This is a simple game that was made for my CSC 130 class. I was given a basic Java Gaming API that was created by my Professor, Michael Phillips. In the class we went through checkpoints until we have our final project finished which is a single room game.
Algorithms
The project must DO the following (behavior, algorithms):
Be a single screen “game” level (no scrolling)
Have a character that moves in all four(4) directions (up, down, left, right)
Character must have animation equal to that in Checkpoint #3 for EACH direction!
The edges of the screen must be wall images that visually contain the “room”
Room must have a "ground" image (an image under the character's feet). No solid black!
These images must have bounding box collision detection to prevent the player from walking through them
There must be at least two (2) items inside of the “level” that can be examined when nearby and facing the object. Examining is done by looking at the item nearby and pressing the space bar
The program must display a description of the item examined when a user inspects it
The program must be free of errors, crashes, or warnings for credit
Data Structures
The project must fulfill the minimum Data Structure requirements:
Use at least one of the following Java Collections: ArrayList, Stack, or Queue for image data
Create a custom data type for the bounding box collision object (single bounding box with behavior)
Have a container that holds a collection of bounding boxes neatly
Checkpoint 1 was simple where I had to move a sprite that was given to me along with text from one corner of the screen to another. I also had to change the color and words in the text.
In Checkpoint 2, I had to create a Vector2D class which held coordinates. This class would be used to move the sprite across the screen by transferring each Vector2D object from one queue (vecs1) to another (vecs2). After all the frames are transferred and the sprite went across the screen, the frames would go back to the first queue and start again. In this checkpoint I had to use Queue's, the Stopwatch from the Gaming API to move the sprite across the screen.
In this checkpoint I had to move the sprite across the screen like the last checkpoint but with the walking animation. This means I had to loop the sprites walking animation until he got to the other side of the screen.
In this checkpoint I added dialogue lines from a txt to a hashmap. Then I iterated through the hashmap to put the dialogue on the screen one by one in a loop
In Checkpoint 5, I made a key processor class that identified which key was being pressed from 'w', 'a', 's', 'd', and 'spacebar'. It would also clear the key being pressed after it was released.
The final game includes a stick figure sprite that can walk around his room. There are bounding boxes around the objects in his room so he cannot run through them and there are bounding boxes on the walls so he cannot run off screen. The stick figure can interact with the two objects in the room by pressing spacebar when he is near them and facing them.