Java-Car-Game

Synopsis

This is a 2 player typing game. The "Demo" version has each player using 4 keys while the "Full" version requires the use of all letters.

Motivation

This is a demonstration of a GUI program for presentation purposes. This program uses JavaFX.

How to Play

To play, connect 2 keyboards to the computer. To distinguish between Player 1 and Player 2, make sure the Player 1 keyboard has Caps Lock on. To restart during the game, press the "Esc" button. To restart after game completion, press the space bar.

Code Example

This code snippet is how the program determines what key is pressed and when end-of-game occurs.

keyHandler = new EventHandler<KeyEvent>() {
  @Override
  public void handle(KeyEvent e) {
    // If player hits the a letter key (and for player 1 is capitalized) send
    // to respective player function to determine moving forward or backward
    if(e.getText().equals(e.getText().toUpperCase()) && e.getCode().isLetterKey()) {
      testCar1(e);
    }
    else if (e.getCode().isLetterKey()) { 
      testCar2(e);
    }
				
    // If player 1 triggered end-of-game, display results and new game option
    if (car1.isOver){
      scene.removeEventHandler(KeyEvent.KEY_RELEASED, keyHandler);
      if (car1.didWin) {
        score.setText("Player 1 won! : )");
      }
      else {
        score.setText("Player 1 lost : (");
      }
      restart.setText("Press Space to Start a New Game");
      scene.addEventHandler(KeyEvent.KEY_RELEASED, spaceHandler);
    }
    // If player 2 triggered end-of-game, display results and new game option
    else if (car2.isOver) {
      scene.removeEventHandler(KeyEvent.KEY_RELEASED, keyHandler);
      if (car2.didWin) {
        score.setText("Player 2 won! : )");
      }
      else {
        score.setText("Player 2 lost : (");
      }
      restart.setText("Press Space to Start a New Game");
      scene.addEventHandler(KeyEvent.KEY_RELEASED, spaceHandler);
    }
  }
};