This project is a contribution for the first round of devathlon.eu. The topic is retro game - with no more restrictions.
We decided to create a basic snake game with additional features and choices.
You can either download the latest release or build it yourself.
You can download the latest version here.
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/devathlon-hnl/retro-game.git. - Navigate into
retro-game. - Run
mvn clean build. - Navigate into
game/target.
Just run the jar snake.jar by double-click or java -jar snake-jar.
- retro look
- simple to extend by using Overlay, EngineUpdate and core module
- custom map system
- scary death screen
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| W/Arrow Up | Move up |
| A/Arrow left | Move left |
| S/Arrow down | Move down |
| D/Arrow right | Move right |
| Space | Start and pause the game |
| ESC | Open the settings menu |
The goal is to survive as long as you can!
Can you beat the current high score (Score: 178, Map: Einfach)? :D
You can collect special items by eating them. Every effect takes about 10 seconds before expiring. Pro tip: Be fast because special food items disappear after 15 seconds.
| Color | Effect |
|---|---|
| Bisque | Removes the half of your body |
| Pink | Double coins for few seconds |
| Red | Invincibility against border and yourself |
| Blue | Slowness |
| Aquamarine | Speed |
In addition to that, you can switch between different maps.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Empty | An empty map. Good for beginners. Special food spawns with an default probability. |
| Easy | Also good for beginners and if you want to see special food items. There is a very high spawn chance. |
| Normal | Normal special food spawn probability. However, special food spawns only after you exceed a score of 6 points. |
| Difficult | Very difficult map. Only for pro players. ;) Rare chance seeing a special item. |
This project is a contribution for a devathlon by Devathlon.eu. It's split up into 3 rounds. This one is the first.
The task is to create a retro game - with no more restrictions.
As we are a team of two persons, we split up the project into 2 main modules:
engine and game.
Engine is all about the graphical rendering and interaction with user input.
GameEngine is the interface for the game module to use.
It provides starting and pausing the engine, but also to interact with user input und their decisions (e.g. map selection).
Game uses the engine to implement the logical code base for the game. It holds information like entities and map management.
There is also a third module, core, that allows to use common classes that are used by both modules.
The game can send engine updates, that are processed by the engine.
It follows the Observer pattern with specified update parameters.