COMPSYS 302 Group 20

Welcome to Hamish and Roman's git repo for their COMPSYS 302 Java project.

This is an offline Java game based on the 1980s Atari Warlords game.

Build instructions

• Check that the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to a valid Java 8 JDK location
• On the university linux system (UG2/3) this should only be an issue with custom .bashrc files
  • If necessary, run export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk8
• Run the game: gradle run
• Run the tests: gradle test

Note for systems other than the university linux system:

• Gradle and Java 8 including JavaFX are required.
• On some systems sounds will not work correctly without an mp3 codec installed.
• If you do not have Gradle installed you can replace gradle with gradlew. This will download the correct version of gradle for you from the internet. On linux chmod +x gradlew will be required.
• Gradle will connect to Maven Central to download JUnit as required.

How to play the game

• Operate the menu using the up/down arrow keys, Enter to select an option and Esc to move back a level.
• Once the game starts each player has one corner of the screen. They have a pair of keys to move their paddle left and right to deflect the ball and prevent their walls being destroyed and their warlord killed.
• All other corner will be controlled by AI players.

Key Mappings:

• Player 1 (top left): Left/right arrow keys.
• Player 2 (top right): 'A' and 'D' keys.
• Player 3 (bottom left): '4' and '6' keys in the main part of the keyboard.
• Player 4 (bottom right): '4' and '6' keys in the number pad.