Pac-Man game, starting with code from http://zetcode.com/tutorials/javagamestutorial/pacman/, and improving. Ghosts currently randomly move around the board. Once the player has lost all the lives, the leaderboard will be shown and the player can enter his/her name. The leaderboard will display the top three high scores of all time and for that player.
(ianvernon) Pac-Man game, starting with code from http://zetcode.com/tutorials/javagamestutorial/pacman/, and improving.
W14 | bkiefer13 4pm | katfom, dmhartsook
W15 | mliou 4pm | 2yangk23, jinzhu1993
W16 | hannavigil 5pm | ryantse, beserchris
Documentation
- PacMan.java contains the
mainfunction and is the JFrame that displays the game. - Game controls are documented in the help menu of the game.
- Most of the basic game functionality (start game, end game, collision detection, etc.) is in Board.java, which is the main JPanel where the game is displayed.
- The layout of game levels are stored in serialized GridData files located in
/assets/levels/. - Levels are editable by running the PacMan level editor that can be invoked with
ant run-editor.
How to Run
- For normal running (serialized file saved as "pacmanLeaderboard.ser"):
ant run. - To set the serialized file, use command line arguments:
ant run-args -Darg0=filename.
W16 Final Remarks
As of W16, there is now a level editor for the game. There is still work to do to allow loading of new levels outside of the five levels contained in /assets/levels. Also, the ghosts still need additional work for movement. Additionally, a substantial rewrite could be undertaken to provide better support for player movement.