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. 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 at Java-Gaming.org.
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
- The judges' reviews of the games
- List of games
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