hfykc7/brick

Software Maintenance Coursework

Brick_Destroy

This is a simple arcade video game. Goal of the game is to destroy a wall with a small ball.

How to Play :

Press SPACE : Start / Pause the game
Press Left : Move paddle to Left
Press Right : Move paddle to Right
Press ESC : Enter / Exit pause menu
Press ALT + SHITF + F1 : Open console

The game automatically pause if the frame loses focus

Refactoring

1. Implemented MVC Design Pattern in the game.

• Split classes into Model, View, Controller packages.
• Create mainGame package for main class.

2. Rename classes

• Wall -> GameModel
• GameBoard -> GameView
• GameFrame -> GameController

3. Extract class from GameModel

• The original GameModel class has too many instructions, so i split the code related to crack into a new class
• Extracted crack related code into Crack class.

4. Improve code presentation

• Removed extra lines and blank space
• Comment on all methods for better understanding of the code

5. Build file using Maven

6. JUnit Test on some classes

• CementBrickTest
• ClayBrickTest
• GoldBrickTest
• PlayerTest
• RubberBallTest
• SteelBrickTest

Addition

1. Added ScoreBoard

• ScoreBoard displays the previous scores of user with their names
• Input page will show up when game over, letting user to input their names to save their scores
• Clicking the Scoreboard button on HomeMenu screen will direct you to ScoreBoard page
• Added Back to Main button to return to HomeMenu

2. Added Info page

• Clicking the Info button on HomeMenu screen will direct you to Info page
• Added Back to Main button to return to HomeMenu
• Info displays the command keys to play the game

3. Added additional levels and different Brick type

• More levels available for the player to play
• When level increases, the bricks are harder and will crack before breaking

4. Added Background music and Background image

• To make the game look more interesting and attractive

Documentation

1. README file
2. Included Javadocs

• All javadocs file can be accessed in the JavaDocs folder

3. Class diagram
4. Github commit history
5. Github commit Github project url : https://github.com/hfykc7/Brick