Piano Solo

Introduction

The space between a Z and M key is the exact number of white keys in one piano octave. In other words, you can perfectly fit one octave of a piano into a keyboard. Naturally, I had to make a virtual piano game with one octave; here it is. Imagine Guitar Hero, for piano, but only one octave, and just in general a bit worse: introducing Piano Solo!
The user selects one of 5 songs that range in difficulty from EASY-MEDIUM-HARD. Once the play button is hit, the selected song has it's notes fall from the top of the newly generated screen. The remaining lives are displayed in their own window. If the key falls past a certain range without being hit, a heart disappears. On easy difficulty, the notes travel slowly and you have max lives to start. On medium you have less lives and the notes travel faster, and on hard it is even more so.

The Keys

So each key on the keyboard corresponds to a key on the 'piano'. Here is a little diagram to show-
An actual piano octave:

 |C#|D#|  |F#|G#|A#|
|C||D||E||F||G||A||B|

The equivalent keys on the keyboard:

 |S#|D#|  |G#|H#|J#|
|Z||X||C||V||B||N||M|

Tools Used

• IntelliJ IDEA
• CMDer

Sources

The following are all the websites that I got the base images from- these images were edited to more suit my need before they were used in the game.

1. Note Symbol: http://tom-jaeschke.blogspot.com/2013/10/squircles.html
2. Background Piano Image: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/backdrop-piano-text-black-white-hand-776145223?src=ZgtyonY-1q9QzbniG6KUAQ-1-15
3. Heart Symbol: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/square-heart-icon-1050852785?src=iegn1y_ofENvRbtkFXl82A-1-8
4. Play Button Icon: https://www.clipartmax.com/middle/m2i8b1m2d3d3A0d3_movie-player-play-button-comments-round-play-button-png/
5. Window Music Icon: https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/1165189/music_musical_musical_notation_musical_note_musical_symbol_note_icon

Screenshots

See here for images of Piano Solo.