This was my second time doing Ludum Dare and it went fairly well. I'm fairly happy with the way my game has turned out, but its pretty lacking in some areas.

Hype is a 2d platforming game where you have to reach a goal on each level. The physics are handled using the Box2D physics engine, so I tried using that to control the motion of the character, which proved interesting. I'm going to claim that the odd controls are a feature, but I guess its just something you have to get used to.

I made the game in Java using the LibGDX platform which is really good. The way UI components are used is a bit odd until you work it out, unfortunately its not really something you just stumble upon. Other than that I can't complain too much.

I was hoping to get the game running online, either using GWT and html5 or jsut using a Java applet but unfortunately neither were possible. A recent(ish) update in Java broke the LWJGL applet code and the libGDX html5 wrappers don't include any Box2D stuff. Sucks.

To run (Windows):
- download the zip file
- extract files
- run the exe

To run (jar):
- download the .jar file
- double click on it
- if that fails, open a command prompt in the folder which contains the .jar file and run the following command

javaw -jar Hyp-runnable.jar

- if that fails make sure you have Java installed and the binaries on your path

Hope you enjoy the game!

Edit(27/08/2013): Added the Windows .exe version of the game