Java Untersee

Java Untersee is a submarine simulation game written in Java using the Swing toolkit with a custom game engine. Download the latest release here and check the Wiki for instructions on how to play.

Planned and possible features

• Orders to your submarine given by a command line
• Ship visibility and detection based on target solution
• Enemy and civilian AI
• Views for strategy map and periscope
• "Realistic" torpedo stores and loading times
• Plotting on map
• Panning and zooming map

Used assets

Asset: Sea Warfare set, ships and more
Author: Lowder2 at opengameart.org
License: Free use license

Asset: The Battle for Wesnoth water animation
Author: Zabin and zookeper at opengameart.org
License: Free use license

Asset: Joystix Monospace
Author: Typodermic Fonts
Licenses:
The Fontspring Desktop Font EULA Version 1.7.0 - February 26, 2017 (link)
and
The Fontspring Application Font EULA Version 1.7.2 - May 14, 2018 (link) (with permission from the author)

Asset: USS Columbus (SSN 762) performing an emergency ballast blow
Author: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class David C. Duncan
License: Public domain

Changelog

v0.2

• Reached v0.2!

v0.1.5

• Created a torpedo sprite based on the submarine sprite
• Tweaked gitignore

v0.1.4

• More refactoring
• Project now resembles MVC architecture a lot more
• Implemented command history

v0.1.3

• Replaced some loops with stream pipelines
• Minor refactoring

v0.1.2

• Ingame text now loads from a property file
• Created Configuration class to load and read file
• Created Verbose class and modified Order to use new property file
• Migrated game console log to this system

v0.1.1

• Major refactoring across whole project
• Parser is now a static class
• Added GNU GPLv3 License

v0.1

• Reached v0.1!

v0.0.12

• Submarine can now launch torpedoes
• Added intro screen with fading in and out animation

v0.0.11

• Added more ships to starting scenario
• Added targeting command
• Information of targeted ship now appears on side panel
• Started weapon and projectile structure
• Added Sonar class for the submarine

v0.0.10

• Added camera panning, now you can choose between following the sub or free roaming
• Smoothed zooming
• When zooming out the map changes background into a "strategy" view
• Transition between close zoom and far zoom, dynamic change of vessel display mode
• Added a grid to the strategy map
• Added some transparent images for beautiness, both to map screen and side panel

v0.0.9

• Added antialiasing
• Started work on the data screen
• Vessels can now dive!
• Submarine sprite changes to a bluer color the deeper it is
• Added depth related commands

v0.0.8

• Various bugfixes and a few changes to crew messages

v0.0.7

• Added side panel with data and command sections
• Commands are now given through the game's command license
• Crew messages now appear in game loading
• Map is now zoomable by scroll wheel

v0.0.6

• Perfected ship turning dynamics
• Added camera class, all vessels are displayed in the map relative to it. Can free roam or follow the player submarine
• Added scenario class for game object creation and handling
• Added classes for each kind of ship

v0.0.5

• Map zoom now uses floating point variable
• All sprites scale accordingly when zooming the map
• Vessel speeds are now more realistic
• Better control of sleep time in between frames
• Player gets notified after certain events (e.g. reached intended speed)

v0.0.4

• Added wavy sea background
• Added image assets
• Map is now zommable

v0.0.3

• Parametrized orders for safety in interactions between parser and interpreter

v0.0.2

• Added a Parser for commands interpreted by the Executive Officer

v0.0.1

• A working prototype!