The JRoach Desktop Project

Purpose

Fun. This project is complete nonsense. It is just about watching a bunch of cockroaches run around on the desktop.
They interact with one another and do funny things. Since they generally stay below active windows, they do not really disturb the user.

Idea

The idea was born as the author was looking for a Linux-Version of the old xroach (Sun) program. Since he did not find a satisfactory version for Ubuntu, jroach was born.
Please note that we are not stating, that there is no xroach for Linux. We are stating that the author of jroach did not find any that he found satisfactory. This probably means that he did not search well or that he was too stupid to get existing versions up and running.
JRoach is not a re-implementation of xroach, though. The general idea is the same (cockroaches on the desktop) but jRoaches have much richer and more individual lives than xroaches ever had.

Contact/Feedback

If you want to report bugs or if you have Feedback, please contact webmaster@jroach.de

Download

Attention: This Program requires JRE 1.6u10 or higher!
Download zipped jar file here (Updated 23-aug-2011, V 0.99.9)

New Features (v0.99.9)

RoachWar!

Version 0.99 contains the first version of RoachWar! You can take control of a roach and flame or flatten other roaches.
Patch 0.99.1:
Greatly improved RoachIntelligence. Evil Roaches will now pursue their killer or anybody who comes near them. Patch 0.99.2:
High score and Level. And a new effect that protects a roach from being flamed!

Interaction

Patch 0.99.5:
Improved interaction. Includes huddle and revenge.

Movement

Patch 0.99.7:
Improved movement (more natural turn).

New JVM

Patch 0.99.9:
Support for Oracle JSE 1.7!

Features Backlog

About ADWSoft

ADWSoft is a virtual company consisting of one person who likes to do insane and useless things in his past time - just for the fun of it. ADW is a honorific title awarded to this person by his colleagues for his hard work and dedication to his job.

Legal (Impressum)

Responsibility for this site lies with:
Siegfried Polysius
Mittenwalder Str. 261
82194 Gröbenzell
webmaster@jroach.de