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A Snake game, originally by Sam Dowell, and edited by Samuel Min Eric Huang. edited by Vincente Lara 02/28/2014
The game is dependent on two things. First dependent it that the game is built using java, make sure to have Java Development Kit 1.7 downloaded.
The second dependency is apache ant. Apache ant is use to compile and run the code.
Both are free to download. Once you have java and ant installed you can use the following command to run the game.
ant run
your should execute this command where the build.xml file is located which should be the project root directory.
The game features two different modes. One player mode and two player mode. As well as two different levels. Normal mode: No obstacles or walls Puddle mode: Puddles that sometimes hide the fruit Walls mode: If you hit the wall you respawn
Single Player mode: In single player mode, your goal is to see how long of a snake you can make without running into your tail. In order for your snake to grow, you must eat the red fruit the randomly appears on the map. You control the snake with the arrow keys. There is no time limit.
Two Player mode: In two player mode, there are two snakes. One snake controlled with the WASD keys. The other snake is controlled by the arrow keys. The goal of two player mode is to see which player is biggest before the 50 fruit are all gone. If the heads of the two snakes collide both snakes revert to the original size. If one snake collides with the other. The collider is reverted back to original size. Whoever is the biggest in the end is the winner.
The game also has, by default, fruits that give you different powerups. Green Fruit (Speed Fruit): doubles the speed of your snake Purple Fruit (Width Fruit): doubles the width of you snake Black Fruit (Ghost Fruit): allows you to pass through your snake and othe snakes (and the wall in Walls Mode)
1,what the code does: In this legacy code, the Jframe, game object and the controller are all in only one class. The snake is formed by an arraylist of the game object. When you eat a fruit, there will be an additional object in the arraylist. When you chang the direction, the next object in the arraylist will be created in different x coordinate or y coordinate (according to the direction key you press).
2,what the feature could add: For now, the death of the snake only happens when its head meets its body. You can make the wall to be untouchable part in the game. Also, you can add more modes in the game like make some monsters moving in the game.
3,what bugs exist: The ingame bar may cover some game space.You can change it to fit the windows.
4,What refactoring opportunities: You can use MVC design pattern to creat other two files to place game object and the input helper(controller). For now, all the methods and classes are in just one snake frame.
1: What the code does: In this legacy code, the Jframe, game object, and the controller are in different classes. The snake is and arraylist of game objects, and when you intersect with a fruit, an object is added to that arraylist. On a key press of an arrow (WASD for player 2), the snake object is updated in that direction by moving the last object in the arraylist to the front in the direction you pressed (fixed bug where you can turn on itself). Different colored fruit spawns that give you different powerups (defined above).
2: What features could you add: Instead of just having a continuous game board, maybe having a discrete (i.e. a grid) board would make it akin to the original snake game. Perhaps, add more game modes and powerups.
3: What bugs exist: In the walls gamemode, the wall collision is not consistent on all sides (especially the top). In two player mode, when either snake eats a Speed Fruit or a Width Fruit, it makes both snakes faster or bigger, respectively. There's no easy way of individually updating the snakes speed or size.
4: What opportunites exist for refactoring: Refactoring the menu into multiple action listeners for mouse clicks instead of relying on different keystrokes is a huge opportunity. Refactoring the game board into a discrete grid would make the game seem more legitimate. Also, refactor the snake object so that you can update speed and size individually.
1: What the code does: In this legacy code, the SnakeFrame(Jframe), game object, fruit, tail, snake, and collision detector are in different java files. The snake is an arraylist of game objetcs, which are squares of different colors. When a snkae intersect with a fruit, a square(object) is added to the arraylist corresponding to the snake. The whole game is based on a grid(discrete), and the wall is untouchable, which means the game is over when the snakes hit the walls. Another game mode, Reversed is added. The directions the player intend to do is reversed; when player presses UP, snake goes down, etc.
2: What features could you add: Some sound effects can be added to this game. For example, when a snake eats a fruit, a 'ding' is played. Also, a background picture can be added to the menu. (We spent 20 hours on this issue but couldn't figure it out)
3: What bugs exist: When a snake eats a SpeedFruit, the game continues to be in high speed. In one-player mode, the snake always respawn in the same position when the game restarts.
4: What opportunites exist for refactoring: The SnakeFrame class sound be refactored in to multiple componenets. The GUI, game controls, graphics, checking for snake collision, are all opportunities to be in separate files.