Guidelines

Due 11.59pm, Sunday, Aug 9th.

Showcase, Monday, Aug 10th.

• You are graded on the completeness, neatness, comments, and visual style of your final assignment
• All assignments are individual
• Submit to WebCT before the deadline

There is no late policy for this course!

If you do not complete the assignment by the deadline, you will receive 0
You "may" be excused pending discussion with your TA

Overview

This is your final project. It will be a game that will demonstrate your ability to use all of the material that you have learned in the course. This game should be incredibly polished

Programming Requirements

• At least 12 custom classes
• At least 4 sub classes
• At least 2 sub sub classes
• At least 1 typed ArrayList
• Loops, Conditionals and PVectors
• Basic shapes, Text, and Fonts
• Images (created by you only, photoshop is fine)

Required Topics

Your game should display usage of the following programming topics

• Inheritance
• Polymorphism via Overridding
• Method Overriding
• Methods with Custom Objects as Parameters
• Objects Declared Within Objects

Additional Requirements

• No redundant code
• Commented code
  • Every variable declaration must be commented: what will it be used for
  • Every method must be commented: what will it do, what are the parameters
  • Every class should include a block comment: what it is and what it does
• Follows a strict naming convention for classes, methods and variables
  • All class names must start with a capital and each word in the name is capitalized
  • All method names begin with lowercase and each subsequent word is capitalized
  • Variables names are the same as method names
  • ALL NAMES should be clear titles representing what it is (english names only please)

Design Requirements

• Start screen
• Game over screen
• HUD for health and score
• Levels (at least 3)
• Keyboard or mouse input
• Physics and random movement

Tips and Tricks

• This is your game, so make sure you design something you like!
• Style counts! Make sure this game is polished and looks great
• Start as soon as possible, you've got lots of Milestones where you will be expected to show your progress