Disclaimer: The code I created was limited to the knowledge from a Java course and the time constraint I had. It doesn't look the best because I'm not familiar with all the fancy methods that could make it easier.

Game Explanation:

• Player can move left and right with the a or d key
• Platforms spawn at random, and the screen moves up after the character jumps onto a higher platform than the one above
• The player dies if they fall off the platform
• Springs give you a small jump boost
• Rockets that give you a big boost
• fake platforms that break

Class Explanations:

GameManager Class

• a general class that manages all the actions in the game
  • Moves all the platforms/items up
  • places spring and rocket randomly
  • checks if the player is touching something to cause a reaction

Random Class

• a method that randomizes the placement of the platforms in the game
• a method that randomizes the placement of springs and rockets

Other Classes (Player, bar, rocket, weakbar, spring)

• All have similar methods of movement when the player jumps on them

Challenges in the Project:

• Registering the player is above/ touching the bar, and moving the screen up when the player touching/above the bar
• had to create methods to check that the player was really on top of the bar and that the screen seemed to move up
• multiple problems of everything not moving up and not being random, so I created a new class and methods that would update the game
• The graphics in the game were a problem (everything was glitchy on the screen)

Relations to EE:

• Debugging and Testing
  • requires a lot of testing for bugs that cause the program to fail
  • ex. screen not showing updates/bars not moving
• Time/Resource Management
  • Under a time constraint, and managed to get the basic idea of the game down
  • managed resources well by using the knowledge I already had from the Java course to create my first creative Java project