Are there any top down view sources available for SLICK/LWJGL?

Question

I've been working with java for a few months now with my girlfriend and we're moving along at an expected rate. I understand the concepts of OOP, we've built many pseudo code starter games from tutorials, moving characters, shooting, collision detection..

Now comes the part where I've been reading into threads, lowering lag, flicker, networking, deployment options and I'm getting frustrated. If possible, I'd like to learn from an example. A full source with a simple game. Here are the requirements I'm looking for:

• Top down view
• WASD movement, fluid and not tile to tile, 8 directions or full 360
• mouse controlled aiming, click to "shoot".
• 1 or more mobs
• 1 player with some type of health, score or life system.

The reason I'm looking for this is because I'm very visual and I'm having a hard time taking a step back to see the larger picture. IE: the framework/skeleton? If someone could help with any tutorials, resources or code samples, that would be wonderful!!

Thanks

Answer 1

A few years back Morre made a game for Ludum Dare, it meets most of the requirements you asked for. It can be found here:

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/08/30/cavernous-shooter-is-done/

I haven't looked at the source code, so I don't know if it's good to follow that structure. However the game play is pretty good and the game is complete (graphics, sound, etc.)

If you find it useful you should contact Morre and thank them.

Edit

Well I had a chance to look through the source code. It's not a code structure I would emulate (for example, the update function is about 550 lines of code, yikes). This is understandable however, since it was created for a competition. I know when I did LD, I didn't worry too much about good looking code. I think you'll still be able to learn some things from it, but it'll be more difficult than a tutorial.