael Bliem
• The results of the competition [12]
• The judges' reviews of the games [13]
• List of games [14]
External links
• Web Archive of the Original Thread [15] - Actual thread was deleted by Sun during a regular system purge
• Incomplete list of first year entries [16] - Saved by Archive.org
• Year 2 Thread [17] - On Sun's Java Forums
• Java Unlimited [18] - The repository for submitted games since 2005.
• 4K Game Design Tricks [19] - A Wiki article to assist new entrants.
• 4K Tips and Sources [20] - A set of tips, tutorials and game source codes for 4K Java participants
• JavaGaming.org Contest Forums [21] - Each year (starting with year 3) has its own sub-forum.
• Why are 4K Games so much fun to write and Play? [22]
• Should there be Java game competitions without size limits? [23]