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4CCSAPPA Programming Practice and Applications

Coursework 4: JavaFX Game Development

Your assignment is to build a game, from scratch, using vector graphics. You
will have to use everything you have learned about GUI development and OOP
to complete this assignment. The key to a successful game will depend on the
amount of planning you have put into your game & software design. That is,
before a single line of code is written, your team should know exactly which
classes (and methods) are needed.
This assignment is a group project. You must work in groups of 3 or 4. If you
haven’t done so already, register your group on KEATS as soon as
possible.

1 Introduction
Games have long served as a benchmark for evaluating artificial intelligence
(AI) techniques. From classic board games like chess and Go to modern video
games such as StarCraft II and Dota 2, researchers and developers have used
these environments to test decision-making processes, cooperative behaviour,
and learning models. By creating a structured environment with clear rules,
challenges, and feedback mechanisms, games provide an excellent framework
for implementing and assessing artificial intelligence.

For this assignment, you will develop a game of your choosing using vector
graphics. Vector graphics are a form of computer graphics in which images are
created directly from geometric shapes, e.g., points, lines, curves and polygons,
drawn on a Cartesian plane. An example is shown in Figure 1. You will also
have the option of using JavaFX Animation package. Thus, you will not need
any game assets (sprites, art work etc.) Everything will be drawn either using
the Animation package and/or the Canvas GraphicsContext object. While this
assignment will not focus on implementing any AI, the game could serve as the
foundation for research in AI.

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Figure 1: An example of a game that uses vector graphics. Notice the landscape
is drawn using lines, even the planet in the sky is made of a series of lines.

Figure 2 shows some games you could use as inspiration given you are working
with JavaFX and only have a few weeks. Of course you don’t have to recreate
the exact game; you can create a game with similar elements or plot.

2 Requirements (80 points)


2.1 General Requirements (40 points)
Your game must have the following

• Menu Bar. The menu bar should have ‘File’ and ‘Help’. The ‘File’ menu
item should have a ‘Quit’ option for ending the game. The ‘Help’ menu
item should have an ‘About’ option which displays a pop-up showing the
game’s title and authors.
• Score. The game must track and display the player’s score. The score
should update dynamically based on game events (e.g., collecting items,
defeating enemies, completing levels).
• Animation. The game must include at least one animated element. You
may use: the JavaFX Animation package (e.g., FadeTransition, Translate-
Transition) and/or custom animations drawn using the GraphicsContext
object within a Canvas.

• Interactivity. The game should respond to user input (e.g., keyboard or


mouse events). User input should influence the game state (e.g., move-
ment, score changes, triggering animations).
• Application Design. The game should demonstrate an understanding
of the fundamental of OOP: encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism,
and abstraction.

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2.2 Game Quality (40 points)
• Clear Objective. The game should have a well-defined goal or purpose.
• Intuitive Controls. Players should easily understand how to interact
with the game, e.g., players use the mouse, wasd keys, space-bar or arrow
keys to play.
• Stable Frame Rate. The game should run smoothly with minimal lag,
i.e., avoid resource hungry code/design that causes performance issues.
• Professionalism. The game should feel complete, not rushed or unfin-
ished.

Figure 2: Here are a few games you could emulate using JavaFX: Space Invaders
(Atari), Tetris, 2048, Snake, Flappy Bird, and Breakout (Atari)

2.3 Report (10 points)


Write a short report (no more than four pages long), containing the following:

• The names and student numbers of all students who worked on the sub-
mission
• A brief description of your game, game rules and mechanics
• At least two screenshots demonstrating gameplay and UI elements

• Description of any known issues or areas for future improvements

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3 Submission (10 points)
• You’ll submit a zip file containing the following

1. A Jar file of your BlueJ project. —You can create a Jar from within
BlueJ by going to Project, and then “Create Jar File...”. You do
not need to change any of the default options, and so you should
just click the “Continue” button. The Jar file must contain your
source code, i.e., the *.java files, and it must run on BlueJ.
2. All of your Java files (*.java)
3. Report (as a PDF)

• Your assignment will be penalised if you are missing any files or


included files that were not asked for in the task sheet.
• Click the submission link to submit your work. Follow all instructions in
the ‘Student Submission Guide’. If you have any trouble submitting your
work, email Jeffery Raphael as soon as possible. Do not wait until the last
hour to attempt your first submission.

4 Deadline & Late Submissions


You must submit your assignment on Gradescope via KEATS by Fri., Mar.
28th 16:00 (4pm).

All coursework must be submitted on time. If you submit coursework late


and have not applied for an extension or have not had a mitigating circumstances
claim upheld, you will have an automatic penalty applied. If you submit late,
but within 24 hours of the stated deadline, the work will be marked, and 10
raw marks will be deducted. If this deduction brings your mark below the pass
mark (40%), your mark will be capped at the pass mark. All work submitted
more than 24 hours late will receive a zero.

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