Runeguard

Developers: Jaecuber Date: [April, 2026] Course: AP Computer Science A

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🎮 Game Description

Rouguelite

🕹️ Controls

• [W, A, S, D] Move the player.
• [Spacebar] : Dash
• [No Keybind]: Pause the game.
• [No Keybind]: Quit.

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🧠 AP CSA Developer Notes

This section shows how we aligned to the AP CSA standards.

• Encapsulation & Architecture: All classes use private instance variables with public getters and setters. We created a class hierarchy where [Subclass 1], [Subclass 2], and [Subclass 3] all extend our base GameObject class.
• Polymorphism: In our main render() loop, we call the .move() and .draw() methods on a list of GameObject references, but the specific overridden methods in our subclasses execute at runtime.
• ArrayList Traversal: We manage our game entities using an ArrayList<GameObject>. We successfully implemented a backwards traversal loop in the [Insert Method Name] method to safely remove objects without causing an IndexOutOfBoundsException.
• Standard Arrays & Sorting: We used a standard 1D array to manage [Insert Mechanic, e.g., the top 5 high scores]. We used [Selection Sort / Insertion Sort] to order these scores before displaying them on the Game Over screen.
• File I/O & String Parsing: Our game saves data persistently to [filename.txt]. When the game loads, it reads the file using a Scanner and uses String methods like [substring() / indexOf()] to parse the saved names and scores.

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🛠️ How to Run Locally

If you want to pull this repository and play the game yourself, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository: git clone [Insert your GitHub Repo URL here]
2. Open the project in your IDE (VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, or Eclipse).
3. Run the Desktop Launcher: Navigate to src/Launcher.java and run the main method.