CHANGELOG

29/02/2024 - Week 5: Basic skeleton [Complete]

• Created new project
• Created mainActivity with provided code
• Created java class with provided code
• Deleted activity_main xml file
• Successfully ran project to see blue screen with score and life counter
• spaceGameView.java became display code
• Added comments to explain barebones code

03/03/2024 - Week 6: Images and directions [Complete]

• Notes:
  • What needs to be included in the spaceShip class
    • Spaceship images for each direction
    • Value required for each direction
      • 1. Left, 2. Right, 3. Up, 4. Down
    • Set a variable to signify current direction
      • Current direction = left; OR
      • Current direction ) 1;
    • Need to know height and width of image
    • Need to know x, y coords of top left of the image
    • Need to know ship speed
      • Relative to other game objs and speed of movement
      • Must be calculated based on the speed the device will render the obj
      • Movement of objects based on device fps
• Added images
• Added getter and setter for bitmap background (faff!)
• Ran app successfully

07/03/2024 - Week 7: Movement [Complete]

• Added skeleton code provided for movement
• Updated directional controls as they were a little off and made movement difficult and buggy
• Fixed an issue wherein the spaceship would get stuck at exactly (0.5x, 0.5y) due to an issue with the movement

16/03/2024 - Week 8: Bullets [Complete]

• Added the skeleton code provided for bullet class
• Found better images for using in the game
  • Added new background
  • Updated friendly spaceship
  • Added images for enemy spaceship and bullet image
  • Also added an image for multiple firings, not sure how to implement this though
    • Should I fire three individual bullets?
    • Or should the ship fire the one bullet with the multiple fire image but with triple damage?