Project 1

Due April 2, 2009

You are to implement the game "breakout" otherwise knows as "brick". You should have a keyboard-controlled or mouse-controlled paddle, a ball, walls, and rows of bricks. The number of rows of bricks depends on the level. In level 1 there are two rows of 8 bricks per row. In level 2 there are three rows, and in level N there are N-1 rows. The ball should move faster with each level. If you miss once the game is over and your score is the number of bricks removed. The goal is to get the highest score possible.

Check out the following example game: EXAMPLE

You should use the StdDraw Library from the book website to make this much easier.

You are free to add embellishments such as the bricks are faces, the bricks move down as in space invaders, the bricks randomly shoot down and if the paddle hits the "bullet" the player loses.

Suggestions/Hints:

• Create three classes: Brick, Paddle, Ball
• Create a 4th class called Driver that holds the code for the game creates/uses Brick, Paddle, and Ball objects.
• Create a UML class Diagram including the methods you need for each class BEFORE you start coding.
• Using paper for the objects, mimic the game-play to exercise the methods. Refine your UML class diagram as needed.
• Develop each class separately and test it. For example make the ball bounce around. Make the paddle move back and forth. Then make the ball bounce off the paddle, and so on.

What to email the TA

• A neat UML Class diagram (in pdf or jpg/gif) fully listing each Method (other than get/set methods). This can be done in word or neatly drawn by hand and scanned in.
• Your working code for the TA to test and grade.